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A woman who alleged she was drugged and raped by Lawrence Jones tearfully told a jury she may have been 'naive' to go back to his flat but that the impact 'has affected the rest of my life'.

A host of reality stars were showing off their musical talents in Manchester city centre on Saturday (April 20). A seven-metre piano was rolled out on the floor of the Arndale Centre, accompanied by a baby grand piano for stars and members of the public to play tunes on.

Talented pianist Latisha Chan from West Calder High School has been named as West Lothian’s Young Musician of the year for 2024.

Jon Burlingame Hailed by no less than the New York Times as “the hottest artist on the classical music planet,” Chinese pianist Lang Lang has expanded traditional performance boundaries beyond the usual Bach, Mozart and Chopin to include Disney songs and contemporary film music. On April 10, he will become one of a handful of classical pianists to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Among them: Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Rudolf Serkin and Ignace Paderewski.) This recognition acknowledges Lang Lang’s connection to movies and his commitment to bringing classical music to younger audiences everywhere.

Caroline Brew editor Composer Ben Lanzarone, whose work was featured in television shows such as “Happy Days,” “The Love Boat” and “Dynasty,” died of lung cancer in Los Angeles on Feb. 16. He was 85.

Les McCann, acclaimed jazz pianist and vocalist whose greatest commercial success came with the 1969 song “Compared to What”, from his album Swiss Movement, criticizing the Vietnam War, has died. His longtime manager Alan Abrahams confirmed to multiple media outlets that McCann died Friday at a hospital in Los Angeles where he had been admitted with pneumonia. He was 88.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Les McCann, the legendary jazz pianist who has been sampled countless times and is perhaps best known for the protest song “Compared to What,” died Friday at a Los Angeles area hospital, his manager confirmed. No cause of death was announced, although he had been hospitalized last week after contracting pneumonia; he was 88. The news was first reported by NBC Bay Area.

Sir Tom Jones was visibly struggling to make his decision on who to send home during Saturday night's episode of The Voice UK.

Dundee piano sensation Stan Urban has been evicted from ITV show The Voice. The 79-year-old wowed the crowd with his rendition of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode.

Caroline Brew editor Josh Kramer, who worked as a film producer and financier and Amazon executive, died Nov. 27 in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 67.

Naman Ramachandran Chai Yee-Wei’s “Wonderland” comes to the Singapore International Film Festival after debuting at the San Diego Asian Film Festival where it won the audience award. Chai’s credits include “Blood Ties” (2009), “Twisted” (2011) and “That Girl in Pinafore” (2013), which premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival. “Wonderland” is his fifth feature.

A judge blasted convicted rapist Lawrence Jones as having a 'misogynistic view of women' as she jailed him for 15 years. The 55-year-old founder of Manchester tech company UK Fast attacked two women in the 1990s while he was a piano player in pubs and hotels across the city.

Scots singer Emeli Sande has been forced to call off her wedding just one year after she announced her engagement to pianist Yoana Karemova.

L.A. lawyer E. Randol Schoenberg is best known internationally for his work recovering art stolen by the Nazi during the Holocaust, with his most famous case being that of ‘Maria Altmann versus Austria’ in 2004, involving five Gustav Klimt paintings.

William Earl Composer Danny Elfman has been accused of alleged sexual harassment by a second woman, in a case with similarities to one that was revealed in July. In the new suit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, a woman going by Jane Doe XX alleges the “Edward Scissorhands” composer harassed her during a period from 1997 to 2002 starting when she was a 21-year-old film student. A spokesperson for Elfman said, “The allegations of misconduct made against Mr.

Caroline Brew editor Carla Bley, an influential jazz composer and pianist, died in her home in Willow, N.Y. due to complications from brain cancer. She was 87.

Ed Meza @edmezavar JFK ASSASSINATION DOC GOES TO U.K. Espresso Media Intl. has closed a deal with the U.K.’s Channel 4 for the new documentary “JFK: 24 Hours that Changed the World.” Produced by Coleman Television, the film marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy this November.

Walk along to the Mariner's Canal around the back of the Lowry Outlet Mall, cutting through onto Eerie Basin - formerly known as Dock 9 - and you'll see very little except for the City Lofts and The NV apartment. However, venture to the end of the dock and you'll find the Anchorage Buildings.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor When writer-director Rebecca Miller was playing back her latest film “She Came to Me,” she felt it was missing a compelling song. The National‘s singer-turned-composer Bryce Dessner was sitting next to her when the thought entered: Bruce Springsteen would be perfect. Dessner was drawing inspiration from Marisa Tomei’s character Katrina, who he describes as “a muse and this gutsy character.

A woman who was raped repeatedly by a serial beast has demanded to address the Parole Board for Scotland before it decides whether to free him early.

What to do with a broken violin peg, or a leaky euphonium? For students in the Los Angeles Unified School District, such a predicament doesn’t mean catastrophe. They have at their disposal a repair shop where a quartet of dedicated individuals attend to damaged instruments, restoring them to exemplary condition.

