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BBC names Young Musician semi-finalists
A televised selection process that raised concerns about…
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Editorial: It’s time to change orchestra auditions
Two posts this weekend about auditions in Europe…
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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra has been ordered to…
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There is nothing more stressful, demoralizing, and soul-sucking than an orchestral audition
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The flute they drove out of Vienna is back – with a Gangnam band
Jasmine Choi, whose expulsion from the Vienna Symphony…
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New video: The closest you’ll ever get to a double-bass
Just watch those strings oscillate in this anonymous…
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China’s piano stars vie for big-buck sponsors
Yundi has a new one. Wait for Lang…
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Boulez and 160 maestros join public appeal to stop orchestra merger
An impassioned op-ed in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung…
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Stand by for Gergiev: The Movie
From the trailer, Alberto Venzago’s forthcoming film looks…
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Berlin votes more money for the arts
They’re not saying how much more, but the…
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Sao Carlos appoint Joana chief conductor
The Teatro de São Carlos in Lisbon has named…
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Breaking: An American composer is found dead
We’ve been informed that Arnold Rosner was found…
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Sir John’s last song will be premiered by South Icelandic Chorus
The composer John Tavener died three days before…
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Breaking: Mariss Jansons falls ill on eve of China tour. Young Scot steps in.
This just in from the Concertgebouworkest: Having arrived…
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Sad news: A celebrated British composer has died
Sir John Tavener, whose early work was taken…
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50 years ago today: How Boston Symphony Hall heard news of President Kennedy’s assassination
James Inverne has tracked down the announcement by…
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Is there a lovelier (or more typical) Yiddish song?
It’s no secret that I’m making a three-part…
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Black notes in France as Pleyel stops making pianos
The last piano manufacturer in France – and…
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London gold goes to two Hungarians
The pianist Andras Schiff and composer György Kurtág…
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Minnesota musicians miss an open goal
Given an opportunity to state their case in…
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Woman conducts Rape at Mariinsky
Say what you like against Valery Gergiev, but…
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New horror video: Conductor starts concerto before his soloist is on stage
This is about as dumb as it gets….
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How much to attend a Lorin Maazel masterclass?
$8,500 if you pass the audition. And you…
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Kent Nagano gets third term in Montreal
Press release: The OSM renews Kent…
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