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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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Stephen Hough: No phones, please, between bars 123-176; 185-199…
The pianist has issued the following advisory to…
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Vienna bug: Elektra and Parsifal are hit
Anne Schwanewilms has pulled out of Sunday’s Elektra…
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Crooked violin dealer escapes jail
A Connecticut instrument specialist has talked himself out…
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Shock result: Carbon-fibre violin wins 2015 German instruments prize
Eat your heart out, Antonio….
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Music world unites in timeless grief
A Philadelphia reader has shared this comment on…
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Naxos attacks ‘reckless and irresponsible’ US union
In a swift response to AFM leader Ray…
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Maestro stays: Dude renews in LA, ruling out Berlin
Gustavo Dudamel has committed himself to the Los…
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US union warns Naxos over streaming
Ray Hair, president of the American Federation of…
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‘Threatened’ ballet star resigns from the Bolshoi
Svetlana Lunkina, a prima ballerina who moved to…
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US orchestra in shock over death of young assistant
We have been informed that Nicolas Sluss-Rodionov, chorus manager…
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So who, exactly, needs a new concert hall?
In the April issue of Standpoint magazine, I…
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A Met friend’s tribute to ‘incredible’ Maria Radner
The Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill has just posted…
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New Yorker ‘won’t publish’ letter from Metropolitan Opera
We hear from a very well-placed source that…
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Video: Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak in their final roles
The Liceu in Barecelona has released video of…
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Kirill Petrenko: Why I can’t carry on at Bayreuth
The highly-regarded music director of Bavarian State Opera…
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Sudden death of New York pianist
We are distressed to share news of the…
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Joshua Bell’s subway stunt is now a children’s book
Remember when Josh played his Strad at L’Enfant…
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Your chance to climb into Placido Domingo’s pants
Los Angeles Opera is selling off star costumes…
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A third musician on board Germanwings 9525
Gabriela Luján Maumus, 28, from Buenos Aires, was bass…
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A musician with Bell’s Palsy: How I got my sound back
Antony Kearns, director of the music publishers Stainer…
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Hillary begins her White House run…. at the Met
Bill and Hillary Clinton were spotted at the…
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