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Jersey hires Joshua Bell
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Three winning ideas to bring opera up to date
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Orchestras
Parsifal without the singers
This brand-new arrangement is definitely an improvement. None…
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Composer-to-peer deal
The US composer Daron Hagen has signed over…
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Currentzis won’t take this sitting down
The controversial Greek-Russian conductor makes his new ensemble…
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Final notes for Boston Symphony’s principal horn
This week,without fanfare, James Sommerville gave his final…
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Album Of The Week
The people united have never sounded so powerful
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The…
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Some great orchestras you won’t hear in Britain any time soon
The Lucerne Festival this morning released outline plans…
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Lahav Shani organises Israel Phil’s down time in Cleveland
The orchestra had three blank days in Ohio…
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London Philharmonic chief takes second job
Elena Dubinets, is Artistic Director of the London…
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Germany awards Herbert Blomstedt its top honour
The Swedish conductor, 95 has been presented with…
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Black singers only may apply to this British opera competition
Here’s the contentious rule: Presented by the Black…
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Opera
New opera – The Listeners
Tomorrow evening Slippedisc, courtesy of OperaVision, brings to…
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First night: Kirill Petrenko’s Berlin Philharmonic sounds a tad too polite
Slippedisc.com has the first review (and picture) of…
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Ruth Leon recommends
Ruth Leon recommends… Cry Me a River – Barbra Streisand
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Prague Spring to be opened by the Welsh
Details of next year’s Prague Spring Festival were…
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Equity plans Monday protest over arts cuts
Message from the actors’ union: Save the Date:…
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Mark Wigglesworth: ENO cut its throat when it cut its operas
The former English National Opera usic director, in…
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In this piano competition, white candidates need not apply
Introducing the rules of the new Nina Simone…
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A Cuture Secretary’s very short memory
In The Times today, Lord Smith of Finsbury…
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On Kristallnacht, a new look at German music under the Nazis
Berlin last night hosted the cinema premiere of…
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