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RIP
Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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Piano legend turns 90
Many happy returns to Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa’s…
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RIP
Eminent US baritone, RIP
The death has been communicated of Dominic Cossa,…
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Opera
US opera chief steps down
It has been announced tonight that Patrick Summers…
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Will Gary Lineker save the BBC’s sacked musicians?
The BBC is writhing once more in a…
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Ida Haendel as we knew her
Spend half an hour in her company. The…
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News
Lenin’s favourite Mahler conductor
A first biography of Gustav Mahler’s close associate…
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Orchestras
A small town in China makes one million violins each year
From Ludwig Van Toronto: More than 950,000 violins…
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Opera
Solti in Bayreuth: Where do I go to shul on Friday night?
The Canadian cantor Charles Heller, in an anthology…
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Album Of The Week
Doing Rachmaninov like they did in the bad old days
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: If…
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Opera
Hamburg cancels Sunday’s premiere
You’d think they might go dark for a…
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News
Just in: Germans plan big Domingo birthday bash
Baden-Baden has gained a reputation for inviting Putin’s…
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News
BBC calls auditions for an amateur chorus
Having scrapped the elite BBC Singers to save…
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News
Desperate Maestro now sues a newspaper
The Danish conductor Michael Bojesen , having lost…
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ballet
Alastair Macaulay reviews New York’s Typhoon Tiler
The former chief dance critic of the New…
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Opera
The longest opera encore in history
Il matrimonio segreto, a dramma giocoso in two…
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Orchestras
Carnegie Hall cellphones killed my Bruckner 8
From a Joseph Horowitz lament: … Not long…
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News
Stephen Layton quits Cambridge
The choral specialist Stephen Layton has decided to…
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News
Exclusive: BBC DG says I’m behind the music cuts
Tim Davie, director general, has responded to yesterday’s…
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News
British diplomat gives $10m to Curtis Institute
The Curtis Institute of Music has received $10…
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Tár-promoting conductor is cited as defendant in abuse case
The vigilant violinist Lara St John has written…
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News
Breaking: Apple launches dedicated classical streaming
The corporation has just announced Apple Music Classical,…
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