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Hilary Hahn: I’m under AI attack
The US violinist has posted this message on…
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A London orchestra erases John Eliot Gardiner
Eyebrows rose in April last year when the…
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Orchestras
It’s Black Friday in Manchester as ENO dumps its orchestra
English National Opera has rolled out plans for…
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RIP
Sad news: BBC orchestra mourns its leader, 48
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Editorial: It’s time to change orchestra auditions
Two posts this weekend about auditions in Europe…
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A bassoon is stolen in Brooklyn
From Sara Schoenbeck, a teacher at the Brooklyn…
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RIP
The pianist they slaughtered on October 7
Yuval Buyum, 21, was a dedicated pianist who…
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Orchestras
Bayreuth plans Nazi documentation centre
The town of Bayreuth is planning a Nazi…
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Orchestras
All shall have prizes: Portugal, Korea, Russia
Portuguese mezzo Cláudia Ribas (pictured) has won the…
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RIP
France’s ‘sad clown’ commissioned his own concerto
The death of the iconic French actor Michel…
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BBC names Young Musician semi-finalists
A televised selection process that raised concerns about…
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Opera
Another Putin job for Valery Gergiev
The head of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theatres…
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Orchestras
Exclusive: Minnesota Orchestra selects musicians on racial grounds
We have received a message from the orchestra…
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Orchestras
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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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra has been ordered to…
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Opera
How Lise Davidsen became opera’s most important star
From my monthly essay in The Critic: Stars…
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Album Of The Week
Album of the week: Don’t balk at the Balkans
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: There’s…
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Opera
Jonas Kaufmann is out with Covid
Message from Teatro San Carlo, in Napoli: Jonas…
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Opera
International Vocal Competition tonight
The International Vocal Competition (IVC) is a classical singing…
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Daily Comfort Zone
Central Ohio commissions a theremin
The earliest known electronic instrument is something of…
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Daily Comfort Zone
A garden party with Karajan, Furtwängler, Lipatti and friends
Mark Ainley from the Piano Files has posted…
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News
Steinway scraps upright after 120 years
The firm says it is discontinuing Model K,…
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Daily Comfort Zone
A Hebrew prayer, in Russian and English
In the thick of Covid, Russian-trained singers who…
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Orchestras
Job of the Week: Travelling Mahler
Project Manager at the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, based…
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