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Barenboim quits Berlin Phil’s Europakonzert
Statement by the Berlin Phil: It is with…
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Sir Andrew Davis and the snobs
The composer Michael Tippett referred to him as…
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At last, Beethoven’s 5th played on viola solo
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Great conductor dies
The quiet legend that was Kurt Sanderling is…
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Longest serving orchestral players – the ultimate list
Hundreds of people have responded to a previous…
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Founder of Czech cinema is dead
Otakar Vavra founded the Prague film school, FUMA,…
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Netrebko, on her big birthday, founds children's charity
Anna Netrebko, 40 today, will open next Sunday…
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The audience that leaps to its feet
The tour reporter on the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra website…
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Ethical? Murdoch paper hacks victim's Facebook site
Reporting the death of four miners in a…
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Leading UK cellist defends suspended LPO players with Monty Python analogy
My friend Steven Isserlis, vociferous in his condemnation…
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Maazel's impresario goes to jail. Hope he got paid.
by our Crime Correspondent Garth Drabinsky, the dodgy…
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Tenor kicks conductor out of Paris – so what else is new? (update)
There was ‘a difference of artistic opinion’ during…
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Where is Lang Lang selling fastest?
In the UK, apparently. See press release, just…
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Breakthrough: maestro plans joint North-South Korea concerts
Myung Whun Chung, conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic…
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Polanski to collect Swiss award. Why?
The BBC reports that Roman Polanski is expected…
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The whole of Wagner in half a day (video)
Times are tough in Portugal, so they’re putting…
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The centenary that everyone forgot
He is Sweden’s most important symphonist, its equivalent…
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Cage rage spreads to Germany
There’s another John Cage festival in the offing,…
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Why the LPO had to act against four players
In a commentary in today’s JC, I argue…
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Breaking: South Korean conductor makes icebreak mission to North
Reports are coming in that Myung Whun Chung,…
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Shock, horror: More Brits do art than sport
A new Government survey reveals an alarming decline…
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The Hil and Val Show – sneak preview of DG's smart twosome
Deutsche Grammophon has posted a promo video of Youtube’s most…
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Where are the Big Beast violinists?
In the October issue of The Strad magazine,…
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