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Steinway scraps upright after 120 years
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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
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A garden party with Karajan, Furtwängler, Lipatti and friends
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King of Satire has died
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Violin veteran returns to a waiting record contract
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Now Mao joins Ai Weiwei naked protests
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Just in: US conductor steps into Karajan's shoes
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The numbers are sombre in Cleveland
I have been reading the Cleveland Orchestra’s financial…
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Baffled by the Bruckner row? Hear the concert, decide for yourselves (update)
Argument has been raging on this site for…
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Mahler 10: new version goes on tour
The young Israeli conductor Yoel Gamzou has made…
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Church honours holy Mutter
The celebrated violinist has been awarded the Gustav-Adolf…
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Who tunes your Steinway? Not Steinway any more. They've sacked the tuners.
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My demo choirmaster wins… an International Emmy
Last month in Amsterdam I showed a clip…
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Two fine playwrights gone in a day
First, it was Michael Hastings of ‘Tom and…
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Conductor takes fourth wife, way to go
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Oh, no! Now it's Israeli women stripping in solidarity with an Egyptian exhibitionist (update)
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Just in: Vivaldi's L'Olympiade to prelude the London Olympics
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Update: More Chinese go naked to support Ai Weiwei
Reuters reports a wave of nudity protests on Chinese-based…
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Tip-off: Sibelius 8 fragments to receive public premiere in Manchester
I hear that the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra is…
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Mahler third in a teacup
Montreal has a magnificent new concert hall, the…
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Classical covers to cry for
In the wake of the most horrific classical…
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Death of a playwright
The death is privately reported of Michael Hastings,…
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The disrupted concert – a secret recording
Nigel Simeone has posted on youtube a covert…
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