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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
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Tragic death of rising cellist, 28
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The Pianist's protegée dies on his 100th birthday
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Another maestro joins the sicklist
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Bryn and Tony air-kiss Angela Gheorghiu all the way back to Bucharest. Er, why?
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Norwegians would. And did. Why can't your country?
The discussion on orchestral growth in Norway has…
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Watch this: Swiss orchestra seeks cowbell player for Mahler 6th
This is worse than sending out for coffee…
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Just in: Orchestra sacks conductor who is 'arrested wearing only a towel'
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Another US orchestra takes steep pay cut.
It’s Utah, and it saves $1.1 million off…
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The composer who lost his bicentenary
They have found one of his lost operas…
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Why is Deborah Bull high-stepping it out of the Royal Opera House?
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Stop the clocks. Newspaper commissions 3-part classical series and new composition
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Brahms for breakfast? How not to market the arts (+video)
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Just in: Poland remembers The Pianist's 100th birthday
W?adys?aw Szpilman, the pianist who was hidden by…
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Is Norway the white hope for orchestras?
There are sixteen orchestras in Norway. The population…
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The oldest working actor?
The Dutch actor Johannes Heesters is 108. He’s…
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Classical covers to cry for #2
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A parent's concerns: more questions for troubled music school
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