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Birmingham Post lays into CBSO’s Emma Stenning
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Sondra quits Covent Garden Japan tour
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Aussie wins US orchestra
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Chicago snatches principal viola from Los Angeles
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Death of a modernist composer
Franco Oppo, a Darmstadt disciple who taught all…
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Placido Domingo: I won’t retire
The Spanish singer and opera director turns 75…
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Gergiev colonises the Pacific
The Mariinsky music director has completed his annexation…
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A Piaf composer has died
Hubert Giraud, whose 1960s French hits were covered…
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Boston premieres two Bowie symphonies
A volunteer orchestra at MIT is putting on…
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Composers kill sopranos (is that a man thing?)
There’s a thoughtful piece on NewMusicBox by Mari…
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‘Most auditions won’t lead to a contract’
Tenor Jonathan Blalock reports that, of 14 opera…
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Naked cellist gets the show of her life
I have written a few times about Charlotte…
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Tragedy: Lithuania loses music archives
The building that houses the Lithuanian Music Information and…
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Chinese orch choose Irish conductor
After his concert last night with the Harbin…
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Last member of a legendary quartet has died
We regret to share news of the death…
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A New York music teacher died alone, found 2 years later
A Harrowing story from the Portland Herald. Neighbors…
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Ivan Fischer on Mahler 7: In Jewish families people sing after meals
Fascinating Dutch documentary in English. Don’t miss. Watch…
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Bernstein riles the BBC
Elgar’s Enigma Variations was possibly Lenny’s worst recording….
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Audience member steps in for sick singer
Melissa Bayern, a member of the audience at…
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Exclusive: Tehran Symphony returns – with women and (almost) full pay
We reported in recent weeks that the orchestra…
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‘We need somebody as dedicated as Slava was’
Loren Kitt is retiring after 46 years as…
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A conductor counts the changes after cancer
Bernard Labadie returns next month to the ensemble…
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Best news for ENO: Bazza’s gone
The Government let it be known today that…
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Franz Welser-Möst backs Vienna Phil refugee home
With a week to go they’re still 13,000…
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