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BBC names Young Musician semi-finalists
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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra has been ordered to…
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Editorial: It’s time to change orchestra auditions
Two posts this weekend about auditions in Europe…
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There is nothing more stressful, demoralizing, and soul-sucking than an orchestral audition
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New video: ‘A well-balanced football team plays like a symphony orchestra’ (Alan Gilbert says, yeah)
The New York Philharmonic propaganda machine has been…
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Israel mourns a popular piccolist
Yechiam Peled, principal piccolo of the Israel Opera…
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New video: First trailers are in for the Paganini biopic
The US-German violinist David Garrett plays Paganini in…
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Breaking: Orchestra pays out big time to the manager it fired within weeks
The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande has reached…
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In Germany, more and more musicians are suffering burnout
The German Tonkünstlerverband, concerned at rising rates of burnout…
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Young diva launches her life story: ‘Shoes are really important’
The Latvian mezzo Elina Garanca tells her life…
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Renée Fleming posts stunning tribute to her friend, Lou Reed
The diva sang with Lou on the 20th…
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Album sales last week hit an alltime low
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Schumann’s manuscripts are going online
The Brahms Institute in Lübeck has successfully digitalised…
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Lang Lang and the topless troupe
The pianist has posted this picture with dancers…
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Just in: Renée Fleming cancels UK for family emergency
Renée Fleming has cancelled a keenly-awaited orchestral concert in…
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Mariss Jansons is lionised by Dutch government
The Concertgebouw conductor has been made a knight…
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So who was Norma’s baby-daddy?
Our New York operatic ingenues Elizabeth Frayer and Shawn…
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Discovery: Chinese were playing music 9,000 years ago
Three bone-flutes found during excavations in Henan province…
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Tenor to appear before US Supreme Court
The Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja has been invited…
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I was a waitress. Then I got a lead role at the Met. Now I’ll sing at your house.
The Swedish-American soprano Erika Sunnegårdh got her breaks the…
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Better school? A late quartet quits Princeton for Yale
The Brentano Quartet, who played the soundtrack on…
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Young Brit takes charge of jittery Dutch band
Jules Buckley, 33, has been announced as music…
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Death of a Dutch conductor, 56
We regret to report the death of Jos Dingemanse,…
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Just in: Clarinet saves life as conductor suffers rehearsal heart attack
The second clarinet saw it happening and acted…
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