Former Lyric chief to advise San Diego Opera

William Mason, the retired general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, has been named to the newly created position of artistic adviser to the embattled San Diego Opera



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What concerts have sent you to sleep?

Salisbury Arts Centre wants its audience to drift off during tonight's concert, curated by violinist Pekka Kuusisto.



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Peter Moore The trombonist - who won the BBC Young Musician competition in 2008 aged only 12 - has more recently been part of the LSO's visionary Academy project

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VIA Rail hassles Canadian string quartet en route to Toronto

It seems an endless tale of woe for musicians beleaguered for traveling with their valuable instruments on planes. But according to one of Canada’s premiere contemporary music ensembles, the Bozzini Quartet, trains are just as difficult.



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Simon Rattle leads a revolution at the Royal Opera House

How do you give Poulenc's opera about revolutionary France an authentic edge? Cast homeless people, ex-offenders and the unemployed.



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Dancing violinist Lindsay Stirling turns classical music into club tracks

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David Weiss, renowned oboist who also played the musical saw, dies at 67

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LSO appoints youngest-ever principal, just 18 years old

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Russia Turns to Interpol to Find Owner of 'Stradivarius' Violin

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A rare letter by Ludwig van Beethoven is among over 400 historical documents coming to auction.

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Musicians Fight Bach When US Airways Refuses Violins in Cabin - ABC News (blog)

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Wisconsin man to enter plea in theft of $5M Stradivarius violin

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The 10 worst things about playing the oboe - Classic FM

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How Do You Get Latino Kids Into Classical Music? Bring The Parents - NPR (blog)

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Internationally acclaimed conductor charged with Chetham's sex assault

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Video: violinist plays inside Icelandic volcano

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Opera singer slams 'money-grabbing' council over parking ticket issued

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Maintaining a Classical-Music Miracle in Cleveland

Their ambitious goal is for Cleveland to attract the youngest audience of any orchestra in America by its 100th birthday in 2018.



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Virtual Soprano For Your iPad

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Mandela opera cancelled after 3 performances

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Julie Andrews, the operatic sensation that never was

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National Children's Orchestras faces fight over its musical soul

The National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain (NCO) has been plunged into disharmony over allegations that the organisation's management has pushed through damaging changes without consulting parents and staff.



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SD Opera lays off 13 to make budget cuts

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Administrator: Rochester orchestra prepared to pay debts

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Glasgow School of Art: Fire crews battle to save building

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Ex-opera CEO steps in to lead Minnesota Orchestra

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Expecting opera critics to be uniformly kind to singers defeats the point ..

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Infidelio: Richard Dawkins makes operatic debut

Biologist and author of The God Delusion provides voiceover for Mysterious 44, a musical version of Mark Twain's novel.



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La Scala: Why has incoming director general Alexander Pereira been fired?

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SLSO announces three new viola appointments (and one more married couple)

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Oregon Symphony hires heavy-hitting fundraiser from Los Angeles Phllharmonic

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Stolen violins recovered in Montreal 16 years later

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Next conductor of CBSO has a big rebuilding job

Is the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra suffering from low morale? Christopher Morley reflects on changing times as it bids farewell to one of its most successful principal conductors.



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Irish opera singer's father 'so proud' of daughter who was subject of cruel weight jibes

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How The Metropolitan Opera Could Go Dark This Summer

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LIVESTREAM: China's First-Ever Symphonic Webcast

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The Suzuki method didn't make me a great violinist. But it did change my life. by Mary Wakefield, deputy editor of The Spectator

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End of an era: Ryanair to cut on-time trumpet jingle from flights

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Damascus Opera House victim of civil war

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Stradivarius violin once owned by Kreutzer could fetch $12m: Christie's

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Cellist plays atop Ben Nevis for late husband

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Singers point finger at critics in Glyndebourne Opera Festival sexism row

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Met Orchestra's Players Turn to Social Media

.Met’s chief librarian, Robert Sutherland, showed her a piece of operatic history. It was an old “Pagliacci” clarinet part, with a note penciled onto it in 1912 reporting that the great tenor Enrico Caruso had given $5 to every member of the orchestra for Christmas. “What a man,” a clarinetist of yore wrote.



