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Tenor stops mid-concert in Birmingham to stop phone snappers
The tenor Ian Bostridge shocked Symphony Hall Birmingham…
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NY Phil dumps oboe concerto
The Mozart concerto due to be played three…
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New York Phil appoints independent investigator
The orchestra’s president Gary Ginstling has engaged Katya…
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Just in: Kirill cancels Vienna Phil
The Berlin Philharmonic chief conductor Kirill Petrenko has…
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Just in: Gustavo Dudamel to make Vienna Opera debut
He’s conducting Turandot next season, it has just…
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Toronto Symphony plays half-empty after ‘terrible precedent’
There were demonstrators in Roy Thomson Hall and…
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Two orchestras go on strike today
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra looks like losing tonight’s…
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New York Phil nabs Houston concertmaster
The new NY #1 is to be Frank Huang,…
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Festival woes: Local favourite pulls out of Salzburg
Genia Kühmeier, Salzburg born and bred, withdrew today…
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Exclusive: Chief conductor is erased from Russian opera house
In an act reminiscent of Stalinism, staff members…
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A tip from the concertmaster: Here’s when you clap
Our friend Holly Mulcahy, concertmaster of the Chattanooga…
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Lisitsa latest: She’s in Toronto, determined to perform
The irrepressible Ukrainian-US pianist has turned up in…
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Pianist promises to clean up Sydney competition
The British pianist Piers Lane has been announced…
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Equality crawl: First woman to head Vienna music faculty in 198 years
The announcement that Regula Rapp will take over…
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Latest: Now Toronto Symphony censors itself
Having fired Valentina Lisitsa for her pro-Kremlin politics,…
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Is it ever right to ban an artist?
Some have detected an inconsistency between the widespread…
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Most believe Toronto was wrong to fire Lisitsa
A sampling of informed opinion, taken by the…
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Pianist speaks out against the flagrant politicisation of El Sistema
Gabriela Montero has spoken out forcefully against the…
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Ever heard Sinatra sing Russian?
The Russian starts at 2:00. He’s pretty good….
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Gergiev plans ‘inoffensive’ Tannhäuser in St Petersburg
In his dual role as Putin poster-man and…
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Wedding bells: Maestro marries concertmaster
Our social affairs editor reports that Osmo Vänskä,…
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Syzygy founder is gone
George Burt, a Ligeti disciple who founded the…
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‘75% of musicians we asked suffer with their mental health’
The claim is made in a new campaign…
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The Nazi Strad that Oistrakh played
How did a poor boy from Odessa lay…
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