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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
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BBC names Young Musician semi-finalists
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There is nothing more stressful, demoralizing, and soul-sucking than an orchestral audition
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Exclusive: Minnesota Orchestra selects musicians on racial grounds
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Composer: I lost my complete works in a car theft
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Tuned to 440. Is that the local radio frequency?
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Should you go to a performance with a bad cold?
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Alert: Violin lost on a train in Cologne
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New video: Cecilia Bartoli makes her China debut
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Which Chopin pianist has just made his debut as a Vogue model?
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What took them so long to bring us this cracker?
Two Portuguese speakers played a recital at the…
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A US music director is receiving hospice care
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England’s premier orchestral fixer is… no more
We regret to report the death of Anne…
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We’re running to The Nose
Our New York operavores, Elizabeth Frayer and Shawn…
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Maestro tips #2: ‘Changing agents is risky’
Christopher Seaman, author of the conductor’s vade mecum,…
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Atlanta mourns its double-bass of four decades
Ralph Jones, principal double-bass of the Atlanta Symphony…
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Opera house announces ‘zero tolerance for any abuse of our artists’
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Just in: Minnesota Rep. calls for public ownership of orchestra
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Minnesota clocks up another loss. This time it’s global.
Roger Wright, director of the BBC Proms and…
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Are there 45 Mozart symphonies? Is he writing any more?
That’s how they count them in Denmark. We’re…
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End of history: Patelson’s has been demolished
The 56th Street store where everyone from Tchaikovsky…
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I’ll be playing Beethoven for free all day tomorrow. All night, if needs be…
The pianist Julian Jacobson will be…
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Just in: Six orchestras are under threat in Finland
Finland has more symphony orchestras per population (17:…
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Big prize night for electronic composers
Remember electronic music? Big in the Seventies. The…
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