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Caroline Potter @carolinefrmus.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Here I am on Kew Green for a fab clarinet/piano programme including #Poulenc Sonata & #Tailleferre by @aoyarzabal.bsky.social and @antoineami.bsky.social

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Antonio Oyarzabal - Pianist @aoyarzabal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Had a lovely time performing with clarinetist @antoineami.bsky.social at St Anne’s Kew last Sunday - & with this I close the season! A lot more concerts & projects from September.

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Grim satisfaction/freelancer sigh when adding the following to an invoice to University of Cambridge: As these invoices are now overdue (by 6 months), I reserve the right to claim statutory late payment interest and fixed compensation under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

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Caroline Potter @carolinefrmus.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Very moving performance of #Messiaen Quatuor tonight Madeleine Mitchell @ianpace.bsky.social @antoineami.bsky.social & Joseph Spooner

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Mark Valencia 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @markvalencia.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

"...unclear as to how and why decisions were taken in the last round to cut the English National Opera and the touring grants for the Welsh National Opera and Glyndebourne at the same time. It is difficult to understand how careful consideration of all the relevant factors was given." #LetsCremate

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Review of Arts Council England includes scrapping Let’s Create and Grantium and much else besides www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Review here from @theartsdesk.bsky.social : theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

We sold out Fabric! Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by Ensemble Mi, followed by improvised reflections by Jon Hopkins, Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams - played to a packed-out nightclub. Thanks to all who came and to Through the Noise for an incredible night.

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Wimbledon International Music Festival @wimbledonmusicfest.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

LONGING AND LIGHT • Sacconi Quartet and Anthony Friend performing Ravel, Brahms and a new commission by Richard Blackford on Monday 3 November • Captured by photographer Matthew Johnson

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Had a lovely time on BBC Radio 3 In Tune on Monday, playing live with harpist Oliver Wass and discussing @wimbledonmusicfest.bsky.social with Petroc Trelawny. Listen on BBC Sounds for another 29 days here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... And book here: WimbledonMusicFestival.co.uk

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In Tune - Live music from Anthony Friend and Oliver Wass and an interview with Davóne Tines - BBC Sounds

Petroc presents live music from clarinettist Anthony Friend and harpist Oliver Wass.

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Monday 27 October • Catch me playing with harpist Oliver Wass and talking about @wimbledonmusicfest.bsky.social live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune from 5-7pm with @petroc.bsky.social - festival starts on Saturday 1 November! www.wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,” Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...

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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software

FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Post-rehearsal with the fantastic Sacconi Quartet ahead of @wimbledonmusicfest.bsky.social on Monday 3 November. Brahms Clarinet Quintet, Ravel String Quartet, new work by Richard Blackford & a little surprise wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk/wimf2025-pro...

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

If this project sounds fun, keep an eye on www.ensemblemi.com

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Home | Ensemble Mi

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

…and I hope it will bring out the ecstatic, transcendental elements of the work - which so often remains trapped inside the harrowing circumstances of its composition and first performance in a Nazi camp in 1941.

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

1 December, Fabric, London: I will be playing Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with violinist Agata Daraškaitė, cellist Peteris Sokolovskis & pianist James Cheung (collectively, Ensemble Mi) w/ improvisations by Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams & Maddie Ashman. www.throughthenoise.co.uk/noisenight231

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Messiaen was of course an incredible improviser, notably as organist of Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris for 61 years. Combining the Quartet for the End of Time with improvisations by genius musicians Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams and Maddie Ashman seems only natural…

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Wimbledon International Music Festival @wimbledonmusicfest.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Week 1 at Wimbledon International Music Festival • Take a look at the listings here and read on for details! • 1 November: @borisgiltburg.bsky.social plays three Beethoven piano sonatas, culminating in the monumental Hammerklavier wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk/wimf2025/pro...

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Wimbledon International Music Festival @wimbledonmusicfest.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

3 November: Artistic Director @antoineami.bsky.social joins the Sacconi Quartet for Brahms Clarinet Quintet, in a programme including Ravel’s String Quartet and a new work by Richard Blackford wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk/wimf2025/pro...

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Wimbledon International Music Festival @wimbledonmusicfest.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Wimbledon International Music Festival is featured in the October issue of Time and Leisure, SW London’s luxury lifestyle magazine! Artistic Director Anthony Friend’s interview is the cover story. Read the full interview in print and online from today, here: timeandleisure.co.uk/things-to-do...

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

So can we have some coverage from arts journos at non specialist outlets? Please tag away in comments

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

…if your project is happening between 27.08.25 and c.16.11.25 you can’t apply. For any organisations who are typically funded this way, and who work to regular timetables (eg festivals) this means making up £££££ shortfall in expected/possible funding at next to no notice. (Cont.)

