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Breaking: D. C. seeks new music director
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Failing Maggio Musicale loses its ballet
Gramilano reports the closure of MaggioDanza, which has been…
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Job vacant: Concertmaster at the Vienna Philharmonic
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Reopening the Mengelberg case: Was he justly banned?
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Man stopped for playing trumpet while driving over bridge
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Peter Gelb prepares to break silence
The general manager of the Metropolitan Opera has…
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Architect sues Paris over ‘unfinished’ Philharmonie
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Just in: Boulez names subs at Lucerne
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Arts and culture to be replaced by sex classes
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Ousted Wagner joins Tchaikovsky jury
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Gerard Depardieu’s favourite violinist lives quietly in London
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Death of a New York conductor, aged 56
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Music video of the week: The maestro kicks up his heels
Sakari Oramo was a concerto soloist before he…
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Sudden death of a first volinist
The North Carolina Symphony is in mourning for…
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So, Mr Perlman, how should I practise? and how long?
The answer is, Practise slowly. And no longer…
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Meet the wettest orchestra in the world
Say hello to the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, in…
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A week of Vienna Opera for free
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Trebles all round as violinist sings countertenor
I’ve just come out of the faintly out-of-body…
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Going viral: Paris Opera chief’s aria errors
Stéphane Lissner, head of the Paris Opéra, exposed…
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If Bochum and Birmingham can, why not Munich and London?
They’re laughing in Bochum this week. A post-industrial…
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