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Long-lost copy of symphony sells for £1.2m at auction

The only surviving handwritten copy of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony, which was lost for nearly a century, has made £1.2m at auction in London.



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Young Musician competition - let's start with a level playing field

It's undeniable that pianists and string players have the advantage in instrumental competitions. Tom Service has a dream, and if Michael Gove's nightmare doesn't destroy the next generation of musicians first, why not rethink the Young Musician competition so that all players and all music is created equal?



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French dad uses Mozart to fight drug dealers

Every night at 8pm he began setting up a speaker on his balcony and letting rip The Marriage of Figaro



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Fat shaming must end in Aussie opera

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Orchestral musicians prone to overload injuries, urged to address taboo problems early.

Most of Australia's classical musicians are suffering from injuries due to poor playing techniques, and experts say more needs to be done to educate the industry and overcome what is still largely considered a taboo topic.



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San Diego Opera to stay open next year after raising $4.5M

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Are opera singers now to be judged on their looks not their voice?

A storm of protest has erupted over critics' disparaging comments about a Glyndebourne singer's size and shape.



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Liverpool Philharmonic faces final curtain before £13.8m face lift

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Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra turns small profit in difficult year

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Martin James Bartlett wins BBC young musician of the year

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“Qataris love music and convince others to do so”

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Education cuts mean classical music will be the preserve of the wealthy

On Sunday judges will choose a new Young Musician of the Year. Mark Simpson, the only state-school educated winner in the contest's history, argues cuts will ensure he remains so



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Big changes brewing for CSO's principal flute and bassoon

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra announced yesterday that Mathieu Dufour, principal flute of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, won an audition to become the principal flute of the Berlin ensemble



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violin strung with human hair

A remarkable video has emerged from Lithuania of a musician playing a violin which is strung with human hair.



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Cover your ears, Belgian trumpets to fill Brazil stadiums -

Fabio Lavalle, 26, and David dos Santos, 31, from the southern Belgian town of Mons, have invented a collapsible, pocket size trumpet, which, not unlike an air horn, produces a sound at around 98 decibels - equivalent to a hand drill.



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Radio 3's Clemency Burton-Hill defends 'classical music for all' policy

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Sydney Symphony orchestra musicians stay long time in jobs

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Colorado Symphony Cancels Pot-Themed Concerts

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Philharmonic Transformation, From Members to Mission

New York Philharmonic Faces Big Orchestra Hiring Decisions



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The New York Philharmonic has appointed Anthony McGill as principal clarinetist. Timothy Cobb has been named as the Philharmonic’s new principal bass.

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Opera singer struggles with speech after stroke.

Please share this story in honor of Stroke Awareness Month.



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Dogs conduct selves well at symphony audition

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Daniel Barenboim is named top conductor for Proms epic

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Alison Balsom slams government cuts

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Jamal Rossi named new Eastman School dean

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Colorado Symphony cannabis concerts will go on, by invitation only

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Opera being ruined by 'useless quest for novelty', says former Royal Opera ...

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David McGill to leave CSO for teaching post at NU

David McGill, the esteemed principal bassoon of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the last 17 years, will resign his post in August to accept a fulltime teaching position at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music.



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Met Orchestra Authorizes Strike Vote if Talks Fail - New York Times (blog)

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Zoo-Raised Gorillas Prefer Forest Sounds Over Chopin

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OSU Composer, Teacher and Musician, Mark Flugge, Dies at 52

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Inside Opera: did it convince three sceptics?

Saturday afternoon's live-streamed Inside Opera event united all seven of the UK's publicly funded opera houses in an unprecedented collaboration that aimed to introduce new audiences to the art form. Hosted by Kirsten O'Brien, it featured live discussion and music, linkups to opera around the country, and prerecorded films looking at different aspects of creating opera today. Did it persuade Frances, Erica and Hannah that 'opera is an incredible amazing art form'?



