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Steven Isserlis: ‘There’s a lot of me, me, me playing which I cannot stand’
The cellist has let rip in an interview…
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Gustavo Dudamel: Why I quit Paris Opera
The conductor was asked a direct question by…
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In stressed times, adults turn to opera
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Famed pianist turns 95
The celebrated Soviet-Jewish pianist Bella Davidovich has a…
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Conductor wears blindfold to protest weird Bohème
Scherzo website has a picture from the 69th…
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BBC Proms fight over presenter’s crotchets and quavers
The BBC newscaster Clive Myrie, presenting the Proms,…
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Straussian soprano, RIP
Message received: Oper Frankfurt mourns the death of…
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The house where Schnabel was born
The conductor Pawel Kotla, who is advising the…
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Orchestras
Orchestra names chief conductor after 20 years without one
The Hofer Symphoniker in Bavaria has managed very…
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Opera
Bayreuth restricts general rehearsals
Local media report that the festival has banned…
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Opera
Missing diva: I’ve been very sick for two years
A health bulletin from the sought-after Georgian soprano…
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Orchestras
Yet another Finnish conductor
HarrisonParrott, purveyors of Finn sticks, have signed the…
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Orchestras
How the musicians won in Minnesota
Julie Ayer, former violinist in the Minnesota Orchestra,…
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RIP
Japanese composer dies, 92
The death has been announced of Yuzo Toyoma,…
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Orchestras
Sacked percussionist details racism in troubled US orchestra
Josh Jones, who was refused tenure at Kansas…
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Orchestras
Boston’s turbulent flute quits
We hear from the Boston Symphony Orchestra that…
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Opera
Munich loses a Tristan conductor
The Slovak conductor Juraj Valčuha, incoming chief of…
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Album Of The Week
When Finns fall short
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Like…
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Orchestras
A low-budget diet at the BBC Proms
A Radio 3 presenter injudiciously claimed on air…
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Leading US cello teacher dies
The much loved cello teacher Irene Sharp died…
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Americans mourn a gentleman pianist
Institutions and individuals are saddened by the loss…
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