Classical Music Magazine
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| Editor | Kimon Daltas |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Fortnightly |
| First issue | 25 September 1976 |
| Company | Rhinegold Publishing |
| Country | UK |
| Website | Official site |
Classical Music magazine is a trade magazine for the classical music profession. It champions those working in the UK classical music industry - notably as main media partner in the ABO/Rhinegold Awards for backstage industry figures, held for the first time in January 2012 - and has correspondents across Great Britain and in New York.
Its website includes regular news updates on topics relevant to the classical music industry, for example, a widely-referenced account of the interruption by protesters of the Jerusalem Quartet's concert at London's Wigmore Hall on 29 March 2010.[1]
About Classical Music Magazine
- Strapline: The news magazine of the classical music profession
- Frequency: Fortnightly
- Price: £4.25
- Editor: Kimon Daltas
- Publisher: Rhinegold Publishing
Supplements
Classical Music subscribers receive various supplements throughout the year, which are available to buy separately. The following are currently available:
- Brass & Wind 2011
- Choral 2012
- Conservatoires 2012
- Competitions 2012
- Composers & New Music 2012
- Festivals 2011
- Music Scholarships 2012
- Strings 2011
- Summer Schools 2011
Content
The size of issues varies from fortnight to fortnight, from 52 pages to 76 pages. Each issue consists of the following broad plan:
- Contents and Editorial: What features in the current issue, with a brief welcoming passage written by editor Keith Clarke
- News: The magazine includes at least four pages of news every month
- Barlines: Usually four pages of shorter news stories and listings in the following categories: musical chairs (tracking changes in personnel throughout the industry), announcements, awards, opportunities, events, and obituaries
- Q&A: Topical five-minute interview
- Premieres: At least one page, comprising listings of premiere performances for the fortnight from publication date and a ‘Premiere Choice’ composer interview. Full listings where space is not available feature on the magazine's website
- Features
- Book reviews
- Recording: Double-page-spread of news and reviews on the latest releases, by regular records correspondent Phillip Sommerich or deputy Guy Weatherall
- Broadcasting: In-depth feature and guide to what to listen out for in the following weeks, by broadcasting correspondent Richard Fawkes
- Appointments: job vacancies from across the industry
- Next issue guide
- Letters
- Hornblower’s diary
History
Classical Music started out as Classical Music Weekly, launched under editor Trevor Richardson in 1976. In a retrospective for the 500th issue, he wrote ‘CMW was printed on the same presses as Private Eye at the Socialist Workers Press in Bethnal Green ... We worked hard, laughed a lot and panicked frequently.’[2]
After nine months, Rhinegold Publishing took over the title, changing the frequency to fortnightly. After a further nine months, as Classical Music & Album Review, in 1979 it was given the enduring title Classical Music.
The second editor of the magazine, Robert Maycock, held the position from September 1977 to June 1986. He was succeeded by Graeme Kay, who was in turn succeeded by the current editor, Keith Clarke, in 1991. Current editor, Kimon Daltas, took over in 2012. Past members of the magazine’s editorial team include The Times’ chief music critic Richard Morrison, The Observer’s classical critic Fiona Maddocks, BBC Radio 3 presenter Graeme Kay, opera producer Mike Ashman and Fleet Street arts correspondent Dalya Alberge.
References
- ↑ Charlotte Higgins (30 March 2010). "Arts Diary". www.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ↑ [Classical Music, 19 March 1994]