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Prized Russian Cellist Dmitry Volkov Has Died – Aged Just 26

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Video: Gergiev’s Trafalgar Square concert is marred by anti-Putin protests

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New app allows classical musicians to perform solo with virtual orchestra

Christopher Raphael, chair of Computer Science in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, Bloomington, and a former professional oboist, said classical musicians spend untold hours learning to play the solo literature featuring



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A Music Festival Dies, and an Orchestra Mourns

The Pittburgh Symphony Orchestra Plays at Carnegie Hall



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Dogs to audition for Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra festival concert

The goal of the audition at Heinz Hall is to find the four canines who will best use their vocal instruments to perform with the symphony



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Channel 4 has commissioned production company Fresh One to make a series in which pianist James Rhodes launches this country’s biggest ever ‘instrument amnesty’, aiming to to get Britain playing again

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Opera On The Beach: high culture on the sand

With seagulls flying overhead, the Surfers Paradise skyline in the background and the waves rolling in gently, locals are being serenaded with timeless music and entertained by a striking stage show.



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Denver asks Colorado Symphony to call off bring-your-own-pot concerts

The Colorado Symphony Orchestra may rethink its plans for headline-grabbing, bring-your-own-pot performances after Denver city officials Thursday delivered a major buzzkill.



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BSO appoints Ken-David Masur as new assistant conductor

He has a famous father and now Ken-David Masur has a prime gig for a young conductor.



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Petrenko: I don't believe women conductors are a distraction - Telegraph.co.uk

Vasily Petrenko was abused for an interview in which he seemed anti-women. He puts the record straight with Adam Sweeting



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Adelaide philanthropist Diana Ramsay gives $510,000 towards Australian String Quartet’s Guadagnini cello

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Sir George Christie, 1934 - 2014 - obituary

Sir George Christie was the driving force behind Glyndebourne for almost 40 years, transforming his family seat with a magnificent new opera house



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Thetford Forest wildlife 'performs' Living Symphonies' premier

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Antony Hopkins obituary

Broadcaster, writer and composer best known for his Talking About Music series on Radio 3 and then Radio 4 Antony Hopkins, who has died aged 93, was a man of many talents



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Double Bass Player Duncan McTier Charged in Manchester Music School

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Why does so much classical music sound unfinished?

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China Philharmonic Orchestra to debut at BBC Proms

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'Lost' Mendelssohn song re-discovered

Mendelssohn wrote the privately commissioned piece, titled The Heart of Man is Like a Mine, in 1842. It was never published but the original manuscript has now emerged in a private collection in the US.



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Poland philharmonic worker convicted of 2 murders

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Inside Opera: Live stream hopes to widen access to UK's opera houses

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Turn your phones off, says hall. Mine stays on, says cellist. by Norman Lebrecht

Bizarre moment today at London’s Wigmore Hall. Before the Sunday morning coffee concert, the usual announcements were made requesting patrons to switch off all electronic devices. Then the David Trio came on stage. The cellist, David Cohen, promptly put his mobile on a chair, announcing that he was about to become a father and expected news at any moment.



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Michael Buble accused of underpaying Australian orchestra during his tour

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Getting ready to propose? Make sure the orchestra’s ready by Norman Lebrecht

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Incidence and relative risk of hearing disorders in professional musicians

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Músicos no amortizables

Dos solistas de la orquesta del Liceo se reincorporan tras ganar un pulso judicial de dos años. El Tribunal Superior da la razón a los trabajadores despedidos



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Symphoria ignored in New York Times story on innovative Upstate orchestras

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Green Bay Symphony to play one last season

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I've found classical record buying nirvana - in Tokyo's Tower Records

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Proposed Perth Opera House looks like lamb rack

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Chickens clucky for classical music

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Barenboim Goes Digital - New York Times (blog)

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Frank McGuinness: how I turned Oedipus into an opera

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