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Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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Barenboim hands over the baton
From a correspondent in Berlin: Touching ceremony last…
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Eminent US baritone, RIP
The death has been communicated of Dominic Cossa,…
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San Antonio is sinking
The SA Philharmonic has cancelled the rest of…
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A bass-baritone withdraws his apology for sexual assault
This is a tale of our times, brilliantly…
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Italian opera mourns a major player, 62
The accomplished opera house manager Carlo Majer died…
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Daniel Barenboim: I am ashamed to be Israeli
The conductor has written an op-ed for Haaretz…
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Our next book club: How to succeed at Curtis…. and life
From Anthea Kreston: Please join us on our…
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The other half: A violin swims in Versace’s mansion
From David Medelye 18 July at 21:23 Everyone…
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Weekend treat: Unpublished Horowitz with Toscanini
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Mother weeps as Hatikvah is played on Wagner’s piano
From the director Yuval Sharon in Bayreuth: Marc…
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An up-to-the-minute Carmen on the US-Mexico border
From Bloomberg News: (Valentina) Carrasco has reimagined Carmen against the backdrop…
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Thielemann is on verge of a Bayreuth record
People who keep count of such things have…
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Your chance to hear Berthold Goldschmidt’s Beatrice Cenci
British opera houses won’t put it on. But…
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Ex-wife who smashed 54 violins is jailed for 2 years
A woman who wrecked her luthier husband’s musical…
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Why not do Lohengrin backwards?
The US-Israeli director Yuval Sharon tells the LA…
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No major cancellations at the BBC Proms
The summer is unnaturally becalmed. Usually by the…
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College deletes the word ‘accompanist’
press release: The Royal College of Music (RCM)…
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LA Phil mourns legendary principal trumpet
Friends are sharing memories of Thomas Stevens, principal…
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Yale’s go-to cello retires at 99
Yale University has announced the retirement of Aldo…
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Can Leonard Bernstein be redeemed from himself?
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Numerous…
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Viola competition president gives 1st prize to her own pupil
Another international competition is discredited. At the 4th Tokyo…
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The Speaker, in Parliament, congratulates a principal bassoon
Amy Harman, principal bassoon of English National Opera,…
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Florence Hvorostovsky has a message for us
Just posted: ‘Friends, we have been silent for…
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