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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
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BBC names Young Musician semi-finalists
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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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A big cellist talks about big hair
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La Scala musicians are ‘split 6:4’ over next music director
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Jackie Kennedy writes him a letter about ‘your Mahler’ at four in the morning
The vital new collection of Leonard Bernstein letters…
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The classical agent who used to be a pop star
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Boston maestro gets hung in Brum
Music director Andris Nelson will not be leaving…
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Yet another big chief walks out on IMG
While we were away, another foundation stone crumbled…
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New video: After the cellphone, the pianist returns a little shakily to Haydn
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Lou Reed’s obituary – by his wife, Laurie Anderson
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Dreadful news of a double classical tragedy
In August we reported the death in Hampstead…
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Just in: Ottawa replaces Pinky with a Brit
Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, which has been…
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Decca dies again (US only)
Four years ago, I broke the news that…
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Is this the next Jackie Evancho?
Amira Willighagen, aged 9, is a superwow on…
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NY Phil concertmaster plans his post-job future
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Who opened the floodgates by inventing the chin-rest?
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Pivotal London conductor dies
We’ve been informed of the death of Leslie…
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Leila’s Salonen violin sells for £156,000
The violin with which Leila Josefowicz premiered Esa-Pekka…
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I am swimming off a beach where a great conductor drowned
The first time I swam in Herzliya, the…
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Might Google glass give maestros extra eyes and ears?
Professor Cynthia Turner, a conductor at Cornell, thinks…
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The first woman to record with the Beatles?
Sheila Bromberg played harp on She’s Leaving Home….
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Wagner’s Spanish letter fetches fancy price
A letter by Richard Wagner to the editor…
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