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 * 7 March 2016, Chinese pianist Lang Lang has released a book detailing his own method of teaching to piano to youngsters, the method aims to make music fun and pieces include cartoon themes.
 * 28 February 2016, Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor Ennio Morricone wins an Academy Award (Oscar) for the score of The Hateful Eight.
 * 25 February 2016, the choir of the English National Opera have voted to strike over an attempt by the management to impose a new contract. The choir will be absent for the first quarter of a performance of Akhnaten, symbolising the 25% pay cut that the management is attempting to impose.
 * February 22-March 1, 2010: The bicentennial of nineteenth-century composer Frederic Chopin is celebrated with events in Poland going on between his two possible birthdays.
 * May 31, 2009: The 200th anniversary of Joseph Haydn's death is commemorated.
 * April 14, 2009: The 250th anniversary of George Frederic Handel's death is commemorated.
 * February 3, 2009: The bicentennial of nineteenth-century composer Felix Mendelssohn is celebrated.