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Tenor stops mid-concert in Birmingham to stop phone snappers
The tenor Ian Bostridge shocked Symphony Hall Birmingham…
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Breaking: Yannick takes another job
He is already music director of the Metropolitan…
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Simon Rattle: ‘I’ve got the only homeless top orchestra’
The conductor continues his agitation for a new…
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Just in: Kirill cancels Vienna Phil
The Berlin Philharmonic chief conductor Kirill Petrenko has…
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Why Mahler? goes three rounds with Boss Borda In LA: the video
Author Norman Lebrecht in conversation with Deborah Borda,…
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How not to treat a singer – rehearsal pics from Munich's underwear Ring
Director Andreas Kriegenburg likes to get his way in…
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Just in: Joyce DiDonato mourns death of 'astonishing, miraculous' child
The magnificent mezzo was toasting the end of…
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Heart-scare soprano cancels 2012 (update)
The Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman had emergency heart surgery…
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Ring alert: Munich goes for men and women in their underwear
The Bavarian State Opera has been flagging up…
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Terrible news: music editor killed in car crash
News just in on the BBC: Robert Maycock…
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Philip Glass, 75 today, eats his cake (hope it doesn't repeat on him)
This is Father Phil with his boys cutting…
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Women pay for the Vienna Philharmonic, don't play in it
Carnegie Hall’s announcement of its coming series with…
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Auschwitz writer dies in 67th liberation week
The architect Roman Halter, author of Roman’s Journey…
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New research: music training delays brain decay
A study at Northwestern University indicates that older…
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English composer stages malodorous German premiere
The Stolen Smells, a comic opera by Simon…
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What, pray, is a 'pubic performance'?
I’ve attended some hair-raising concerts in my time,…
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When Mahler came to California
In the thick of the Los Angeles Philharmonic…
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Criticising the critics 5: pianist says no-one should write about music
There’s an odd piece in the Telegraph by…
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Breaking: Sharp decline in German orchestras
A survey by the German Orchestra Union (DOV)…
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Just in: Philadelphia Orchestra extends its CEO – by four weeks
Things are so bleak in Bell town that…
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Death of a breakthrough soprano
Camilla Williams was the first African-American to play…
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At Last: Christina Aguilera bids farewell to Etta James
Where Beyonce sang it sweet and nice to…
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How Gustavo Dudamel spends his Sunday
On Sunday morning, Gustavo Dudamel conducted a rehearsal…
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Prokofiev: his life as cartoon strip
Wonderful animated Russian film on the life of…
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