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Another major string quartet breaks up
The St. Lawrence String Quartet, founded in Toronto…
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London orchestra gets into Downing Street
press release: The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) will…
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Things you really shouldn’t do to a violin
The New York composer Julia Wolfe won a…
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Boston has new principal flute
We reported three and a half months ago…
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Daniel Barenboim receives Freedom Prize
The Free University of Berlin has bestowed its…
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Vandals attack grave of Nazi composer
Unknown vandals have desecrated the grave of the…
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Can graphics make opera more accessible?
They think it can in Sweden, where this…
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Policeman and musician fall to death off London building
Among the daily toll of human tragedies, this…
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Dictator’s opera house announces deal with Covent Garden
Valery Gergiev presided, as arranged at the opening…
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Riccardo Muti goes back to jail, bringing message of hope
This is not the first time the maestro…
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Toledo mourns principal trumpet
Bernard R. Sanchez, former principal trumpet of the…
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New video: Boston Symphony (with Seiji) goes head-to-head with St Louis in World Series
In a video posted to the BSO’s YouTube account hours…
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Muti mania breaks all records in Chicago
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has achieved record ticket…
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Update: Russian Government ‘may buy Rachmaninov estate’
he pianist Andrei Gavrilov reports that Vladimir Putin…
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More maestro names in La Scala frame
The Italian media, ever keen to make a…
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Dresden Strad, crushed in 1910, is back in play
A prime Stradivarius violin, wrecked when a Dresden…
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What do Hollywood composers do between takes?
They write chamber music. Some quite well. See here….
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Player urges Concertgebouw to protest gay oppression in Russia
A viola player of the Royal Concertgebouw, Vincent…
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The world oldest active conductor, at 97?
Message received: My father, Edward Simons who lives…
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Violin stolen at Euston station is being sold at auction
This is a sombre ending. Min-Jin Kym, whose Stradivarius…
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New record for a Guadagnini?
Dorothy DeLay’s teaching fiddle fetched $1,390,999 in an online…
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Two Boys: First review (‘rather brilliant’)
Our friend Paul Pelkonen is first online with…
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Martha Argerich and 8 pianist friends: live stream from Paris tonight
Here’s a link to the live stream of…
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Orchestra cancels concert for lack of one musician
It’s a familiar scenario.A player is taken ill…
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