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Keep your calm at Furioso Live
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Yuja’s quiet side
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Chicago ends up second city, maybe third
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Does a conductor have agency?
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Brum stick signs with Askonas
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Opera
Classic FM signs top tenor
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News
A Khrushchev to open Salzburg Festival
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RIP
Sad end of a Cliburn winner
The family have informed us that the pianist…
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News
It’s Professor MTT
Message received: The San Francisco Conservatory of Music…
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Orchestras
Editorial: Chicago got a raw deal
On paper, it looks like the Chicago Symphony…
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Orchestras
Breaking: Chicago Symphony names music director
As foretold in Slippedisc.com, it’s the overcommitted young…
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Opera
Top soprano returns after 3 years’ silence
The Ukrainian-Armenian soprano Maria Guleghina was one of…
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Orchestras
More good news: Herbert Blomstedt is back
The Swedish conductor, who is 96, will preside…
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RIP
Takemitsu’s trusted pianist dies
We have been notified of the death at…
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News
Biz news: Partner up now
Two joint managements were formed this morning. Hervé…
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Opera
Another US opera company shuts down
After 22 years and hundreds of performances, Miami…
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