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10 percent drop out of Queen Elisabeth competition
The Queen Elisabeth Competition for violinists begins on…
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Just in: Indiana suspends chair of brass
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Trouble in church (2): The case of the non-undeniable NDA
Three years ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin…
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Winchester’s plan to get rid of choristers
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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
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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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New video: Music written by Mstislav Rostropovich
In the latest of his Fly on the…
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Musician goes fundraising to end her own life
Elizabeth Fischer, 68, a prominent performer among Vancouver’s…
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The wearable metronome gives gentle vibrations
Meet the Soundbrenner Pulse. It goes where you…
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A leading Mahler scholar has died
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Turk and Chinese win Rostal contest
The Max Rostal competition, based in Berlin, has…
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