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Cambridge-educated rookie composer beats Williams and Desplat to an Oscar
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Hiroshima mon amour… est mort
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‘A friend of Britten’s’ in UK paedophile investigation
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A Karajan protégé has died
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Anna Netrebko drops a role
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Without music, would we even be Jewish?
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New video: A Debussy winner, 90, is treated to his masterly quartet
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A 3rd-gen Tortelier gets into the biz
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Composer, 86, says: this is my last opera
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The next Chinese star pianist is 9 years old. Prepare to be amazed.
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