Category: Classical Pride

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Oliver Zeffman is reclaiming music’s queer history with Classical Pride

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Gay Times speaks with Classical Pride’s Oliver Zeffman about the festival’s rapid rise and celebrating the art-form’s rich queer heritage. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY EMILIA STAUGAARD  Within just three years, Classical Pride has expanded from a single concert into a trailblazing annual celebration. Founded by conductor Oliver Zeffman, the event has become the only large-scale Pride event in classical music – an art-form whose history is interwoven with the lives and legacies of countless LGBTQIA+ composers, from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake and The Nutcracker) to Benjamin Britten (Peter…

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Classical Pride: The world’s biggest celebration of LGBTQIA+ classical music is back

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Drag Race icon Thorgy Thor and conductor Oliver Zeffman reflect on the impact of Classical Pride and the making of the campest event yet. WORDS BY ALICE MOREY Have you heard of Caroline Shaw? What about Leonard Bernstein or Tchaikovsky? These are just some of the LGBTQIA+ performers and composers on the classical music scene, both now and historically. Classical Pride, back for its second year, is the first of its kind celebration of the best LGBTQIA+ talent and artistry across classical music. “Classical Pride last year was the very…

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Classical Pride: See all the pictures from the first-of-its-kind event

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Thousands turned out to celebrate the first ever Classical Pride at London’s Barbican Centre on 7 July. Conceived and curated by conductor Oliver Zeffman, the orchestral concert paid tribute to enormously vast body of classical music that has been contributed by queer composers over the centuries, as well as celebrating the diversity of the the LGBTQ+ classical music community of today. The evening featured performances from trailblazing classical stars including Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy, Davóne Tines, Nicky Spence and Ella Taylor. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra was joined by…

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