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NY Phil dumps oboe concerto
The Mozart concerto due to be played three…
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NYPhil oboist loses teaching post
The Manhattan School of Music this morning quietly…
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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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New York Phil appoints independent investigator
The orchestra’s president Gary Ginstling has engaged Katya…
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The Nazi Strad that Oistrakh played
How did a poor boy from Odessa lay…
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When a composer plays his mentor
It’s not all about knitting… The English…
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Golden Age soprano, 97, is back on song in Vienna
Hilde Zadek, probably the last surviving member of…
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Born 100 years ago today
And dead at 44.
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Why orchestra is totally wrong to sack an artist with political views
Slipped Disc editorial: Opinion has split down…
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Salzburg Easter era ends on an unprecedented high
Stats are out for the festival, Peter Alward’s…
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How Martha Argerich gets herself on stage (will she, won’t she?)
A wonderful clip from Stephanie Argerich’s film, Bloody…
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Simon Rattle: Berlin Phil is Chateuneuf, LSO is Pinot Noir
The conductor appears to be suffering from advanced…
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Shocking: Toronto Symphony bans pro-Putin soloist
The pianist Valentina Lisitsa has been highly outspoken…
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Irresistible: How Shostakovich wrote Happy Birthday
Couldn’t make it up? Oh, yes they could….
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Zubin Mehta: ‘Israel has lost Europe. Now, it is losing America.’
In an outspoken interview with Amit Slonim in…
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Naked quartet leader is more than halfway to his defence target
Stefan Arzberger, leader of the Leipzig Quartet who…
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Kent Nagano: ‘Classical music could be gone in a generation’
He tells Vienna’s Kurier that the art form…
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Tenor deputised at the Met with blood coursing down one cheek
Michael Fabiano stood in last week at the…
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Maestro move: Monte Carlo buys green stick
Gianluigi Gelmetti is on his way out of…
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A conductor releases his worst TV moments
‘It’s boring and music is dead,’ says Brett…
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A leading Spanish composer has died
Claudio Prieto, a quiet but influential voice in…
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Placido Domingo gets replaced at the Met
Luca Salsi stepped in as Don Carlo in…
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Ex-EMI boss dies in fall
Sal Licata, who was president of EMI Records…
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On the benefits of cultural migration
A piece I wrote for this weekend’s JC…
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