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Conductor waves white flag at Vienna Opera
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Extraordinary pit footage of Karajan’s last opera
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The man behind Pierre Boulez
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Youtube catches Schubert’s Trout in classic copyright wash
Not Schubert’s best tune, perhaps, but one known…
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Opera
Selling Hindemith with naked nuns on roller skates
The state theatre in Schwerin, northeast Germany, is…
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Orchestras
French instrument makers in one-sex takeover
Buffet Crampon, makers of Boehm clarinets and much…
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Top violinist says: Don’t shake hands with Russians
Posted by Lisa Batiashvili, following the incident at…
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Orchestras
Just in: Finns fire ‘inappropriate’ conductor
The broadcaster YLE reports that Finnish National Opera…
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News
Labour pledges Arts Council clean-up
The Labour Party’s shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire…
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Violinist carries torch
The French violinist Renaud Capucon carried the Olympic…
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Rhode Island picks German chief
The Rhode Island Philharmonic has named Ruth Reinhardt…
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Orchestras
Mäkelä does the double
yesterday in Oslo, the music director played cello…
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Orchestras
Russian wins Mitropoulous
The revived 16th International Dimitris Mitropoulos Competition in…
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Daily Comfort Zone
The music we love to hate
Anything that rouses us to love can also…
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Orchestras
Porsche founds a British orchestra
The German luxury car-maker has rexcruited 40 local…
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Orchestras
Greeks get 1st woman concertmaster
The Athens State Orchestra (Kratiki Orchistra Athinon) has…
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Orchestras
LA Phil adopts principal horn shunned by Chicago
The outstanding hornist David Alan Cooper posted last…
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News
Editorial: Violin winner should have shaken hands
A storm is still raging over the refusal…
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Orchestras
Currentzis tenor poses triumphant pic on a Putin tank
For his last concert as music director at…
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RIP
Israel Phil’s American tuba has died
In 1973, Zubin Mehta plucked Matthew Garbutt, 21,…
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Opera
Rheingold is shrunk to just 18 musicians
Wagner wrote the opera for an orchestra 85,…
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News
Another absence from Winchester
The Dean of Winchester was supposed to be…
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Orchestras
Dear Alma, I’ve been saved by a dick pic
Liebste Frau Alma I have a happy ending…
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