''Classical Music'' is a trade magazine for the

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industry. It co-sponsors the annual

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/ Rhinegold Awards for backstage work in music, held for the first time in January 2012 - and has a network of correspondents worldwide. Its website includes news on the classical music industry. The magazine published an account of the interruption by protesters of the

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's concert at London's

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on 29 March 2010. It was published by

Rhinegold Publishing Rhinegold Publishing is an independent publisher of music magazines, music yearbooks and education resources, founded in 1977. Among Rhinegold's publications are ''Choir & Organ'' and ''Classical Music Magazine ''Classical Music'' is a trade ...

, and is now published by the Mark Allen Group. Previous editions have been co-edited by industry experts, including Deborah Annetts (

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), Julian Lloyd-Webber and

Bob Chilcott Robert "Bob" Chilcott (born 9 April 1955) is a British choral composer, conductor, and singer, based in Oxfordshire, England. He was a member of the King's Singers from 1985 to 1997, singing tenor. He has been a composer since 1997. Earl ...

Content

Each issue consists of the following broad plan: *Contents and Editorial: What features in the current issue, with a brief welcoming passage written by the guest-editor *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: Two pages, comprising listings of premiere performances for the month and a ‘Premiere Choice’ composer interview. Full listings where space is not available feature on the magazine's website *Features *Meet the Maestro: A two-page conductor interview *Book reviews *Recording: Double-page-spread of news and reviews on the latest releases, by regular records correspondent Phillip Sommerich *Broadcasting: In-depth feature and guide to what to listen out for in the following weeks, by broadcasting correspondent Richard Fawkes *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 ''

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'' at the

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... We worked hard, laughed a lot and panicked frequently."''Classical Music'', 19 March 1994 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 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 Keith Clarke in 1991 followed by Kimon Daltas who took over in 2013. In 2017 Ashutosh Khandekar and Owen Mortimer took over the title as managing editors. Past members of the magazine’s editorial team include ''

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''’ chief music critic Richard Morrison, ''

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'' presenter Graeme Kay, opera producer Mike Ashman and Fleet Street arts correspondent Dalya Alberge.

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External links

Classical Music Magazine website
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