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Jersey hires Joshua Bell
The violinist Joshua Bell has been named principal…
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18 operagoers need medical treatment after lesbian Hindemith opera
Florentina Holzinger’s Stuttgart production of Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna…
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RIP
Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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Peter Gelb blames critic for Met flop
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Caption competition: One broken shirt for sale
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Jackie Evancho: There is no auto-tune on my new album
The young singer insists that the voice and…
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Germany’s top composer is awarded the Schumann prize
Wolfgang Rihm is 25,000 Euros richer this morning….
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Conductor offers to cover orch’s fees for Welsh Proms appearance
The conductor Owain Arwel Hughes is having to offer…
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Spanish practices: Cordoba posts dumb defence of bad Competition
The lamentable state of the so-called international conductors…
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Because he’s worth it: What your music director is being paid
Yesterday, we brought you Drew McManus’s annual earnings…
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Bayreuth goes live, to a cinema near you
Tannhäuser is to be screened on August 12,…
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So how much are US orchestra chiefs getting paid?
It’s the time of year for consultant Drew…
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Chorusmaster leaves his fortune to opera house
Laven Sowell died last November, aged 80, having…
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If Britney can’t sing without auto-tune, what kind of music is pop?
It’s no secret that most pop singing is…
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Breaking: Berlin chorus walks out on strike
The Berlin radio chorus walked out today on…
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Amid record gloom, LP sales are up 34%
Nielsen Soundscan reports that foru million LPs have…
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High explosive: Aaron Rosand accuses Isaac Stern of sabotaging his career
Six weeks ago, we discussed on Slipped Disc…
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The official accordionist of the Tour de France is … English
Quelle horreur! It has been disclosed that the…
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Guardian reports £30.6 million loss
The deficit is no bigger than last year’s…
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Maestro subs: Berlin names two stand-ins
Alan Gilbert will replace Riccardo Chailly in Berlin’s…
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Because he needs it, Eschenbach gets ten-grand prize
The Rheingau Music Festival’s 2014 prize, worth 10,000 Euros,…
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Spanish practices: Conductors are ripped off by Competition
We have received the following disturbing report from…
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Diva news: Rosie’s off to lead the Dutch
The British soprano Rosemary Joshua has been named…
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Brazil name extra striker
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