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Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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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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Peter Gelb blames critic for Met flop
Page 6 in the NY Post – not…
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The elephant in the Arts Council room
Read again the Arts Council justification for stripping…
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A much-loved American pianist has died
The quiet legend that was Howard Karp has…
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Latest: Director quits at insolvent opera festival
Intendant Wolfgang Werner has announced he is leaving…
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Sad news: Mariinsky organist is dead, aged 49
The opera and ballet company in St Petersburg…
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Where’s Seiji? Conducting in Paris tonight
Fighting cancer for the past three years, the…
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Just in: Vienna Opera ends season on record high
Overall takings are up 1.3% to a record…
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ENO stay low-key over grant cut. They should be spitting teeth.
John Berry, artistic director of English National Opera,…
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Old pals act by Arts Council? Its ex-chair gets a grant…
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain has…
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English National Opera is big loser in Arts Council shareout
The enterprising, internationally engaged London company will lose…
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Wales aghast loss of music promo
The Welsh Music Foundation, a promotional vehicle for…
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Maestro breakthrough: Aussie baton bags China orchestra
Dane Lam, 29, has been appointed Principal Conductor and…
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Opera festival declares insolvency
Austria’s St. Margarethen opera festival has gone bankrupt, with…
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Off-topic: How to wreck your own wedding
Post by Star 106.5. h/t: Violetta
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Bass-baritone ‘desires a better country’
Press release: It was announced today that bass-baritone Gerald…
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Just in: Salzburg shuts talent factory as sponsor pulls out
Montblanc, the luxury pen and watch makers, have…
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Exclusive: ‘It wasn’t my fault they couldn’t sell the $45 million Strad’
David Aaron Carpenter, who lent his playing skills…
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Met musicians play at schools. Why can’t Met Opera do that?
In the latest post on the Met Orchestra…
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Beat this: Yiddish and Hebrew songs in a Beijing public park
The songs are Tumbalalaika (Yiddish) and Oseh Shalom…
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Exclusive: A Schubert portrait fades before our eyes
A giant portrait of Franz Schubert was created…
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How well did the BBC know Rolf Harris?
A dozen years ago, the Australian entertainer was…
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