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Another major string quartet breaks up
The St. Lawrence String Quartet, founded in Toronto…
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Philadelphia concertmaster dies
Message from the orchestra: It is with deep…
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London orchestra gets into Downing Street
press release: The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) will…
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Just in: Lucerne cancels Netrebko pair
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Mariss Jansons is lionised by Dutch government
The Concertgebouw conductor has been made a knight…
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So who was Norma’s baby-daddy?
Our New York operatic ingenues Elizabeth Frayer and Shawn…
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Discovery: Chinese were playing music 9,000 years ago
Three bone-flutes found during excavations in Henan province…
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Tenor to appear before US Supreme Court
The Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja has been invited…
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I was a waitress. Then I got a lead role at the Met. Now I’ll sing at your house.
The Swedish-American soprano Erika Sunnegårdh got her breaks the…
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Better school? A late quartet quits Princeton for Yale
The Brentano Quartet, who played the soundtrack on…
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Young Brit takes charge of jittery Dutch band
Jules Buckley, 33, has been announced as music…
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Death of a Dutch conductor, 56
We regret to report the death of Jos Dingemanse,…
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Just in: Clarinet saves life as conductor suffers rehearsal heart attack
The second clarinet saw it happening and acted…
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A big cellist talks about big hair
I’ve been having fun on Sinfini with my…
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La Scala musicians are ‘split 6:4’ over next music director
We are hearing from Milan that the 116…
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Jackie Kennedy writes him a letter about ‘your Mahler’ at four in the morning
The vital new collection of Leonard Bernstein letters…
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The classical agent who used to be a pop star
Friends have been telling us about the life…
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Boston maestro gets hung in Brum
Music director Andris Nelson will not be leaving…
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Yet another big chief walks out on IMG
While we were away, another foundation stone crumbled…
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New video: After the cellphone, the pianist returns a little shakily to Haydn
Many readers have written in to ask what…
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Lou Reed’s obituary – by his wife, Laurie Anderson
In the obituaries section of the East Hampton…
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Dreadful news of a double classical tragedy
In August we reported the death in Hampstead…
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Just in: Ottawa replaces Pinky with a Brit
Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, which has been…
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Decca dies again (US only)
Four years ago, I broke the news that…
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