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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
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Steinway scraps upright after 120 years
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Jonas Kaufmann is out with Covid
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Breaking: Barenboim takes another new job. Oh, no he hasn't! It's all fools day in Espana
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Just in: What's Philip Glass doing on his 75th birthday? A ninth symphony, of course.
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Am I too loud? This accompanist never was
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Big Mama of klezmer is nebbich nifter*
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What it costs to hear Nigel Kennedy
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Queen summons threatened orchestra to Palace and state tour
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has invited one…
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The composer who grew up among the deaf
Helmut Oehring was born to parents who were…
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Sax king passes on
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German orchestra gets bailout pledge
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Have major labels just seen an upturn in US sales?
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Wash those ears with a dose of Boulez – free classical download #3
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Farewell to a creative repetiteur
The death is reported of Martin Isepp, who…
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How to get more out of Slipped Disc
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EMI's last ever Christmas card
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The man who wrote the Airborne Symphony – free classical download #2
The songs of Marc Blitzstein do not exactly…
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German culture minister slams TV channel for dumbing down arts programming
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Breaking: opera chief quits over Christmas
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Menuhin School loses formative teacher
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Best music result of the year
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Eleanor Rigby – the final chord resolved
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