The makeup artist behind Bradley Cooper‘s prosthetic nose in Maestro is speaking out following all of the backlash.

BBC sketch show The Big Impression which ran between 2000 and 2004, discussed the state of his career during an interview with The Scots magazine (via the Independent).“I still do some live shows but that is drawing to a close now as I am not feeling motivated enough,” McGowan said. “When I have done certain events recently, I have noticed that younger audiences just don’t watch television in the way they used to.“The younger audience particularly has no idea who these people are, so my whole methodology doesn’t really work for a modern audience.

And just like that, there might be a new couple in the Sex and the City universe.

British keyboardist, pianist and vocalist John Gosling, best known for his work with The Kinks, has died. He was 75.

Danny Elfman is being sued.

André Watts, one of the first Black superstars in classical music, died on Wednesday at his home in Bloomington, Ind. He was 77 and died of prostrate cancer, according to his wife.

David Bowie, has shared that he fears he’s to blame for the late singer quitting touring.While speaking to Music Week, Garson shared that a conversation with the ‘Starman’ icon may have impacted his decision to stop touring after 2004.“So he called me in 2006 and he said, ‘Well, Mike, do you think we should go out again?’ Now, I think the band and my wife want to kill me because I said something absurd, but actually deep and correct and honest,” Garson said.He continued: “I said, ‘David, only if you’re feeling it’, because he wasn’t feeling it. I knew it but he wanted to give work to the band – our tour was cut short in 2004, so he was feeling guilty.”Garson toured as part of Bowie’s band for three decades.

Megastar Adele paused a concert to ask fans if they'd ever want to go down and see the Titanic wreckage, or go into space. The singer's questions come after a submersible en route to the shipwreck went missing on June 18, searches later discovered a debris field and it was then declared that the sub had imploded and killed all five people on board.

Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi was born on 23 December 1967 in Turin, Italy. The daughter of concert pianist Marisa Borini and composer Alberto Bruni Tedeschi, Carla would go on to pursue a career in music as a singer herself the late 90s. Carla was the youngest of three children in a family which had built its wealth on tyre manufacturing.

Carole Horst Animation producer and distributor GKIDS has acquired all North American rights to the music-driven anime feature “Blue Giant.” The film, an adaptation of the manga of the same name, is directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa (“Mob Psycho100,” “Death Parade,” “Detective Conan: The Black Iron Submarine”). Number 8, the editor of the original “Blue Giant” manga written by Shinichi Ishizuka, penned the script. In “Blue Giant,” former high school basketball player Dai Miyamoto discovers a love for jazz, and determines to learn the saxophone. He hits the jazz clubs of Tokyo in his quest to be the best sax player in the world. Dai launches a trio with cocky but talented pianist Yukinori, with Dai’s friend Shunji on the drums. But he soon learns that life as a professional musician is harder than it looks from the outside.

Midwest Concert Collection on YouTube). Swift was trying to introduce her new piano player, Karina DePiano, when the pesky insect somehow made its way into the pop star’s mouth. “I swallowed a bug,” she confessed as she turned back to the crowd after a long pause. “I’m so sorry.

a statement on his website released Tuesday. He was 73.“George quietly and painlessly left this world while asleep,” the statement read. Winston had been dealing with Myelodysplastic Syndrome, a cancer for which he had a bone marrow transplant a decade ago that prolonged his life.

George Winston, the singular pianist who fused inspirations from stride, R&B and New Age styles to create his own smooth instrumental music, died June 4 at age 73. He had been battling cancer for the past 10 years, according to a statement on his website.

Elton John has admitted that he’s “a little intimidated” by the prospect of headlining Glastonbury Festival 2023 this month.The legendary singer and pianist will top the bill on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset on Sunday, June 25.In an interview with BBC London, John admitted that he was feeling trepidation ahead of the performance, saying: “I’m a little, not frightened, but I’m a little intimidated by it because I haven’t played there, I haven’t been there.”However, he told Scott Mills on BBC Radio 2 that the opportunity to headline Glastonbury has “come at the right time. I’m a great believer in serendipity and fate – this is the most wonderful way to sign off in England.

Thania Garcia Composer Nicholas Britell, who has scored films for Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight,” “If Beale Street Could Talk”) and Adam McKay (“The Big Short,” “Vice,” “Don’t Look Up”), as well as HBO’s “Succession,” has inked a new label services deal with Secretly Distribution. The Emmy-winning composer, pianist and producer collaborated with Secretly to release “Succession: Season 4 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack)” on global streaming services — just hours after the highly-anticipated series finale aired — via the composer’s newly launched Lake George Music Group imprint. “It has long been a dream of mine to release music through my own label, and I’m tremendously excited to have the final season of ‘Succession’ as our label’s first release,” said Britell in a statement. “Lake George Music Group is proud to partner with the team at Secretly.”