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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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Opera
In stressed times, adults turn to opera
From my latest essay in The Critic: Days…
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Gustavo Dudamel: Why I quit Paris Opera
The conductor was asked a direct question by…
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Worcester, Mass, plans to play the whole of Bach
press release: (Worcester, MA -May 3, 2024) With…
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British composer breaks an iceberg at Vienna Opera
We had spotted the Austrian premiere of The…
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Paradise Lost: When London’s South Bank was awash with concertgoers
The composer Christopher Gunning has written a moving…
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Just in: Anna Netrebko cancels Iolanta
The Russian diva has a throat infection and…
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Tchaikovsky piano jury adds 6 extras, but excludes local favourites
The pre-selectors of the piano phase of the…
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Dudamel is ‘sensational’ with Berlin Philharmonic
The LA Phil music director has just received…
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As Met begs for cash, Peter Gelb’s wage tops $2 million
The credit rating of the Metropolitan Opera is…
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After the Fox, classical business faces uncertain future
Slipped Disc editorial Ronald Wilford’s death yesterday leaves…
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Breaking: Classical music’s superagent has died
We have been informed of the death, early…
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The pianist who played til her fingers bled
photo Chris Slaughter This is the piano as it…
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Two composers, a maestro and a music boss in Queen’s birthday honours
Sir Neville Marriner, 91, is appointed to one…
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The composer who’s still under a German state ban
Michael Haas has come up with the extraordinary…
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No wonder Bayreuth is so screwed up
A talk I gave tonight on BBC Radio…
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New York Times awakes to a crime on its doorstep
The paper has finally got around to talking…
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Composers lead disruption of Covent Garden opera
Two protestors, who named themselves as composers Kate…
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Verbier is falling far short of funding target
The Kickstarter for Verbier Summer Music Camp 21…
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Insurer is sued for donations to orchestra
A tricky one, this. A Florida insurance company…
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Anesti! Greek symphony orchestra returns from the dead
From a correspondent in Athens: Yesterday was the…
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Principal cellist expelled by China has died, aged 48
Oleg Vedernikov was principal cellist of the Beijing…
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War-zone pianist is rewarded by European Parliament
Davide Martello, from the German town of Konstanz,…
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The losers who hold power in music schools
The cellist and teacher Alison Moncrieff-Kelly, a musician…
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