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Orchestras
Tenor stops mid-concert in Birmingham to stop phone snappers
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Orchestras
New York Phil appoints independent investigator
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Orchestras
NY Phil dumps oboe concerto
The Mozart concerto due to be played three…
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Orchestras
Just in: Kirill cancels Vienna Phil
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Maestros and their motor cars (23): Composer at the wheel
The long-underrated Ruth Gipps.
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RIP
Finns mourn leading soprano, 61
The death has been announced of Rikka Hakola,…
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Opera
Alastair Macaulay: Is Tosca really a masterpiece?
The former NY Times chief dance critic reviews…
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News
Gil Kaplan’s Magritte goes under the hammer
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News
NY Times man, dumped by Met, gets his job back
Many fanfares were blown when, exactly two years…
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Daily Comfort Zone
Why great pianists don’t drive cars
The wonderful pianist Peter Frankl has spotted very…
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Daily Comfort Zone
Maestros and their motor cars (22): The King’s composer was done for speeding
Hubert Parry, favourite composer of King Charles, was…
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News
Conductor collapses in mid-concert
Ten minutes before the end of yesterday’s closing…
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Orchestras
Berlin Phil boss gets renewed
The Berlin Philharmonic foundation has renewed Andrea Zietzschmann…
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Orchestras
Suffering orchestras (3): This is not the Sofia Philharmonic
Musicians of Bulgaria’s leading orchestra have contacted us…
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News
The making of a Chinese piano star
The Chinese pianist Yung Yung Guo, 20, won…
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Orchestras
Music director steps down to resume singing career
Unusual news from the north: Peter Lodahl is…
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RIP
Death of formidable voice teacher, 103
New Zealand is mourning the passing of Honor…
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Opera
Elina Garanca: Time to end my career?
The Latvian soprano, 47, has been sharing her…
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Orchestras
Veteran NY critic was ‘climbing the walls’ at Boston concert
The author Joseph Horowitz has shared his impressions…
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News
Julia Bullock headlines the complete classical Grammys
The American soprano, who cancelled London last week,…
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Opera
Maestros and their motor cars (21): Kirsten Flagstad got a Lincoln from the Met
The great Norwegian diva was presented by the…
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RIP
Opera world mourns New York voice coach and pianist
We have sad news of Thomas Muraco, professor…
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RIP
Sudden death of international cellist
We have received reports of the death of…
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RIP
Death of a Finnish leader
We have been notified of the death of…
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