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Minnesota concertmaster, RIP
The death has been made known of Lea…
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Opera
Italian opera chief takes Russian citizenship
Vladimir Putin has issued a decree granting Russian…
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Why Mahler
Can Gergiev still do Mahler?
Early in his international career, Valery Gergiev professed…
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Orchestras
Powerhouse violinist quits in Cleveland
We hear that Stephen Rose, former head of…
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Meet our professor of music and gender
message received: The Hannover University of Music, Theater…
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Daily Comfort Zone
Bob Dylan wasn’t great. But that doesn’t really matter
The jazz expert and festival director Richard Williams…
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Alvin Ailey icon dies at 81
The dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison died yesterday…
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Salonika mourns world’s best mayor
The Greek city is remembering Yiannis Boutaris, winemaker…
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Orchestras
All shall have prizes: Two Chinese wins
The Chinese violinist Luo Chaowen, 23, won first…
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Opera
Exclusive: Met chorus is silenced by asbestos
We hear that chorus rehearsals at the Metropolitan…
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Orchestras
LA Phil aims to sell 3 nights of Boulez
Next year markss the centenary of the ultra-modernist’s…
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Orchestras
Bavaria honours Bayreuth’s breakthrough baton
The special award of Bavaria’s culture prizes for…
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News
Watch: The bells of Notre Dame are ringing again
The cathedral will reopen a month from now.
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Messiah is cancelled at school ‘due to religious content’
There is a public outcry in Finland after…
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Album Of The Week
My concerto’s so much better than the movies…
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: I…
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Break a string? I only needed three anyway
From US violinist Stefan Jackiw: Last week in…
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Opera
A new Traviata, live from Mannheim
Giuseppe Verdi creates a portrait of a society…
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Orchestras
Rattle and RPO to make Lucerne debuts
Before the various PR flood my inbox with…
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Orchestras
College swoops on new London principal
The Norwegian string player Eivind Ringstad joined the…
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News
St Thomas 5th Avenue cuts savagely back
The cornerstone Anglican church is offloading its choir…
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Orchestras
Gustavo Dudamel faces human rights protest in New York
The incoming music director of the New York…
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Opera
Get Carter: Stuttgart names Aussie chief
The Australian Nicholas Carter, who is presently chief…
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Orchestras
2nd-generation player leaves the Berlin Philharmonic
The orchestra is bidding farewell to Alessandro Cappone,…
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Opera
Watch the Met’s new Tosca attempt the big jump
The Met has posted video of a visibly…
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