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Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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Opera
18 operagoers need medical treatment after lesbian Hindemith opera
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Jersey hires Joshua Bell
The violinist Joshua Bell has been named principal…
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Peter Gelb blames critic for Met flop
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A free Rigoletto on New Year’s Day
On the first day of 2023 Slippedisc, courtesy…
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Orchestras
How can Romania pay these fees?
The 2023 George Enescu Festival has unfurled its…
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RIP
Vivienne Westwood, opera designer, dies
Vivienne died today, aged 81. View this post…
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Star jumps in to save tonight’s Rigoletto at the Met
The Mexican tenor Javier Camarena has replaced a…
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All-new 2023 power couples of classical music
There have been some significant changes in the…
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A soloist remembers Bela Dekany
The British-Hungarian violinist György Pauk remembers his close…
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Bogota mourns its maestro
The Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá has announced the…
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Death of composer’s daughter, novelist’s wife
The Czech operetta singer Olga Haasová-Smrčková has died…
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Orchestras
World’s busiest conductor hits 60
Tomorrow, they’ll be gathering candles in Estonia for…
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RIP
BBC Leader dies
Friends are reporting the death yesterday of Bela…
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This astonishing piano piece will buy an ambulance for Ukraine
The British pianist Margaret Fingerhut has collaborated with…
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Orchestras
Flute is the new celebrity instrument
Sir James Galway reports that he was ‘thrilled…
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Europe has 3 capitals of culture that no-one’s heard of
On January 1, 2023, Europe will have three…
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A pianist takes the Metro
Khatia Bunistishvili seems to be making a point…
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Pro-Putin soloist is shut out of Venice
The Ukrainian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa, who has banged…
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The Shostakovich family endorses Solomon Volkov
Clearing out some books the other day I…
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RIP
Met soprano dies, aged 63
We have been notified of the death of…
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The pianist that Furtwängler couldn’t save
I am just about to devour a new…
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The boy who got booed at Covent Garden: an update
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The year Valery Gergiev vanished
At the turn of 2022, Gergiev was the…
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