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Barenboim hands over the baton
From a correspondent in Berlin: Touching ceremony last…
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San Antonio is sinking
The SA Philharmonic has cancelled the rest of…
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Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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Exclusive: Yuja finds another agent
Having waltzed out of Intermusica, where staff could…
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Salzburg star is ‘acutely ill’
The soprano Asmik Grigorian, who has scored a huge…
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College abolishes music and math majors
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This week’s album is a five-star Ferrari
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Business school hires orchestra in residence
A first? RICHMOND, Va. (Aug. 16, 2018) —…
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Sicklist: Soprano drops out of Proms and Paris
The German soprano Diana Damrau has pulled out…
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Flute alert: Munich customs find weapon inside instrument
Customs inspectors at Munich airport unscrewed the top…
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Some other reasons why violin competitions yield no stars
Continuing the discussion, it’s because: 1 The worst…
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Sheku sells 100,000 on Decca
The teenaged cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, propelled to fame by…
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Minnesota is first US orchestra to enter Soweto
On tour in South Africa, the Minnesota Orchestra…
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UK orchestras in headlong rush for electronic notes
In an unacknowledged followup to Slippedisc’s story of…
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Leading UK harpist dies in road crash at 37
Kate Molleson has written a fine obituary of…
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An assistant who flourished under Georg Szell
The debate continues. From the conductor Uri Segal:…
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Barenboim turns his concern controversially to Greece
Announcing the Berlin State Opera’s new season, its…
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What English National Opera needs is… another senior exec
From the Guardian jobs page: The English National…
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An American in Berlin: Anthea Kreston goes video
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Moscow demolishes its Abbey Road studios
The studio complex on Malaya Nikitskaya Street –…
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Death of an influential French pianist, 80
The death is reported of Marie-Francoise Bucquet, a much-recorded…
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Yuja Wang: You’re only as good as…
This Vogue promo is paid for by a…
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Russia prolongs opera director’s detention
Moscow City Court has again extended the house…
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Aretha Franklin’s opera high night
The Queen of Soul died today, aged 76….
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