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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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Classic FM signs top tenor
The waning UK radio network has recruited the…
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A Khrushchev to open Salzburg Festival
Nina Khrushcheva, great-granddaughter of the former Soviet leader…
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Sad end of a Cliburn winner
The family have informed us that the pianist…
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It’s Professor MTT
Message received: The San Francisco Conservatory of Music…
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Orchestras
Editorial: Chicago got a raw deal
On paper, it looks like the Chicago Symphony…
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Orchestras
Breaking: Chicago Symphony names music director
As foretold in Slippedisc.com, it’s the overcommitted young…
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Opera
Top soprano returns after 3 years’ silence
The Ukrainian-Armenian soprano Maria Guleghina was one of…
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Orchestras
More good news: Herbert Blomstedt is back
The Swedish conductor, who is 96, will preside…
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RIP
Takemitsu’s trusted pianist dies
We have been notified of the death at…
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Biz news: Partner up now
Two joint managements were formed this morning. Hervé…
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Opera
Another US opera company shuts down
After 22 years and hundreds of performances, Miami…
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Good news: Murray Perahia makes welcome return
After a six-year absence from the concert stage…
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Korean jumps in at Met as Nadine falls sick
The Korean soprano Park So-young sang a title…
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Orchestras
Concertgebouw books baroque conductor
There is a Nikolaus Harnoncourt shaped hole in…
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Marin Alsop: I’d like to try out for LA Phil
The US conductor is presently chief conductor of…
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Orchestras
Revealed: Yuja Wang wore a heart monitor in Rachmaninoff marathon
On January 28 last year at Carnegie Hall,…
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NY Philharmonic board member is arrested for child porn
Media in Princeton, New Jersey, are reporting that…
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RIP
Death of a Canadian conductor, 86
We have been notified of the passing of…
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Orchestras
A Boston player remembers life with Seiji
BSO bass trombonist Douglas Yeo has shared with…
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