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Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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Orchestras
Barenboim hands over the baton
From a correspondent in Berlin: Touching ceremony last…
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Orchestras
San Antonio is sinking
The SA Philharmonic has cancelled the rest of…
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Eminent US baritone, RIP
The death has been communicated of Dominic Cossa,…
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Oregon laments Bach Festival founder
Message received: Oregon Bach Festival (OBF) is deeply…
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York mourns a music director, 90
The galvanising John Warburton, founder of York Opera…
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Orchestras
Midori works with women’s orchestra of Afghan refugees
The Japanese-American soloist has been spending a week…
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Orchestras
Sofia is split over pro-Putin pianist
The Kyiv-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa, shunned in most…
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A second sudden death at Milwaukee Symphony
We have been notified of the death of…
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Orchestras
Just in: Karajan’s grave has been restored
This was Herbert von Karajan’s grave yesterday. The…
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Opera
Polish uproar as famed baritone is forced out
The international baritone Mariusz Kwiecień has resigned abruptly…
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Orchestras
How to get your double-bass on a plane
Some helpful advice from Simple Flying magazine. Read…
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Italian pianist dies, at 92
The death has been recorded of Piero Rattalino,…
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Death of Grammy-winning studio genius
The Swiss recording engineer Marc Aubort has died…
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Orchestras
Lord of Rings composer Howard Shore protests shoddy UK concerts
A message from the website of the composer…
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Moscow celebrates Sviatoslav Richter’s partner
Twenty-five years after her death in May 1998,…
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Daily Comfort Zone
Tom Lehrer is 95
We feel a little more alive today to…
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Ruth Leon recommends
Ruth Leon recommends… Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra Macdonald – Ragtime
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra Macdonald – Ragtime…
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Opera
Angela Gheorghiu cancels both Met performances with Covid
The Metropolitan Opera announced today that Angela Gheorghiu…
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Opera
Report: Netrebko’s husband is appointed head of national opera
It is reported from the capital Baku that…
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Opera
What the Met pays its artistic administrator
The job has been advertised. The salary is…
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A Ukrainian conductor is killed in action
The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine has confirmed…
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Album Of The Week
A five-star song cycle that was borne in silence for 20 years
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: I…
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Daily Comfort Zone
From Boulez to Broadway, a British composer without borders
Richard Rodney Bennett was one of the most…
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