http://www.monteverdi.tv/ Want to be informed about what is happening in the classical music world? Each day, hand-picked by our editors, MonteVerdi Media Classical News offers a complete overview of what is written in all the main newspapers, blogs, magazines and other online sources. Get the latest news, reviews, features and announcements with our RSS reader, and never miss a thing! http://www.monteverdi.tv/news.php?newsnum=4478 News that a school in Derby, Britain, was piping classical music into a special detention area set up to punish troublesome students has ignited a debate about the use of the pieces. The idea of using Mozart and Ravel as deterrent for... read more http://www.monteverdi.tv/news.php?newsnum=4479 A high-tech museum dedicated to the Polish composer and pianist Frederic Chopin opened in Warsaw on Monday to mark the bicentenary of his birth. "It is among the world's most modern museums," Poland's Culture Minister Bogdan Zdrojewski... read more http://www.monteverdi.tv/news.php?newsnum=4480 Five months after we are conceived, music begins to capture our attention and wire our brains for a lifetime of aural experience. At the other end of life, musical memories can be imprinted on the brain so indelibly that they can be... read more http://www.monteverdi.tv/news.php?newsnum=4481 The Vienna Philharmonic is currently visiting the UK in a haze of otherwordly sound, toting instruments long since vanished from the rest of the world. Bernstein called it "that unbelievable orchestra, which plays like one hundred... read more http://www.monteverdi.tv/news.php?newsnum=4474 Audience told Vivaldi recital must stop abruptly to respect monument's closing time. Sunday evening in one of the world's most impressive buildings – the Roman Pantheon, built almost 2,000 years ago. A sextet from Russia is playing... read more http://www.monteverdi.tv/news.php?newsnum=4475 Antisocial themes in music may contribute to young listeners becoming more aggressive, an expert has warned. Dr Wayne Warburton says consistent exposure to violent music videos may help hard-wire the brain with aggression-related... read more http://www.monteverdi.tv/news.php?newsnum=4476 Amy Advocat gently shut the door to ensure she wouldn’t wake her roommate as she conjured a bizarre, parallel musical world in her Brookline living room. Then the 27-year-old graduate student turned toward the center of the room,... read more http://www.monteverdi.tv/news.php?newsnum=4477 It’s almost akin to a papal pronouncement. On Monday the world’s most influential classical music critic, Alex Ross, will deliver the annual Royal Philharmonic Society lecture to the assembled cognoscenti at the Wigmore Hall... read more http://www.monteverdi.tv/news.php?newsnum=4486 Plácido Domingo has undergone surgery for colon cancer, a spokesman for the opera singer has said. He had a cancerous polyp removed last week at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, said Nancy Seltzer. He was released on Monday. Ms... read more http://www.monteverdi.tv/news.php?newsnum=4470 A new piece by Esa-Pekka Salonen will have its world premiere in Los Angeles this month as part of the current season of the new-music group Piano Spheres. But the composition arrives on a note of sadness because it was composed in honor... read more