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Barenboim hands over the baton
From a correspondent in Berlin: Touching ceremony last…
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Editorial: It’s time to change orchestra auditions
Two posts this weekend about auditions in Europe…
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Blomstedt, 97, premieres adolescent Mozart
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BBC names Young Musician semi-finalists
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Death of a quietly effective British composer, 76
Scottish colleagues are sharing sad news of the…
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What it really feels like to play great composers
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How to read a composer’s mind
From our moderator, Anthea Kreston: Welcome to this…
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Netrebko’s next role will be Salome?
That’s what Peter Gelb told a luncheon this…
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Temirkanov mourns his conductor brother
Russian state media are reporting the death, at…
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A smooch in the woods makes Barbara Hannigan a winner
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How Spanish police train their dogs with classical music
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Death of a noted clarinet player
The enterprising British clarinet player Murray Khouri died…
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Australia mourns a vital conductor, 76
Cancer today claimed Richard Gill, a vital force…
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Oboist accuser quits social media
It appears that Katherine Needleman’s Facebook page has…
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Qatar Philharmonic is flooded out
media release: Regrettably, we must inform you that,…
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The first Pole to conduct at the Paris Opéra?
We are given to understand that when Łukasz Borowicz…
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Just in: Major US orchestra backs sacked Swedish musician
The row over the unjust sacking of a…
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Canadian outsider wins Joachim contest
The Canadian Timothy Chooi has won the Joseph Joachim…
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Munich sex pest saves his denials for TV documentary
Here’s the latest phase in the sorry saga…
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Live the life of Fritz Reiner
The Chicago tormentor’s house is for sale. The…
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A horn star gets pranked by an orchestra
William Caballero, principal horn of the Pittsburgh Symphony,…
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Haitink suffers Chicago fall
The veteran conductor was reported in the Chicago…
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How I became an American concertmaster
By the former Dallas Symphony concertmaster, Emanuel Borok:…
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Last drinks in a Soviet leader’s playroom
From our diarist Anthea Kreston: A magical trip…
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