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Orchestras
Jersey hires Joshua Bell
The violinist Joshua Bell has been named principal…
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Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
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Opera
18 operagoers need medical treatment after lesbian Hindemith opera
Florentina Holzinger’s Stuttgart production of Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna…
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Peter Gelb blames critic for Met flop
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King gongs Wigmore Hall
John Gilhooly, director of the Wigmore Hall, was…
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Quebec has new music director but no money for musicians
There is outrage among musicians of the Orchestra…
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RIP
Fine British baritone dies at 73
There is widespread sorrow at the passing of…
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Boston Symphony crisis: Board member leaps in
A board member of the Boston Symphony will…
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Bombshell: Boston Symphony chief quits
Gail Samuel resigned early today as President and…
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Exclusive: Royal College removes a violin professor
In response to our enquiry this morning, the…
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Album Of The Week
If Aaron Copland were English, he’d have been Malcolm Arnold
From the Lebrecht Album of the WeeK: If…
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Breaking: Berlin music hotel is water-bombed
The Radisson Blu Hotel on Berlin’s Alexanderplatz is…
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Munich hints at Mirga job
Munich’s Oberbürgermeister Dieter Reiter – the man responsible…
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Bayreuth splits over Parsifal opera glasses
It is no secret that next summer’s Parsifal…
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RIP
Death of a cherished cor anglais
The Vancouver Symphony has announced the death of…
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Ruth Leon recommends
Ruth Leon recommends…National Gallery – Monet’s Water Lilies
National Gallery – Monet’s Water Lilies The National…
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Why Mahler
An eyewitness account of Gustav Mahler’s final days
In his forthcoming book on Mahler reporting in…
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RIP
Electro-acoustic wizard dies at 90
The American composer Herbert Deutsch who co-invented the…
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Just up: The Met gets its website back
In the last few hours , the website…
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Composers orchestra rushes in new chief
The American Composers Orchestra has named violinist/composer Curtis…
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Unsold London tickets to be given to the poor
The BBC reports that up to 50,000 unsold…
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Top US quartet adds Ukraine violist
The Formosa Quartet, founded 20 years ago by…
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Orchestras
US orchestras are told to change music director role
From a seasonal greeting by Simon Woods, president…
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Classical club nights – is that a 2023 thing?
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