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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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I cannot believe an opera newbie would be impressed by a Met cinema broadcast
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Latvia blows 20 million Euros on Wagner
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Opera throws open new centre for public participation
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Toulouse struggles to keep its conductor
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Argentine rent boy faces life for killing Scots conductor
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Finns are chorus queens
The Finnish choir Exaudio has swept the women’s…
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Luxury cars to be fitted with live orchestra
The old-fashioned Lincoln is getting an upgrade. Instead…
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ENO to use its safety curtain for advertising
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Berlin and Salzburg mourn Karajan’s chorus chief
The death has been announced of Walter Hagen-Groll, chorus…
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Festival plucks director from the BBC
The Dartington Hall Trust has announced that Sara…
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Want to see Lang Lang and Anne Sophie Mutter share a stage?
Deutsche Grammophon is celebrating its 120th anniversary tomorrow…
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Watch: Joint German and British orchestra performs War Requiem
For the centenary of the end of the…
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An opera season of human rights
David Pountney is nailing his colours to the…
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It’s started again: A violinist is kicked off a US plane
From Emmanuel A. Borowsky: I arrived at Manchester-Boston…
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The nurse called Mahler who cared for the Pittsburgh slayer
A message from Ari Mahler, RN: I am…
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Where Pappano will conduct in his sabbatical
The Royal Opera House has officially announced the…
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Czech president shows China he can play piano – not very well
The Czech President Milos Zeman today attended the…
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Lesley Garrett to play Christmas comedy
The irrepressible singer is about to play her…
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Sex and money troubles simmer at the Boston Phil
The Boston Globe is running a major investigation…
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Why Andrea Bocelli is top of the pops
Decca claims he’s the first classical artist in…
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