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The soloist who learned to fly
David Krauss’s latest inrerviewee on Speaking Soundly is…
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Sviatoslav Richter: I do not like myself
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US festival scraps its orchestra
Message from the Utah Festival: Dear Utah Festival…
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Kirill Petrenko restores swagger to La Scala
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It looks like Lang Lang will be out for a full year
The Chinese pianist has cancelled dates in Germany…
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Only one of the Neue Stimmen is German
The winners of the ‘new voices’ Bertlesmann international…
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Death of an eminent US baritone, 74
The death has been announced of Robert Honeysucker,…
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PC London theatre cancels all-white opera
The Hackney Empire has called off a Music…
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Maestro move: Swiss winner gets his first orchestra
Lorenzo Viotti, 27, has been named Music Director…
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What piano recitals were like before artists listened to agents
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: … it…
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Maestro move: Swiss lands Japan orchestra
Matthias Bamert, 75, has been chosen as chief…
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At least this misery is improving my German
Our diarist Anthea Kreston is struggling to get…
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Another new job for Alan Gilbert
The former music director of the New York…
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Does opera have a Harvey Weinstein problem?
Dan Kempson, a former opera singer who has…
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When music magazines had arresting covers
This is the February 1943 issue of Etude…
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Joshua Bell gets a bloody nose at fraudster concert
During an event billed as ‘The Concert of…
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Oscar Peterson’s American drummer is banned from USA
The drummer Alvin Queen, born in Mount Vernon, New…
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Just in: Lang Lang cancels Asia tour with Berlin Philharmonic
It is now six months since the Chinese…
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Maestro move: Czech Phil shuns rising talent
We hear that the Czech Philharmonic will announce…
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Kansas City Symphony raises $55 million
The Kansas City Symphony has quietly raised $55…
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Has Bill Murray just upended classical music?
From Chicago pianist Lori Kaufman: Nobody knew what…
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Where’s Pires?
The esteemed pianist, who yesterday announced her imminent…
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Jonas Kaufmann rebooks his Four Last Songs
The tenor has reinstated the Barbican concert he…
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Bayreuth’s next director is a MacArthur genius
The first American to direct an opera at…
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