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Sviatoslav Richter: I do not like myself
A chilling late reflection from the most compelling…
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The soloist who learned to fly
David Krauss’s latest inrerviewee on Speaking Soundly is…
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Kirill Petrenko restores swagger to La Scala
We’re hearing breath-stopping accounts of the Rosenkavalier revival…
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NY boutique is taken over by London agency
Wittenberg Artists agency – four conductors, four soloists…
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Can Haydn recover from the frigid love of Boulez?
From the new Lebrecht Album of the Week:…
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How (not) to get better in German
Our diarist Anthea Kreston was rushed to hospital…
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UK airport asks musicians to play for free, and quickly regrets it
Message from East Midlands Airport, handling five million…
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Sad news: Cancer claims a brass pioneer
The death is reported of Aline Nistad, long-serving…
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Another maestro blows the shofar
Gerard Schwarz has pitched in to challenge Ivan…
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German airport loses a star’s cello
The vastly successful cellist Zoe Keating has just…
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Principal flute rejects Covent Garden to join our friends in the north
We hear that the Royal Northern Sinfonia has…
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Violinist wins another 100 grand
The Moldavian-born violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja was today named winner of…
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You asked for Protopopov? You got him
Several readers sought amplification of this recent post…
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A choir in every care home… it seems to be working
We’ve been tracking this Live Music Now initiative…
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Marcel Moyse: Television is the enemy of music
Henrik Engelbrecht tells us: In 1969 the French…
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Maestro blows the shofar
A happy new year from Ivan Fischer.
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An interview with Simon Rattle’s boss
Gareth Davies, chairman of the LSO: ‘We’re self-employed,…
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Mexico music professor: I was about to teach a class when the earthquake struck
Live testimony from Jorge Costa, in Mexico City:…
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Death of a baroque musicologist, 73
The death is reported of Francesc Bonastre, founding father…
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Carmen change at Covent Garden due to pregnancy
The German soprano Anett Fritsch has withdrawn from singing Micaëla in the…
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Musical chairs: Atlanta raids the New World Symphony
from the ASO press release: The Atlanta Symphony…
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Watch: Maestro catches presenter by surprise
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Houston Grand Opera is left homeless until May 2018
Message from the HGO: We are very sorry…
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Composer gets quarter of a million bucks
The $250,000 Dorothy and Lilian Gish Prize, awarded…
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