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Jersey hires Joshua Bell
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18 operagoers need medical treatment after lesbian Hindemith opera
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RIP
Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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Peter Gelb blames critic for Met flop
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New York Philharmonic mourns a violin stalwart
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Death of an influential concertmaster, 93
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One-third of this orchestra’s season is music by women
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic will play music by 60…
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Gelb and Yannick: So happy together
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Tom Lehrer, still poisoning pigeons, is 90
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Now is the time for the rest of the world to cut ties with El Sistema
The Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has moved swiftly…
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On US tour, I get to stay with my Slipped Disc readers
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Barbara Hannigan is named principal guest as orchestra sheds its past
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra has named the Canadian…
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Have we all got Gershwin wrong?
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: On…
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Czechs at war over national anthem
The head of the Czech Olympic Committee wants…
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Jonas Kaufmann’s Tristan: first reviews and video
With Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony. From…
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Anna Netrebko in sexual assault storm
The diva made an unfortunate statement on Classic…
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Apart from Lincoln Center, how did you enjoy the show?
Something’s gone awry at the head of New…
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Boy, 11, plays the Alban Berg sonata
This is the unbelievably precocious Bertrand Chamayou. He…
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How to sing at 80
The great Russian bass Mark Reizen (1895-1992) sings…
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Glenn Gould’s most revered composer
I’ve been immersed in Schoenberg all week. So…
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Are we dancing on the edge of a volcano?
That was George Steiner’s chilling phrase for cultural…
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When Muti and Abbado were kings in London
Stunning interviews from the golden age around 1980….
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The Carnegie Hall minimalism ‘riot’
They’re still arguing whether the 1973 concert audience…
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The Brit who put Vancouver on the musical map
A lovely valedictory summary after 18 years as…
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