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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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Breaking: Yannick takes another job
He is already music director of the Metropolitan…
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Simon Rattle: ‘I’ve got the only homeless top orchestra’
The conductor continues his agitation for a new…
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Just in: Kirill cancels Vienna Phil
The Berlin Philharmonic chief conductor Kirill Petrenko has…
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Maestro moves: Basques pick a German to replace shooting star
The Orquesta de Euskadi, in Spain’s Basque region,…
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Jamie and Bezhod vie for oligarch’s $100k classical talent award
Len Blavatnik, owner of the Warner Music Group,…
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Coffee was brought to Europe by Armenians. Discuss.
The Turks claim they gave coffee to Vienna,…
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Why London can’t be bothered to commemorate composers
Campaigners for a plaque to mark Haydn’s two…
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A symphony for a disaster
There has been a certain amount of mealy-mouthed…
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Just in: Netrebko quits Munich Manon over director disagreement
Nikolaus Bachler, the Munich intendant has announced Anna…
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Ingmar Bergman’s pianist wife has died
Käbi Laretei, the international concert pianist who married…
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Mozart’s brothel opera goes topless for Turkey
You may recall that Turkish opera and ballet…
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Caruso ‘used chamomile’ to combat stage fright
A stash of private letters coming up for…
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Stranger on the Shore, no more
Acker Bilk, the English jazz clarinettist and singer,…
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The Chinese conscience of contemporary music
Tim Page, who writes far too little these…
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China maestro tells US orchs how it’s done
Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA)…
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Pianist asks Google to take down negative review
The Croatian pianist Dejan Lazic has asked Google…
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The real scandal of the second Mrs Bach
Forget about phony documentaries. This is real history…
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Stalker pianist is arrested again
The pianist Graeme McNaught, a former lecturer at the…
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Watch: Hot tears as dying orchestra goes on chili protest
The Danish National Chamber Orchestra is due to…
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How to watch a concert with your phone on
Geoff Edgers has cracked it. Read here. Anyone…
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Musicians accuse Atlanta Symphony of dragging out the agony
Musicians of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are demanding…
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Just in: Suzuki empire strikes back at fraud allegations
Two important rebuttals have been issued against claims…
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Stalin’s willing executioners
Rare and important research (in Russian) on Stalin’s…
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