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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra has been ordered to…
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BBC names Young Musician semi-finalists
A televised selection process that raised concerns about…
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There is nothing more stressful, demoralizing, and soul-sucking than an orchestral audition
Dear Alma, I flew to Europe for a…
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Exclusive: Minnesota Orchestra selects musicians on racial grounds
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Riccardo Muti goes back to jail, bringing message of hope
This is not the first time the maestro…
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Toledo mourns principal trumpet
Bernard R. Sanchez, former principal trumpet of the…
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New video: Boston Symphony (with Seiji) goes head-to-head with St Louis in World Series
In a video posted to the BSO’s YouTube account hours…
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Muti mania breaks all records in Chicago
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has achieved record ticket…
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Update: Russian Government ‘may buy Rachmaninov estate’
he pianist Andrei Gavrilov reports that Vladimir Putin…
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More maestro names in La Scala frame
The Italian media, ever keen to make a…
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Dresden Strad, crushed in 1910, is back in play
A prime Stradivarius violin, wrecked when a Dresden…
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What do Hollywood composers do between takes?
They write chamber music. Some quite well. See here….
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Player urges Concertgebouw to protest gay oppression in Russia
A viola player of the Royal Concertgebouw, Vincent…
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The world oldest active conductor, at 97?
Message received: My father, Edward Simons who lives…
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Violin stolen at Euston station is being sold at auction
This is a sombre ending. Min-Jin Kym, whose Stradivarius…
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New record for a Guadagnini?
Dorothy DeLay’s teaching fiddle fetched $1,390,999 in an online…
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Two Boys: First review (‘rather brilliant’)
Our friend Paul Pelkonen is first online with…
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Martha Argerich and 8 pianist friends: live stream from Paris tonight
Here’s a link to the live stream of…
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Orchestra cancels concert for lack of one musician
It’s a familiar scenario.A player is taken ill…
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Caveat: Chailly and La Scala is no done deal
Sources close to the conductor Riccardo Chailly inform…
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Alfredo crashes out in middle of Mehta’s Traviata
Trouble last night in Valencia, where the tenor…
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‘Titanic violin’ sells for £900,000
The widely-hyped and widely-disputed violin that supposedly went…
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Of Canada’s 10 top young musicians, one is classical
It’s a blogpost of national significance on the Canadian…
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After City Opera, New York may lose an orchestra
Our WQXR colleague Brian Wise fears the worst…
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