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Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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18 operagoers need medical treatment after lesbian Hindemith opera
Florentina Holzinger’s Stuttgart production of Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna…
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Piano legend turns 90
Many happy returns to Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa’s…
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Jersey hires Joshua Bell
The violinist Joshua Bell has been named principal…
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Israel’s first international pop star has died
Abi Ofarim, the first Israeli to score a…
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Dudamel: I’m rehearsing in Venezuela on Facetime
‘El Sistema is my life,’ he tells CNN’s…
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Death of an iconic concertmaster, 94
Herman Krebbers, formidable concertmaster of the Haitink-era Concertgebouw…
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University strips James Levine of degree
The State University of New York has rescinded…
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Just in: Kansas City concertmaster ends Seattle’s long search
Noah Geller has won the audition for the…
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What a player earns in the Concertgebouw
The debate on orchestral earnings continues. We kicked…
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What we mean by getting into a Fugue state
From our diarist, Anthea Kreston*: In another one…
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How Riccardo Chailly put the Italian back in La Scala
From my piece in The Spectator today: As…
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Salzburg tests finalists with Schoenberg’s opus 9
The nine candidates shortlisted for the Nestlé and…
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Death of a New York principal oboe, 60
Richard Dallessio, who died on May 1, was…
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Zubin Mehta cancels into next season
From Bayerische Staatsoper: Liebe Besucher, wir möchten Sie…
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Three women get $15k composing grants
The League of American Orchestras has given $15,000…
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UK orchestra wins $1 million US gift
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields has received…
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Music director: This is my third royal wedding
Christopher Warren-Green speaks in Charlotte, North Carolina: “This…
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Yannick finds a substitute Tosca
It’s… press release: (Philadelphia, May 2, 2018)—Soprano Jennifer Rowley…
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Yuja Wang’s dress designer is accused of deception
From CBC Toronto: A Toronto fashion designer who…
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Should we stop letting water bottles into symphony halls?
Here’s what a reader tells us happened on…
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The soloist in the Elgar concerto works at a supermarket checkout
Another angle on musicians’ wages. Svetlana Jones is…
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New principal cello for the Royal Philharmonic
The well-known soloist Richard Harwood has taken the…
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UK classical musicians ‘cannot make ends meet’
A survey of 285 musicians in seven orchestras…
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