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At last, Boston hires a concertmaster
After five years with the biggest vacancy in…
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Conductor makes NY debut in gold slippers
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Washington DC musicians in uproar over Killer Mike
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Breaking: Wagner’s Ring is leaving London
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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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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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