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Berlin Phil drops Rattle
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Who’s Vienna’s favourite conductor?
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BBC Proms can no longer afford US orchestras
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New painting, inspired by Why Mahler?
The London-based artist Katharina Lupnova has sent me…
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Meet the dentist from hell
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New resolution for Mozart Requiem
Unhappy with performing the politically-correct unfinished version? Unhappy…
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Discovered – first fragments of Sibelius's destroyed 8th symphony
My colleagues in Helsinki are torn between exultation…
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Silent sale for famous Strad
The cello played by the late Bernard Greenhouse…
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Ten top tips for the travelling violinist
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EMI: 'We have created a new way of doing things, predicated on passion, humanity and integrity'
The chief executive has sent a memo to…
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Princess Kate's ace composer reveals origin of her royal wedding song
A debut album by Paul Mealor, whose anthem…
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Another airline declares war on musical instruments
The Norwegians may have backed down on their…
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Breaking: Bolshoi dancers defect (update)
In the good old days, they would skip…
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Kitsch alert: do not open this post
I warned you, didn’t I? This ghastly object…
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Gutless: Italy runs out of violin strings
I have received the following notice from a…
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'Obsessed opera fan' is stalking Katherine Jenkins
It has to be true, because I read…
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Most horrific classical cover of 2011
The naive label, based in France, has a…
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Liszt over? His home town slashes next year's festival
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Shock, horror: German government caught funding dead pants
A parliamentary question to the culture minister in…
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Plastic People of the Universe loses its leader
Ivan Martin Jirous, known as ‘Magor’ (or ‘Loony’)…
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Opera star, in his 70s, gives it all away in Iowa
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Italian jazz singer, 32, killed by vehicle on Manhattan street
Daniele D’Ercole had talent,…
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At 100 years old, novelist's granddaughter is still telling stories
Someone sent me a video of a senior…
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