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Tenor stops mid-concert in Birmingham to stop phone snappers
The tenor Ian Bostridge shocked Symphony Hall Birmingham…
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Just in: Kirill cancels Vienna Phil
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New York Phil appoints independent investigator
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Breaking: Yannick takes another job
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‘Classical music, kiss my ass’
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First spat of 2014: Maestro opens opens fire on Canadian Opera
Bramwell Tovey, music director of the Vancouver Symphony…
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Lorin Maazel declares himself vegetarian
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Death of an American composer and amazing art collector
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Early music figure is named in Guildhall abuse investigation
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How to build a conductor from the ground up
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Can playing the violin make you slim?
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A prodigious conductor has died, aged 93
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Culture adds seven times more to the economy than motor cars
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Amadeus producer dies
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‘Furtwängler used to spend every Christmas with us’
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Catching up with the heroes of the samizdat counter-revolution
A fascinating essay from Michael Johnson, revisiting the…
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Placido Domingo debut is cancelled by Valencia after tiles fall off the roof
The former tenor was due to conduct Manon…
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The truth slowly emerges about the smashed-up flutes at JFK
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Minnesota musicians beg city to take over the empty hall
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Shock my socks off: They wear sneakers in the Vienna Philharmonic
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It’s not just about orchestral shoes. There’s socks to be considered, too
Behold the working boots of LSO violinist Maxine…
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Death of a cherished luthière
There are very few women stringed instrument makers…
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The best (and worst) orchestra shoes in the world
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Hot video: Possibly the most horrible piano recital of the year
This is Yundi Li on China television playing…
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