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Barenboim quits Berlin Phil’s Europakonzert
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Sir Andrew Davis and the snobs
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At last, Beethoven’s 5th played on viola solo
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Explaining Elgar to Australia.
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Body in holiday suitcase is named as US composer’s widow
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New York is besieged by angry bassoons
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Un grand chef d’orchestre is 90 today
Georges Pretre made his conducting debut at the…
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Yuja Wang: ‘The best motivation? When guys are being assholes…’
The young Chinese pianist, whose patience is as…
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After two years under wraps, Notre Dame organ is ready to sound
Restoration work started at Notre Dame de Paris…
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An ailing Kurt Masur is honoured with the Bruckner Medal of America
photos (c) Tong Chen
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An outstanding double-bass departs too soon, aged 48
The Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg and its conductor…
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Celine Dion stops singing
A statement by the Canadian singer: Celine…
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A tube in his nose, wheelchair bound, Frans Brüggen conducts his last filmed concert
May this inspirational musician rest in peace.
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Ukraine and Korea win Helsinki’s Miriam Helin contest
The Jury of the VII Mirjam Helin International…
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Frans Brüggen, as seen by his fellow-pioneers
Frans Brüggen (1934-2014) This 1985 essay is…
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‘The most accessible orchestra on the planet’
That’s what the Detroit Symphony are aiming for,…
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Kaufmann is going cheap in Australia
The greatest tenor on earth isn’t moving the…
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Sad loss: An early music giant died today
Frans Brüggen, one of the pioneers of the…
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Bloody opera of the day
Blood is gushing forth in the barrack…
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Wales change chorus master
press release: Welsh National Opera appoint…
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Why are mezzos nicer than sopranos?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that cellists…
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Ivan Fischer: ‘Symphony orchestras have only a few decades left’
He tells Richard Morrison in The Times: ‘Symphony…
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Berlin horn to blow Lucerne first
While the Viennese slave away at Salzburg, Berlin…
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Opera costume designer dies, aged 41
Very sad news. Melissa Schlachtmeyer, who designed costumes…
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