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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
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Munich might finally give Mariss his concert hall
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Russian pianist on his life with the KGB
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Concert disruption: woman evicted for shouting 'boring'
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Philly: Players lose pension share in bankruptcy deal
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Breaking: Italy finds new guts
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Maestro won't conduct next month. He's expecting a baby.
That’s what Andris Nelsons has just told his…
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Which orchestra manager is paid most?
In the US, that’s easy. The figures are…
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Music school to close – and that's final
The University of East Anglia, renowned for its…
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Dutch orchestra hits #1 with anti-cuts protest song
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Two orchestras go to war over dead donor's millions
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Would you believe it? CAT scanner used to replicate perfect Stradivarius
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Big tenor quits second marriage
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The night Ken Russell almost turned into Dracula
The conductor Paul Mann shares his experience of…
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Ken Russell and Mahler: fragments of conversation
Ken Russell, who died yesterday, cheerfully disavowed the…
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The world's best composer in 2011 is… a conductor
The Grawemeyer Award, the richest prize for contemporary…
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More sad news: Italian maestro dies
My singer friends inform me that Ubaldo Gardini,…
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Breaking: Ken Russell is dead
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What's the music like in Euro-hit Athens?
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Choir conductor in near-death experience
Dangerous work, conducting. Read on.
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