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Death of a British piano influence
Past students are sharing their sadness at the…
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Music director steps down after 56 years
It was the black year of 1968 when…
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What Minnesota is prepared to pay an international pianist
The job advert below speaks for itself. The…
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UK orchestra bass dies ‘in unexpected circumstances’
The death has been made known of Mat…
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Time to say goodbye: Top conductor retires
The modernist conductor Michael Gielen has laid down…
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France loses its last brass instrument maker
The instrument maker Courtois, founded in 1789, will shut…
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Decline of the West: Carmen-ban opera house loses its artistic heads
West Australian Opera, which made headlines by banning…
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Dawn raid: Detroit snatches highly-rated cellist from New York Philharmonic
Wei Yu, 34, a New York Philharmonic cellist…
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Diva takes a dive: Joyce falls after singing national anthem
All in blue and bare of accompaniment, the…
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‘15% of the new works we perform are by women’ (but less than 2% of the old)
The Baltimore Symphony has conducted a survey of…
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Ivan Fischer shakes it up, inviting audience to sit inside the orchestra
The restless Hungarian maestro’s latest experiment is a…
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Stanley Drucker, 85, returns to play a concerto
The long-serving principal clarinet of the New York…
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Better than Google Translate?
More howlers here.
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Want to be Boston Symphony’s new cello?
This is today’s audition set-up. Not exactly friendly.
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Sudden death of college music director, aged 50
We regret to report the sudden death of…
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So there was this cellist on my flight…
Meet Francisco Vila. Every flight should have a…
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Hot new warm-up video from Joyce Didonato before the big night
She’s singing the anthem tonight at the World…
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Grim lockdown as Atlanta nears result
The two sides have resumed talks. Neither is…
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Best early music crowdfunder?
A light world apart from the usual begging…
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Cult of Currentzis reaches Cosi
Teodor Currentzis, 42, a Greek conductor working in…
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Britten biographer maintains syphilis claim despite conclusive evidence
Dr Michael Petch, a member of Britten’s medical team…
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Ivry in his element
I had a call last night from Ivry…
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Update: Alex Ross demolishes Mrs Bach
I was meant to be seeing a preview…
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Looks like curtains for Orchestra as Ulster wakes up to 10% budget cut
The Belfast Telegraph reports today that ministers are…
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