Obituary: Buddy DeFranco, Jazz clarinetist

Boniface Ferdinand Leonardo (Buddy) DeFranco, clarinettist: born Camden, New Jersey 17 February 1923; died Panama City, Florida 24 December 2014



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Children with mental health issues 'should learn the violin'

Professor of psychiatry James Hudziak of the University of Vermont College of Medicine said the findings bolstered his hypothesis that a violin might help a child battle psychological disorders even better than a bottle of pills.



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CEO and President of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Hyun-jung quits

Park’s career fell apart when 17 of the Seoul Philharmonic’s employees testified in a petition that she constantly abused them, with one male employee claiming that she had too much to drink at a public dinner gathering and grabbed him by the necktie, attempting to touch his genitals.



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Vater und Tochter spielen bei Neujahrskonzert

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Painted cellos in 'cello-bration' of orchestra

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2014's Best and Worst in Chicago Classical Music

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My Instrument: The story behind a platinum flute

"For a woodwind instrument, something made in 1938 is very old to be playing today."



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Jim Zirin-Has Peter Gelb Saved the Metropolitan Opera?-

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Park University Student Appointed Concertmaster of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

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What happens when ballet dancers bump into a busking string quartet?

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NYC's Metropolitan Opera, Burning Cash, Collateralizes Chagalls

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Principal clarinetist Franklin Cohen announces plans to retire from Cleveland Orchestra

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Klemperer inquisitor has died

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Paul Renzi, longtime SF Symphony flutist, dies at 88

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An open letter to L.A. Philharmonic's president

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Cellist plays Katy Perry cover with live tiger

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Pierre Boulez awarded Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award

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John Rutter's Christmas playlist

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Philharmonic executive director David Pratt leaving Savannah

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Top conductors departing San Diego Opera and San Diego Symphony

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Despicable attack on violinist

That Suzuki could be guilty of such a thing as fabricating part of his wonderful biography “Nurtured by Love: A New Approach to Education” is truly unthinkable.



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Ian Bostridge's Christmas playlist

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Mac on...The cellist banned from breastfeeding her daughter by an exclusive club

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Andrew Litton to Lead New York City Ballet Orchestra

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Chance discovery casts new light on origins of polyphonic music

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Janis Martin, operatic mezzo turned soprano, is dead at 75

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Arts Council England hires Classic FM boss as new CEO

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5 best classical music moments of 2014

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5 worst classical music moments of 2014

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'The least subsidised opera house in Europe'

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Club bars cellist they had booked to play from breastfeeding her daughter

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Jacksonville Symphony names Robert Massey new president, CEO

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Despite small budget Bay-Atlantic Symphony makes large impact on community -

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Mozart and Multiculturalism

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The pampered Christmas turkeys who listen to classical music

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Classical music is evolving, says Cleveland Orchestra bassist Derek Zadinsky

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Elim Chan wins 2014 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition

The 28-year-old UK conductor is competition’s first female winner



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Detroit Symphony Orchestra finances once again in black - The Detroit News

As if reluctant to puncture the good feeling following the city's exit from bankruptcy, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at its annual meeting Thursday reported encouraging numbers across most key categories.



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Donation to Ukrainian Opera House Puts Netrebko in a Political Spotlight

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Viola stolen from Philadelphia musician

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Violin-playing busker, ten, raises £32000 for charity in just eight months

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Kyung Wha Chung: 'I have always welcomed children to my concerts'

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The violinist Lydia Mordkovitch has died

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British court sends ex-S.C. Philharmonic conductor to prison

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Arts cuts could mean final chord for Ulster orchestra

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State orchestras hog Australia Council funding

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Opera singer Anna Netrebko poses with Ukrainian separatist flag

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Mark O'Connor Fans a Debate About the Suzuki Method

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Police and protesters clash in Milan as La Scala opera season opens

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Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko donates one-million-rouble /18,980 U.S. dollars/ certificate to Donetsk Opera

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Blind singer learns visual art of conducting a choir

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Haughty airline humiliates youth orchestra

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Home Crime and Courts Story Peninsula Symphony ex-director faces 16 years for embezzlement; first strike was wife's death

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Violinist James Ehnes and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra bring classical complexities to the UAE

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Ones to watch

Up-and-Coming Conductors



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The 600-year-old Chinese Kunqu opera to enthral audiences in India

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$38 Million Grant to Bolster Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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Pianist Barry Douglas makes his point over Stormont cuts to arts

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Who, what, why: How do you stop people coughing during a classical concert?

An academic paper published last year found that people cough in concerts twice as much as they do elsewhere. Jonathan Bloxham, a conductor and artistic director of the Northern Chords chamber music festival, has a theory. "We as animals do tend to mimic those around us," he says. "When one person coughs around us there can be a chain reaction."



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Orchestra president hit by flurry of accusations

Employees from the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra released a statement on Tuesday appealing for the expulsion of Park Hyun-jung, their current president, insisting that their 52-year-old leader had violated their human rights.



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A Veteran Falls Sick, and a Rising Star Gets His Big Break

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Orchestras and children's TV producers in line for tax break from Autumn

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Was Kyung Wha Chung right to upbraid a coughing child disturbing her recital?

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Minnesota Orchestra declares a 'remarkable year' after posting small deficit

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Regeringen taber afstemning: Flertal tryner Jelved i orkestersag

Et beslutningsforslag på fire linjer om at bevare DR's omdiskuterede Underholdningsorkester har bragt den danske regering i mindretal.



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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Musicians Slam Conductor Jaap van Zweden for ... - Classicalite

ClassicaliteDallas Symphony Orchestra Musicians Slam Conductor Jaap van Zweden for ...ClassicaliteThe Dallas Symphony Orchestra has had some internal beef with conductor Jaap van Zweden. While Zweden and audiences around the globe have heralded the orchestra's meteoric rise from 2008, the musicians are playing hardball with their maestro.



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Comeback soloist ‘picks on coughing child’

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Conductor Skrowaczewski awarded Polish honour

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What’s the point of a competition if it won’t give first prize?

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Interview with a violin master with a long history but who prefers our time.

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Belfast City Council to stump up £100k for orchestra

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Pete Townshend announces symphonic reimagining of Quadrophenia

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An AIDS Quilt Songbook: Sing for Hope

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This violin is made from 16000 matchsticks and actually works

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Mass art forms are falling out of fashion, director Peter Sellars warns

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Ralph Myers: let's keep the dreamers in charge of the arts

The creeping replacement of artistic leaders with managers doesn’t just threaten arts organisations but Australian cultural life, says Belvoir’s artistic director in the annual Philip Parsons memorial lecture



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