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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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Gustavo Dudamel: Why I quit Paris Opera
The conductor was asked a direct question by…
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In stressed times, adults turn to opera
From my latest essay in The Critic: Days…
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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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Nights and days with Martha Argerich: a diary
It’s Martha’s birthday. She’s 74 today. So the…
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Death of a cherished New York luthier
A Brazilian craftsman who numbered Menuhin, Ricci, Kremer…
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Gidon Kremer on Russia: When elephants clash, the grass suffers
The magazine Music & Literature has published a…
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Topol turns out to see Terfel
We hear that the iconic London star of…
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Late substitution at La Scala
The Latvian mezzo Elina Garanca has pulled out…
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A music director for Yonkers
Tong Chen, a former assistant conductor of the…
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Philadelphia lands a spare music director
Temple University has appointed a new music professor…
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Koreans clean up in Canada
The South Korean tenor Keonwoo Kim took first prize…
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‘And, all the while, I was losing my voice’
It was after six weeks of learning Madame…
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Just in: Hindemith gets a seat in the Chicago Symphony
Press release: During the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2012-13…
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More shame in Atlanta: Symphony Store is replaced by Delta Sky Lounge
First Atlanta eliminates music from elementary schools. Now…
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When the Nazis stopped my father playing Brahms
Eugene Drucker, violinist of the Emerson Quartet, had…
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Sex with students ‘does not make a teacher a rapist’
Manchester Crown Court has been hearing closing arguments…
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Dumb? Conservatoire gives PhD to singer ‘who made us look stupid’
The next stage of degree devaluation has arrived….
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Just in: For unto Gus a child is born
News from Glyndebourne of the safe delivery of…
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Direct action: Music critic snatches ringing phone in mid-concerto
A phone went off in Vienna’s Musikvereinsaal during…
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Berlin seeks three music directors
In the aftermath of what is known locally…
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FIFA’s two classical friends
Many musicians are passionate about football. Some are…
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Anna Netrebko: ‘I bought several Aida recordings because I am learning the role’
All that is wrong with modern stardom in…
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Chetham’s accused: ‘Shameful’, but not rapist
Malcolm Layfield, former violin teacher at Chethams School and head…
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