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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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Piano legend turns 90
Many happy returns to Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa’s…
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Peter Gelb blames critic for Met flop
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Maestro moves: Spaniard beats American to lead Luxembourg orch
Gustavo Gimeno is to be the new chief…
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In defence of a musician-free Wagner
When we reported a few days back that…
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Airline to soloist: A cello will cost you six fares
In case anyone thought it was getting easier…
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Major falling out at niche record label
We hear word of internal turmoil at the…
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Breaking: Sistema founder pulls out of London press conference
Message just received: We are very sorry to…
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Another sell-out on London’s South Bank
This is the unsightly new Shell Centre,…
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No women apply to women-led conducting course
Sian Edwards, head of the Advanced Conducting Course…
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Transfer news: Detroit Symphony signs eight new players
Leonard Slatkin’s scouts have been busy as the…
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Princeton’s ‘grandaddy of electronic music’
James Randall, composer and Princeton electronics pioneer, has…
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Just in: Strasbourg cancels its music festival
One of the richest political capitals in Europe…
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An all-male CarMen is coming our way
Now that’s a role I’ve always coveted. Details…
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The man who invented Messiah from Scratch
One of the early pleasures of my adult…
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How low can she go? Singing nun wins Italy’s TV voice contest…
Sister Cristina Scuccia, 25, in full habit on…
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Abdicating Queen goes fundraising for opera
Queen Sofia of Spain was out on the…
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Last big bookshop of our lives?
After three years of building chaos on Charing…
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Aussie pianist wins big in Montreal
Jayson Gillham, 27, has taken first prize at…
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String quartet to send off Maya Angelou
A string quartet made up of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra musicians…
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Spain’s foremost conductor lays down his baton
In the week that King Juan Carlos announced…
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You, too, can learn to love Harrison Birtwistle
Explaining Harrison Birtwistle, who turns 80 this month,…
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This man hates trumpets
We’ve been sent this eloquent, four-minute clip of…
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