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Watch Kathleen Battle’s Met farewell
The controversial US soprano, 75, went for the…
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Cancer claims top sax, 78
The magnificent saxophonist David Sanborn has died of…
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Orchestras
CBSO proclaims zero tolerance
Here’s another screed of verbiage posted by Emma…
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Maestro bows out with a hint: Mission Impossible
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German orchestra manager calls for new national strategy
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Read this: A victim of abuse at UK music school appeals for others to come forward
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What a would-be opera star did when ill-health killed her hopes
Elizabeth Lewis Celeste was on track to make…
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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has seized powers to…
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Video: How to play Paganini with a two-inch bow
This is how. h/t: David Hutchings
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Would you vote for a man with nothing but musical clichés between his ears?
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Netrebko gets a new Uruguayan
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He wrote the jingle for De Gaulle airport
Bernard Parmegiani, who has died aged 85, was…
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Composer gets his name on a Hollywood block
Steven Spielberg and John Williams were there to…
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Classical musician of ‘world repute’ is put in the tabloid dock
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Juilliard names Euro star as professor of composition
Matthias Pintscher, music director at Ensemble Intercontemporain, has…
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Hot news: Osmo Vanska to conduct Minnesota musicians again
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New video: Boycott Israel, if you think that’s just…
Ari Lesser has been filming an equality rap…
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Just Joo it up a little bit, says Joshua Bell
The first of our seasonal gifts has arrived.
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Atlanta pioneer calls it quits
Press release: As she prepares to perform at…
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Only in New York: Man announces in string quartet recital, ‘I really don’t want to be here’
Psychotherapist Dr Gerald Stein witnessed the incident last…
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Street violinist wins $21,000 damages from city that banned him
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New video: Superfast violinist breaks Australian bumble-bee record
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Florida orch stages public auditions for music director
The Southwest Florida Symphony has joined the growing…
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Death of an American opera composer
We have been informed by his executor that…
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