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Orchestras
Berlin Phil oboe’s US class arouses disquiet
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Trouble in Venice as tenor spurns white-face Otello
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Another prof quits Cleveland
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US conspiracy theorist rants against a woman conductor
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Opera
Was it Smetana’s stalker?
At the beginning of the 1870s, Smetana faced…
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Orchestras
A rush for the exits at the CBSO
The exciting new regime at the City of…
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News
Philip Glass warns off pirates in occupied Ukraine
The composer has sent this missive to the…
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Orchestras
Finn stick secures Olympic slot
It was originally announced that Cristian Măcelaru would…
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Orchestras
Jobs of the week: Orchestral players wanted for movie
Orchestral players wanted for miming work on-screen. Need…
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Orchestras
Dear Alma, My best friend is shagging half the orchestra
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I won…
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News
New light on Prokofiev’s Spanish wife?
Carolina Codina married Sergei Prokofiev in 1923, returned…
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Opera
Bayreuth shrinks its chorus, again
The festival is making stringent economies. Before it…
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Orchestras
War Horse composer, teminally ill, releases violin concerto
‘How long have I got to live?’ says…
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News
A US concertmaster is charged with child rape
Ohio Police have arrested a former concertmaster of…
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Death of a major New York piano teacher, 92
The pianist Nina Svetlanova, beloved by generations of…
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Orchestras
Hilary Hahn is unwell
The US violinist has cancelled next month’s European…
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Orchestras
So what next for JEG?
In his rupture from the orchestras he founded,…
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Orchestras
Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s exit statement
The following message has just landed from the…
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Orchestras
UPDATE: John Eliot Gardiner exits his orchestras
The board of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras…
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RIP
Opera critic dies, 60
I am greatly saddened to learn that Alexander…
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Orchestras
Boston bass retires with nod to Koussevitzky
Principal double-bass Edwin Barker will leave the Boston…
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Orchestras
We just sacked the maestro
This message came in from Montreal: The Orchestre…
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Orchestras
A German concert hall crumbles after 30 years
Adherents of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra awoke this…
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