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Finger injury ends top violinist’s career at 62
The popular Quebec violinist Angèle Dubeau has been…
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Barenboim and Argerich, together in Berlin
Thursday’s Berlin Philharmonic concert, conducted by Daniel Barenboim…
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An infant weeps in Carnegie Hall
From a special correspondent: An infant in the…
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US composer, 85
The death has been communicated of Barbara Kolb,…
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A Broadway musical about Kathleen Battle? It’s a fraud
A Broadway entrepreneur Roland Scahill has been arrested…
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Ormandy’s piccolo calls it a day
Thirty-five years after he joined the Philadelphia Orchestra, Kazuo…
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Can our string quartet give a refugee child a voice?
The weekly diary of Anthea Kreston, violinist of…
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Lights go out on Philadelphia Orch and Joshua Bell
Violinist Barbara Govatos messages from Saratoga Springs: ‘So…
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Death of a tango master, aged 100
Horacio Salgán, who turned 100 in June, died…
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Irish jazz giant dies
Louis Stewart, a guitarist who played with Benny Goodman…
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A glorious Italian soprano has died, aged 59
The beautiful opera singer Daniela Dessi died in…
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Composer sets Talmud study to music
The marvellous Israeli composer Andre Hajdu, who died…
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Maestro move: German wins Long Beach
Eckart Preu, a US-based German conductor, is to…
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No mourners at Juilliard teacher’s funeral
A call went out on Facebook for volunteers…
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New video: Fascinating Ida
Rare video of Ida Haendel playing Paganini and…
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Top pianist is kept waiting at railway station
It didn’t take Boris Giltburg very long to…
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Evgeny Kissin’s story will finally be told
The remarkable Russian pianist has signed a book…
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A true original, an immensely appealing composer
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: I…
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Longest serving orchestral players in Britain
The London Symphony Orchestra has illustrated its new…
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Orchestra claims highest number of married couples
The Boston Symphony is claiming a world record…
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Just in: England gets another countryhouse opera
Nevill Holt opera in Leicestershire has submitted plans…
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Sad news: Busiest oboist on record has died
We have been informed by friends who visited…
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Virgin join the anti-violin airlines
From a Slipped Disc reader: We have a…
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Me-too Mutter says, please design my album
Anna Netrebko started the trend. Now her label-sister…
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