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Dear Alma, I’m a white, male, 30ish conductor. What hope?
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Patron demands SanFran Symphony open its books
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Justus Franz: Lenny Bernstein fell in love with me
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Gerard Mortier’s record of his life
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The Alagnas introduce their baby to opera
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Who’s this playing Elgar for Merkel and Cameron?
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New video: How does Chinese music sound on a Stradivarius?
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Esa-Pekka Salonen bags 100 grand
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Just in: Met calls in 2nd deputy for Wozzeck
Thomas Hampson is still sick with bronchitis. Matthias…
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Valery Gergiev: ‘The people who run Ukraine are spouting fascist slogans’
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Gabriela Montero joins Venezuela peace concert
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How to keep your music in the 21st century
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The worst known case of composer’s block
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Paul’s ‘Yesterday’ piano is up for sale
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Slipped Disc editorial: Why can’t anyone find the right word for Gerard Mortier?
Newspapers this morning headline the death of Gerard…
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Alexander, 17, is BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year
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Gerard Mortier on his last day at Salzburg
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A Dudamel concert is disturbed at Walt Disney Hall
A Slipped Disc reader tells us: A friend…
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Unesco names Putin pianist as goodwill ambassador
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A soccer magazine reviews a classical concert
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A non-Sistema Venezuelan wields a London baton
Ilyich Rivas, 20, has just made a bit…
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Music and the Jews… it starts today
My three-part Radio 3 series on…
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Gerard Mortier: a protégé remembers
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