Piano stairs

A Swedish design team conducted a Metro station experiment to see if a visual and musical alternative to the escalator would encourage travellers to take more exercise. It did. What’s more, it gained more than 20 million viewers on Youtube.



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8 Of 77 Minnesota Orchestra Board Members Resign

Eight of the 77 members on the Minnesota Orchestral Association Board have resigned after CEO Michael Henson stepped down last week, with at least one person questioning the manner in which Henson’s departure was handled.



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Winners Named in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - New York Times (blog)

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Philharmonic flashmobs pay tribute to Ukraine's fallen protesters

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Harold Rosenbaum Wins Conductor's Award - New York Times (blog)

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Lost London Underground violin sparks social media campaign

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Lang Lang launches new app challenge with €30k prize

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Remastering the rare works of Irish-born tenor John McCormack

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Minnesota Orchestra Conductor Returns ... For Now

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Stradivari viola expected to fetch £27m

Only 10 violas made by Stradivari survive, of which the Macdonald is the finest. It was last on the market 50 years ago when it was bought for the violist Peter Schidlof, co-founder of the Amadeus Quartet, who died in 1987.



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For Sale, Playing a Heady Tune

How Does a $45 Million Viola Sound?



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BBC promises 'strongest commitment to the arts in a generation'

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Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra announces Peter Gistelinck as new executive

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European Union Youth Orchestra comes together gloriously at Abu Dhabi Festival

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Bassoonist's death leaves void in industry

The annual Field Band Championships continue to be, musically speaking, one of the most positive windows to the world-activities South Africa is involved in. Retha’s vision and establishment of a Field Band Academy and her continuous investment in overseas partnerships, is only part of her legacy.



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The next BBC music chief will be….by Norman Lebrecht

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Seattle Symphony launches own recording label

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Eschenbach’s NSO contract extended through 2016-17

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Symphony CEO, Educator, Performer Named Dean of Peabody Institute

Fred Bronstein, the highly successful chief executive of one of America’s major symphonies, an accomplished pianist and a dedicated music educator, has been appointed to lead the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, the nation’s first music conservatory.



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Roger Wright to leave BBC after 15 years as Radio 3 controller

Director of the BBC Proms exits corporation to become chief executive of Aldeburgh music festival



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Mexico's mariachi academy run by American

But at the country's first mariachi academy they take the music very seriously indeed. More than 200 students learn to read sheet music as well as play instruments, and they must write papers on the history and culture of this musical tradition.



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Girls-only course aims to tackle shortage of female conductors

"I know great conductors with dreadful techniques, but they still make it happen because they're brilliant musicians with this amazing charisma. It's so hard to judge. You can't just say, well, the best person gets this conducting job. And it's hard when almost none of the role models are women."



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SBO conductor candidate Kevin Mallon leads Bach cantatas

Irish violinist and conductor Kevin Mallon, one of seven conductors auditioning this season to become the new music director of Seattle Baroque Orchestra



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Korea's favorite classical musicians

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SF Opera's used costumes go for a song at grand sale

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Strad Fest LA brings eight Stradivari violins together

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Soprano Julia Bullock wins $15000 Naumburg prize

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Duelling pianos as you've never seen them before - Musician plays with a hologram of himself

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Why Osmo is now a no-no in parts of the MO by Norman Lebrecht

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The new organ scholar of St Paul's has been appointed, and will mark a first in the Cathedral's history.

Rachel Mahon will take up the position of William and Irene Miller Organ Scholar for the 2014/15 academic year and in doing so will become the first woman to hold any organist post at St Paul's.



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The Royal Festival Hall's refurbished organ - audio slideshow

Following six years of restoration in which every single one of its 7,866 pipes was removed and cleaned, the Festival Hall's magnificent organ is back and celebrated in a three-month festival The Southbank Centre's Organ curator William McVicker shows us round the unique instrument, first installed in 1954.



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Michael Henson to step down as CEO of Minnesota Orchestra

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La Scala's new boss takes aim at 'crazy' catcalling of the loggionisti opera fans

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Will children ever care about opera?

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'Phantom of the Opera' welcomes first black lead

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20 Classical Music Names You Are Probably Pronouncing Wrong

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Music Teacher Caught Selling Tubas for Drug Money

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Tiptree trombone sneeze man tells of 'freak event'

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В Германии усиливается критика в адрес Валерия Гергиева

Russian conductor openly supported Putin's policies in relation to the Crimea. Now he is required to explain in Munich.



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Staatsopern-Chef schließt Rücktritt nicht aus

Dominique Meyer wehrt sich gegen Minus. Erhöhung der Kartenpreise „auf Geheiß".



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Japan donates musical instruments to Kosovo Philharmonic

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San Diego Opera to call it quits at end of 2014 season

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Bringing classical music back to schools

Despite Germany's significant public arts funding and the country's longstanding musical traditions, fears persist that disinterest in classical music has been mounting for years among young people.



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Japan drags down global music market

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Musician’s historic sex crimes trial put on hold

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Russian violinist in anti-Putin protest at Cologne concert - by Norman Lebrecht

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Irish Conductor Courtney Lewis to Replace Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos

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What is Radio 3 doing in a glass box on the southbank?

Radio 3 has relocated to a new temporary studio - in London’s Southbank centre. The station‘s controller Roger Wright explains why.



