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Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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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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Jersey hires Joshua Bell
The violinist Joshua Bell has been named principal…
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Piano legend turns 90
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A horse named after a concert hall
Meet Wigmore Hall, named after London’s premier chamber…
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A secret record collection, stored on x-rays
While researching my BBC series on Music and…
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An opera in a waxworks: does it move?
We know, doesn’t sound promising. But our pair…
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Power of Slippedisc: Rogue agents’ website is taken down
A few hours ago we reported concern among…
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International opera director dies
The Swedish director Folke Abenius died yesterday, aged…
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Medical miracle? Conductor wakes from coma to the sound of angels
Doctors had given up on Barry Todd, who…
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Video: Extraordinary Jordi finds his desert sound
The uniquely cross-cultural Jordi Savall is peforming at…
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Verdict Day on Rolf Harris
The juryretired shortly after noon to consider its…
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Why you may sound better singing naked
May sound? The Australian composer and chorus director…
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Agents alert: someone is stealing your data
We’ve received this warning from a niche European…
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How the BBC misreads the Met
The headline on the BBC story linked here…
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Game of Thrones reaches new heights
We gave you the stunning low, low version…
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Kronos mourn visionary English associate
The Kronos Quartet are renowned for presentation style….
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The world’s most beautiful bookstore is gutted
Two months ago we lamented the fall of…
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Just in: Gergiev tops Russian rich list
A list published by the Russian Ministry of…
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A classical record legend has died
We’ve been informed of the death of John…
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Met orchestra musicians attack Gelb’s ‘failed financial stewardship’
The musicians, who are resisting a proposed 16…
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Gergiev injured?
We’ve had a report of Valery Gergiev being…
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Curtis grads to offer a year of community service
A new scheme at the venerable Philadelphia conservatory…
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Tough cuts at Klaus Tennstedt’s old orchestra
For nine years before he escaped in 1971 from the…
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