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American richest donors gather for Carnegie gala
Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala concert on Tuesday,…
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NY violinist with two broken wrists needs your help
An appeal has been launched to help Denise…
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Berlin Phil’s next cellist is a comedy act from Liechtenstein
The cello audition on Friday was won by…
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Yannick is unnerved by ringing phone
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Maestros and their motor cars (16): Britten prefers a cello to Peter Pears
Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya were best pals…
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What kind of parents make their kids play piano?
From Psychology Today: … A recent study in…
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Kafka’s America lands in Zurich
To mark the centennial of Franz Kafka’s death,…
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Opera
US soprano back’s out, can’t fly
Message from the Philharmonia Orchestra in London: Unfortunately,…
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All shall have prizes (Vienna edition)
The Austrian state prize, worth 30,000 Euros, has…
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Exclusive: Met saves money on set
This is a first glimpse of the set…
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Italy’s most controversial conductor lands good dates
There is no question that Beatrice Venezi divides…
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LA Opera kills off world premiere
A Mason Bates opera based on Michael Chabon’s…
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Maestros and their motor cars (15): Shostakovich takes Mravinsky for a Tour d’Eiffel
This is Paris, September 1960. The unseen passengers…
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Boston opera has new activist boss
The Japanese-American mezzo-soprano Nina Yoshida Nelsen has been…
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Just in: Musicians call off ENO strike
The performing arts union Equity has said its…
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A brief chronicle of musical events at Wells Cathedral
A number of readers have disputed our recent…
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What musicians do in times of war
From my monthly essay in The Critic, out…
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Orchestras
The soloist in the Schoenberg concerto is … 14 years old
We reported yesterday that Simon Rattle did his…
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One Oxford college receives £6m music gift, another shuts down
Message from Queen’s College Oxford: The Queen’s College…
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Maestros and their motor cars (14): Jascha Heifetz drove a Jeep
Taken while entertaining the troops. For personal use…
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Leading conductor mourns his ex-partner, 45
Aalto University professor of marketing Pekka Mattila died…
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From Holocaust to Hamas: A musician’s family story
The following account has been sent to us…
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Saints alive! Wells appoints director the musicians didn’t want
After auditioning four potential directors, one of whom…
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Surely the most obtuse record cover of all time
This is one of those Westminster covers that…
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