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Editorial: It’s time to change orchestra auditions
Two posts this weekend about auditions in Europe…
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BBC names Young Musician semi-finalists
A televised selection process that raised concerns about…
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Blomstedt, 97, premieres adolescent Mozart
The Serenade in C K 648 for two…
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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra has been ordered to…
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Conductor is bailed in sex abuse case
A former conductor of the Ulster Orchestra and…
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Just in: Alberto Vilar is back in jail
The U.S. Appeals Court this morning upheld US…
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This week’s #1 US classical bestseller is all new music
Last time Hilary Hahn made it to the…
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Concerto disaster: String goes slack as soloist plays first downbow
This is an extraordinary misfortune to befall one…
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Vienna blames conductor for flaccid Magic Flute
He had a bad time in Salzburg this…
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Lucerne Festival in $100 million court showdown
A few years back, a rich German told…
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Toronto’s Mayor Ford: the aria
He smokes crack, threatens homicide, slams into women…
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Fadeout: Australia disbands youth orchestra
Musicians aged 12 to 24 have received notice…
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Just in: Alberto Vilar is heading back to jail
Judge Richard L. Sullivan of the US District…
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The silence of Katherine Jenkins….
She’s been on a secret mission to troops…
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New video: Berlin Philharmonic hoaxes its concertmaster with wrong concerto opening
After reading about Maria Joao Pires and the…
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Leonardo’s instrument? No, it’s a reproduction of an obscure German contraption
There has been much press hooh-hah about a…
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Bleak day for arts media as Bloomberg shuts down Muse
Arts writers and readers are reeling today at…
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Breaking: Valery Gergiev to open Russian Olympics
Izvestia reports that four artists have been chosen…
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New video: A sardonic ode for Benjamin Britten’s birthday
Something to dispel the waft of sanctimony that…
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Flu-bound Dude cancels Bamberg, younger stick gets the gig
The most famous winner of the Gustav Mahler…
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For those wishing to attend the funeral of Sir John Tavener
The Funeral Service for Sir John Tavener,…
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Feminist symbols in the Arab world #1: Qatar’s World Cup stadium
The design is by Zaha…
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Just in: Rome Opera, facing bankruptcy, is taken under administration
Mounting losses have brought Goverment intervention as the…
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Rub your eyes: A Dutchman tops the UK pop charts
Headlines we thought we’d never write…. But life…
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