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First review: Asmik Grigorian makes a muted Met debut
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Just in: Jonas Kaufmann names Israeli conductor
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Just 6 new shows in Vienna Opera’s season
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Maxim Vengerov relaunches US career
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Slipped Disc goes zooming up the charts
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Hallelujah! the new Glenn Gould laureate is….
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Breaking: Welsh National Opera grabs former English boss
Word is coming in that David Pountney, once…
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Strange goings-on in the Cambridge cloisters
It began with a press release early this…
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How to play a Beethoven cycle in 2012
The young and very gifted Elias String Quartet…
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Ready for some more Arts Council fudge?
Alan Davey, the harassed ACE chief executive, faced…
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Is this a good time to abuse Jews?
In the new issue of Standpoint magazine, I…
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Brazil – latest on the musician sackings
I have received an email from Deborah Cheyne,…
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Seriously, isn't it time we lightened up?
In the current issue of The Strad, I…
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Breaking: Police arrest major violin dealer
Read all about it in The Strad. Right…
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The Arts Council – an orchestral condemnation
Late yesterday, I received the following analysis of…
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A vote of confidence?
One of the most irritating responses to the…
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Very good news from Chicago
Riccardo Muti’s back – well ahead of schedule…
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News just in: 44 musicians sacked in Rio
The Brazilian Symphony Orchestra has dismissed 44 players…
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More tales from Arts Council's cutting floor
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First film by Covent Garden's new opera boss
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Stupidest comment so far on Arts Council cuts
Not all of my analysis during this hectic…
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Breaking: Liz Forgan refuses to debate cuts live with Lebrecht
Dame Liz Forgan, chair of Arts Council England,…
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Brazil – half the orchestra to be fired
Press reports from Rio say that 41 to…
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More insider dealing at the Arts Council
The Institute of Contemporary Arts in London should,…
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