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Breaking: Concertmaster is out in new LA Phil crisis
Players learned earlier this week that the orchestra’s…
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Met concertmaster takes job in Taiwan
The joint concertmaster of New York’s Metropolitan Opera,…
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Exclusive: Brandeis sacks string quartet
Brandeis University, facing a sharp drop in donations…
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How Dudamel handles mistakes in audition
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An Italian economist breaks my fear of late Beethoven
From our Friday diarist, violinist Anthea Kreston: Perfectionism…
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Sad news: One of ‘Three Sopranos’ has died, aged 58
Opera de Marseille has announced the death, aged…
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Callas, accompanied by chicken
One of these could be your lunch.
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And the Karajan gold goes to….
Daniil Trifonov is the first recipient of the…
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Brussels opera boss wins third term
Peter de Caluwe, modernist director of La Monnaie…
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Death of a Finnish electronic composer, 53
Mika Vainio, one half of the experimental electronic…
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Breaking: ENO abandons northern plan
English National Opera has just scrapped its plan…
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Just in: Lang Lang cancels next three months
Official statement: Lang Lang regrets to announce that…
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BBC cancels another concert ‘because conductor is ill’
Statement from the BBC Singers: This evening’s BBC…
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An Easter release as authentic as bagels
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Never…
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Sicklist: Bryn Terfel is out of Vienna’s Ring
Sir Bryn Terfel has called in sick, cancelling…
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Every new opera ever staged since April 1945
Thierry Vagne has updated his post-war operatic chronology….
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Why London’s orchestras are playing flat
In my new monthly column in the Spectator,…
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The orchestra that makes United Airlines ‘flier-friendly’
We thought you might like to be reminded…
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Another airline bans violins
Ethihad Airways, which blows millions of pounds on…
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Dutch name shy new opera chief
Pierre Audi’s successor as head of Dutch National…
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Joyce DiDonato pulls out of Handel tour ‘for medical reasons’
The diva was first to announce it on…
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Sad news: Sudden death of London principal violinist
Message from the London Mozart Players: David Angel…
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‘We’ve never heard music like this before’
A mini-doc on the indefinable vocal group, Roomful…
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Video: Can you play brass while riding a bicycle?
The Dutch can.
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