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Just in: Principal oboe sues the NY Philharmonic
Liang Wang filed a lawsuit today against the…
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Now Matthew Muckey files complaint against NY Phil
Some hours after* principal oboe Liang Wang sued…
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Fired conductor returns to close the season
A settlement has been reached in the ugly…
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Just in: Lucerne cancels Netrebko pair
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So can Kirill Petrenko cut it on record?
The German label CPO has released three recordings…
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The price of opera vs the value of everything else
A blogger, ‘Chaconato’, has posted a useful guide…
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When you appoint a men only jury…
… You get all male winners. The Carl…
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Major piano prizewinner dies, aged 44
Russian media are reporting the death of Dmitri…
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Gergiev gets silver-plated
This is his farewell gift from the London…
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Menahem Pressler: ‘I’m here tonight thanks to a brave surgeon’
Last New Year’s Eve, the former Beaux Arts…
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Sad news: Rock’s classical sponsor has bladder cancer
Almost 25 years ago I broke the story…
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How the Grateful Dead backed little-known British composers
(a Norman Lebrecht exclusive from August 1991) …
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International pianist appeals for Kiev war victims
Khatia Buniatishvili is in the Ukrainian capital to raise…
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Critic to Philly: Be more like Cleveland
Peter Dobrin lacks confidence in the Philadelphia Orchestra’s…
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Are you a piano pusher or a piano player?
This rugby headline caught our eye, not so…
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Ottawa pays $100 million for new facade, but not a cent to save its opera
Kevin Mallon, music director of Toronto Chamber Orchestra,…
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A Boston benefit for Syrian refugees
Our friend Joel Cohen has put together one…
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Memorial for Sir David Willcocks
A concert for Sir David Willcocks has been…
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2 Americans, 2 Canadians in Chopin Competition final
This may be the most open, unpredictable final…
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Absolutely, the lowest of the low
Octavists of the Russian Orthodox church.
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‘Dear Mr Obama, What you got against classical music?’
Stimulated by a Slipped Disc post yesterday, the…
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A Chicago cellist explains: Why we work only 20 hours a week
David Sanders, cellist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra…
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Mozart’s ‘gimme back my quartet’ note sells for $217,000
A letter from Mozart to a friend, the botanist…
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Chicago Symphony beefs up its admin
They have hired Randy Elliott from the Cleveland Orchestra…
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