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UK law can stop you playing any instrument at home
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Hanoverian concertmaster dies
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Maestro remarries
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Anna Netrebko’s solidarity with political prisoners
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Just in: Anne Midgette slams Cleveland for sex discrimination
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RIP
Grace Bumbry died today, aged 86
Austrian media are reporting the death yesterday in…
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Shanghai remembers its Jewish concertmaster
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Currentzis promotes a ‘Russian-Ukrainian’ composer
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Mirga’s sister steps up
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RIP
How the Beaux Arts Trio kept going against the odds
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Orchestras
Yannick lashes Philly audience for ringing phones
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The world mourns Menahem Pressler
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