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BBC names Young Musician semi-finalists
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Editorial: It’s time to change orchestra auditions
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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
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There is nothing more stressful, demoralizing, and soul-sucking than an orchestral audition
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Opera-loving Justice Ginsburg is hospitalised
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A chance to show President Macron what we think of Pétain
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Sicklist: Dohnanyi’s out again
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Un homme et une femme – no more
The mayor of Nice has announced the death…
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Violinist, 81, is Norway’s highest tax payer
The Norwegians have a habit of publishing every…
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Music teacher, 32, commits suicide in classroom
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Near-disaster: International tenor falls head first into orchestra pit
Message from the Canadian-Austrian artist Michael Schade: Yesterday,…
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Morale blow for ENO as ex-boss forms rival venture
John Berry, ousted head of English National Opera…
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Why do Asian artists swamp some competitions?
We reported last week that 27 of 41…
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Russia puts international opera director on trial
The trial began today in Moscow of Kirill…
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Joni Mitchell is 75 today
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Finnish violinist joins Greenpeace
The Finnish musician Pekka Kuusisto is backing a…
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Happy returns: Dohnanyi’s back
After a year of sickness and an uncustomary…
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Meet the new Lang Lang
The global brand, back from a year’s injury,…
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On a night of Big Yellow, Anne-Sophie Mutter is all white
It was DG 120 last night at a…
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Franco Zeffirelli, 95, to stage a new Rigoletto
The picture says it all. The Italian director…
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Sicklist: Murray Perahia is struggling
The vastly respected Murray Perahia, whose career has…
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Bombshell: Montreal clears Charles Dutoit of sexual harassment
The independent investigator has reported and here’s the…
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How’s this for a singing jury?
The 2019 Mirjam Helin Singing Competition, with prizes…
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New principal conductor at Glyndebourne
Ben Glassberg, 24,was today appointed Principal Conductor of…
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