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Barenboim quits Berlin Phil’s Europakonzert
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Sir Andrew Davis and the snobs
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Underrated English maestros (and some overrated ones)
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Tchaikovsky Conservatoire mourns its chief
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Result: Premio Paganini contest was rigged
It has emerged that both the winner and…
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Opera
Houston, we have Apple
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Violinist, 17, publishes an autobiography
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The kinkier side of a modernist French composer
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Caressing the cello, not killing it
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What do you call a clutch of pianists?
This bunch are saying goodbye to Franz Xaver…
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Orchestras
SW German radio demolishes new-music studio
The final notes sounded this weekend at Hans…
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A promising violinist needs a life-saving operation
Professor Alexander Gilman of the Royal College of…
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Orchestras
Shostakovich wrecks another cello
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Danes top string quartet contest
Denmark’s Novo Quartet won the well-endowed Geneva Competition…
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RIP
UK concertmaster dies
The death has been communicated of Brendan O’Brien,…
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Orchestras
Montreal players win 4.1% annual increase
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal has signed a…
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Principal 2nd violin plays all parts in his own ensemble
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Was Banff chief harrassed by her chairman?
There are two narratives emerging from the sacking…
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Orchestras
German wins Chinese-dominated Paganini final
The German-born violinist Simon Zhu was pronounced winner…
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Russia forms a BRICS orchestra
As a sign of their international isolation, the…
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BBC News is a laughing stock on Israel TV
Very close to the bone. Hey there BBC…
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Orchestras
US internal flight gets regaled with Hatikvah
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