Wigmore Hall quits 'crippling' funding system
Wigmore Hall will stop taking funding from Arts Council England, which gave it £344,000 of public money in 2024. Director ...
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Three cheers to Wigmore Hall for breaking free from Arts Council England
I’m going to hear Joyce DiDonato, one of the greatest living sopranos, sing Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise. On Saturday ...
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Wigmore Hall rejects public funding as venue leader criticises ACE strategy
Wigmore Hall will exit Arts Council England’s national portfolio in April next year, with artistic director John Gilhooly ...
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Wigmore Hall announces star-studded 125th anniversary season
The Wigmore stage will also welcome a wealth of vocal talent: Barbara Hannigan, Christian Gerhaher, Allan Clayton, Magdalena Kožená, and Anja Mittermüller, among others. Baritone Christopher Maltman ...
Wigmore Hall boss on dropping Arts Council funding: ‘They’ve lost the confidence of classical music’
John Gilhooly on the Arts Council’s jargon and confused direction, and the Wigmore Hall’s glittering 125th anniversary season ...
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Wigmore Hall to withdraw from ACE’s National Portfolio
National Portfolio in April next year, saying it has raised enough from private donors to free itself from the funder’s ...
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Wigmore Hall rejects public funding as venue leader criticises ACE strategy
He said Wigmore Hall had reached "the stage where we are better off being independent". Gilhooly, who took over leadership of the venue in 2005, suggested the decision was in part motivated by the ...