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Sneezing into a trombone

A man sneezing into his trombone during a church orchestra performance is racking up views on YouTube. What do you do when you need to sneeze in awkward places, asks Tom Heyden.



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Inside tips: How to pass an orchestra audition

International soloist David Cohen, former principal cello of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London offers audition advice on Norman Lebrecht 's blog, Slipped Disc



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The Flute, the Flute Is Calling

A song by an Okinawan duo, Isamu Shimoji and Yukito Ara, sung to the traditional Irish tune, Danny Boy



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Mitch Leigh, 'Man of La Mancha' Composer, Dies at 86

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Conductor Gustavo Dudamel will play music, not politics

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Abu Dhai School Orchestra makes its debut

The Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) established the student orchestra in partnership with the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, whose conductor and musical director has spent the past nine months visiting Abu Dhabi schools.



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Derby fire: Firefighters tackle Assembly Rooms car park blaze

Two shows at the Assembly Rooms, one featuring top dancer Anton du Beke, were called off as the extent of the blaze and resulting disruption became apparent.



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Kansas City Symphony use Google Glass in rehearsal (with video)

A historic moment it was: It was the first time as many as four pairs of the wearable computers were used for an activity outside of Google headquarters.



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How Handel's Messiah helped London's orphans – and vice versa

Here's a good pub quiz question. In which piece of music, apart from Messiah, did Handel include his famous Hallelujah Chorus?



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‘A miraculous cocoon’: Piano store employee survives East Harlem blast amid wrecked instruments

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Ivory Ban Impact on Orchestras

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Башмета позбавили титулу почесного професора Львівської музичної академії

Bashmet stripped of the title of honorary professor of the Lviv Music Academy



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Stonehenge just a giant xylophone?

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A bizarre sun has risen over Sydney Harbour.

The enormous 12m high inflatable sun is a prop in Madama Butterfly, an outdoor opera performed on a temporary stage built on Australia’s most famous waterway.



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Ray Still, legendary CSO oboist and teacher remembered

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Trumpet stolen from jazz artist Marcus Belgrave surfaces at Detroit pawn shop

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On National No Smoking Day, here's a tribute to opera singers who smoked (and some who still do)

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the first BBC Young Jazz Musician award - The Guardian (blog)

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Ulster Orchestra chief Dr Rosa Solinas quits post

THE chief executive of the Ulster Orchestra has departed after just over a year in the job.



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Валерий Гергиев: «Если внутреннее зло побеждено, то и внешнее не страшно»

Валерий Гергиев - об Украине и правде жизни. Valery Gergiev - about Ukraine and the truth of life.



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'Violin Scam' to Come to Trial

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Women conductors passing on the baton in new Musin-model course

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Ulster Rugby goes classical ahead of Heineken Cup tie

Ulster Rugby have launched a rallying cry with an online video that sees the Ulster Orchestra give the club's most famous chant a classical spin.



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Robotic arm gives amputee drummer 'superhuman' skills

A drummer who lost his arm after being electrocuted can continue to pursue his dream, thanks to a robotic arm



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An Italian Conductor Looks to U.S. Models

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First BBC Young Musician jazz award won by saxophonist

Teenage saxophonist Alexander Bone has won the first jazz prize to be awarded as part of the BBC's Young Musician of the Year competition. The 17-year-old from Darlington beat two other saxophone players, a trumpeter and a double bassist in the final ...



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Avant-garde opera director Gerard Mortier dies aged 70

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Watching live opera in the cinema: a bit like a DVD until something goes wrong…(blog)

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Marion Thorpe obituary

Marion Thorpe, who has died aged 87, might well have preferred a discreetly musical existence, notably as a prime mover in establishing the Leeds International Piano Competition.



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'Deaf' composer says he's sorry for deceiving - The Japan Times

However, the 50-year-old from Hiroshima Prefecture flatly denied composer Takashi Niigaki's claim that he is not deaf, saying he is preparing to sue Niigaki for defamation and will meet a lawyer next week.



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Orchestra may face uphill battle attracting youth

Finding someone to go with me to the Cleveland Orchestra, winner of eight Grammy Awards in its historic 96-year existence, was tougher than I imagined it would be.



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Robert Ashley, Opera Composer Who Painted Outside the Lines, Dies at 83

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Community Rallies To Save Peninsula Symphony After Embezzlement

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Why Ravel is almost a great composer

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Soprano and accordion virtuoso to perform at Sochi 2014 Paralympic Opening

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Orlando Philharmonic narrows music-director search to 5

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Pittsburgh Symphony sacks 17 staffers to aid budget

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World-class orchestras judged by sight not sound

World-class orchestras can be accurately identified by silent video footage of performances, but not through sound recordings, a UCL study has found.



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World's 15 most beautiful concert halls

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National Youth Orchestra of the USA - 2014 roster

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Cellist makes triumphant return after injury

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Oscars: Steven Price, a British hero of the Oscars

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Oscars 2014: Steven Price wins original score for "Gravity"

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Musician loses beloved viola in bitter dispute with builders

Kathryn Bassano, an accomplished viola player, has been forced to sell the instrument after using it as security for three separate loans as she struggled to pay escalating court costs following a row with builders over the cost of work at her mansion



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Spotify and Ministry of Sound settle music playlists copyright lawsuit

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Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny donates €600k to save accordion factory

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Susie Park named new concertmaster of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra

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