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Conductor waves white flag at Vienna Opera
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A bad day for Shostakovich
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The man behind Pierre Boulez
I once offended the great man by deprecating…
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Orchestras
Extraordinary pit footage of Karajan’s last opera
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Salzburg Festival hit by Gaddafi allegations
The Salzburg summer festival is suffering the first…
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Another Sony scoop
The chequebook’s still open. Sony Classical have signed…
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Say hello to baby Dude
Gustavo Dudamel is a daddy. His wife Eloise…
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Breaking: now Buenos Aires fires half its orchestra
The city of Buenos Aires has fired half…
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You protest? I sang it first!
There’s a wonderful letter in the Guardian today…
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Brazil – the boycott begins
The international Brazilian pianist Cristina Ortiz has cancelled…
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Slipped Disc goes zooming up the charts
Wikio UK, which measures web usage of blogs…
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Hallelujah! the new Glenn Gould laureate is….
I’ve just heard from the jury room in…
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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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