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RIP
Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
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Opera
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Piano legend turns 90
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News
Peter Gelb blames critic for Met flop
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Orchestras
Philly’s Kimmel Center kicks out an orchestra
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Orchestras
Japan’s Holocaust hero is commemorated in a symphony
Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese consular official in Lithuania,…
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Why Beethoven
How black was Beethoven
The issue of the composer’s mixed ancestry is…
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RIP
Guitar world mourns master luthier
The Brazilian guitarist and maker Sergio Abreu has…
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Album Of The Week
The composer’s sister has her say
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: No…
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RIP
Cancer claims first woman to record Paganini Caprices
The family has informed us of the early…
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News
5 police vans protect Netrebko at Vienna Opera
A small protest was held last night against…
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Opera
The concert pianist who has become an opera star
The Polish soprano Ewa Plonka who is enjoying…
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News
More artists on the merry-go-round
The busy Russian soprano Aida Garifullina has switched…
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Opera
Live afternoon opera – Parsifal in Bergen
OperaVision is live in Bergen for a concert…
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Daily Comfort Zone
A successful string quartet must come together like the Beatles
Our diarist Anthea Kreston begins a series of…
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News
Tár team lobbies maestros to create Oscar buzz
We have been hearing from a number of…
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Orchestras
Munich’s got a new horn, too
The Bavarian State Orchestra has told the Hungarian…
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Orchestras
New 2nd horn at the Met
After a final shootout audition with one other…
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RIP
Vienna agent dies
The boutique Austrian agent Gerhild Baron is no…
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Why Beethoven
Beethoven had mixed feelings about the Pastoral Symphony
In today’s Spectator, I write about my childhood…
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Opera
American Brünnhilde quits German Ring
A week before opening night, the American soprano…
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Why Mahler
Leonard Slatkin: Where the movie Tár gets the music all wrong
The eminent American conductor has posted reservations about…
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