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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra has been ordered to…
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Steinway scraps upright after 120 years
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Opera
Jonas Kaufmann is out with Covid
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How Lise Davidsen became opera’s most important star
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Orchestras
Fascinating new light on Poland’s Nazi Philharmonic Orchestra
Krakow never had an orchestra, writes Jolanta Łada-…
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A small town in Sweden (and other moves)
The symphony orchestra of Gävle (pictured), pop.77,586,has hired the…
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Album Of The Week
There’s something Proustian about these quartets
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Civil war resumes at Wells Cathedral
Far from being a haven of calm and…
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Polish orchestra picks pedigree UK director
The NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra of Wroclaw has named…
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Breaking: Half-naked music director ends his Dutch outing
An unexpected turn at Dutch National Opera and…
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RIP
Ratmansky mourns Odessa dancer, killed by Russian forces
The international choreographer Alexei Ratmansky has tweeted news…
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Opera
Dudamel: How I’m rejuvenating Paris Opéra
In an interview with promo channel Euronews he…
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Orchestras
Tafelmusik adds a British leader
The Canadian baroque orchestra has recruited violinist Rachel…
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First chair of historical performance in UK? (No, it isn’t)
The Royal Academy of Music has just created…
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Conductor settles unfair dismissal case in London
There was outcry on this site in October…
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Rattle’s rants sound futile from afar
The conductor Sir Simon Rattle occupies page 3…
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Opera
Don’t fall asleep, she’s about to start walking
Live streaming tonight on Slippedisc, courtesy of OperaVision,…
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Why Mahler
Comment of the week: The secret life of Mahler symphonies
The conductor Sybille Werner, while working with Henry-Louis…
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Orchestras
Rotterdam Philharmonic re-enact the night the Germans bombed
Message from the orchestra with an electrifying photo;…
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News
NY Philharmonic goes ahead with Taiwan visit
Amid mounting tension over the territory’s future, the…
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ballet
Bolshoi Theatre bans Nureyev on gay grounds
Bolshoi chief Vladimir Urin said yesterday he had…
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Orchestras
Ridiculous title for royal conductor
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, 80 today and soon…
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RIP
Sad loss of an English livewire
The Times reports that Fran Hickox, founder of…
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