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

…as I understand it, this means anyone with projects happening SOONER than eg 8 weeks beyond the point where it’s up and running again will have no chance to submit an application - you can’t apply for something happening before you’ll have heard back. So (cont.)

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Find it surprising that no major newspapers seem to have reported that @artscouncilengland.bsky.social’s Grantium application system has been down since 23.7.25 and will not be up until mid Sept. They’ve put measures in place for people who are already funded etc. But (cont.)

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Arts Council England’s online portal Grantium has been down since 23 July and will remain so until at least 6 August, at a crucial time for applicants www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/do-not-...

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Proud to launch my first @wimbledonmusicfest.bsky.social As well as some of the most exciting soloists and ensembles active today, I’m aiming to broaden the reach of the festival with some new formats and venues whilst maintaining our commitment to music education & participation.

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Wimbledon International Music Festival @wimbledonmusicfest.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

GENERAL BOOKING NOW OPEN. With many tickets now having sold during our Priority Booking period, secure your tickets now or risk missing out. Link: wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk/wimf2025/pro...

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

‘The photo we carefully choose to post today’…’versus the photo we happily posted in 2014’ being the latest offender

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Has anyone else noticed literally dozens of classical music organisations around the world posting the same meme format as one another, on the same day??

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Wimbledon International Music Festival is now on Bluesky! @wimbledonmusicfest.bsky.social

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 07/04/2025

Flashback to three months ago: Wall Street was excited because Trump would let say them say the word 'retard' www.ft.com/content/cf87...

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Several misleading claims by Peter Kyle on The Rest Is Politics today to justify his proposed gutting of UK copyright law. 🧵 1/n open.spotify.com/episode/0fNH...

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Maurice Ravel born otd 150 years ago - here’s Pièce en forme de Habanera by me and Joseph Havlat open.spotify.com/track/2Kj4T2...

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Maurice Ravel, Anthony Friend, Joseph Havlat · Ravel and Debussy · Song · 2020

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Sibelius / Valse triste (before concert yesterday)

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Warming up with pianist Antonio Oyarzabal before our concert on Saturday #liliboulanger

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Recital: Anthony Friend, clarinet Antonio Oyarzabal, piano Saturday 1 March, 2pm Manoukian Music Centre, 9 Tufton St, SW1P 3QB Alice Mary Smith Amy Beach Clara Schumann Lili Boulanger Germaine Tailleferre Maurice Ravel Francis Poulenc Link: www.oldwestminster.org.uk/ow_friends/f...

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Three hour + journey on a train (through major U.K. towns) with no power sockets and no functioning wifi, in 2025. Wonder why the U.K.‘s productivity is 📉

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

For a mere human to get a sense of the immensity of eternity, one only has to watch “page 2 of 2” on a screen display at a train station.

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

National Museum Cardiff closed. RWCMD junior dept closed. Cardiff Uni Music degree cut. St David’s Hall closed. WNO severe cuts/part time. Wales is a few cuts short of losing most of its funded arts! #artsfunding

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🚨 10% of tracks uploaded to Deezer every day are fully AI generated, according to new research from Deezer themselves. How much more evidence do you need that generative AI competes with the work it's trained on? newsroom-deezer.com/2025/01/deez... 🧵 1/2

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Tanking out some bass clarinet in this film score by Bryce Dessner with London Contemporary Orchestra open.spotify.com/track/3CcHUA...

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Kicking the Door In

Bryce Dessner · We Live in Time (Original Soundtrack) · Song · 2024

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

It takes a month to delete Facebook?!

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

40,000 people have now signed the Statement on AI Training, which says training gen AI on creative work without a license “must not be permitted”. Thank you to all who have signed. Still open ➡️ aitrainingstatement.org

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Anthony Friend @antoineami.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Apparently if you type -ai into your Google searches you don’t get the inaccurate AI summaries that are scraped from a single, unreliable source? Surely this crap should be opt-out, not opt-in?

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Writers, musicians, actors & other creators strongly oppose upending copyright law to favour AI companies, as suggested in the UK's AI Opportunities Action Plan. As Kate Mosse says, seeking economic growth "cannot be on the basis of theft of our work". www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Amanda Pavlick @akpavlick.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

In case this is brand new information and also a huge relief to anyone else: type -ai after all of your google searches to stop getting an AI overview

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Eric Metcalfe @emetcalfe.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I can think of no better way to revitalize Britain's flagging economy than by going all in on an enormously expensive technology of doubtful accuracy and reliability, trained on data scraped from the internet without regard to copyright and data protection. What could possibly go wrong?

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