An era ends: Last Center City store with classical recordings to close

A bust of composer Franz Schubert looks out over shelves of classical recordings as banners tell of the imminent closing of F.Y.E. at Broad and Chestnut Streets, the last store in Center City to sell physical recordings of classical music.

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Peter Sadlo ist tot. Trauer um einen herausragenden Schlagzeuger

Mit gerade einmal 20 Jahren wurde er Solo-Pauker bei den Münchner Philharmonikern, beim Internationalen Musikwettbewerb der ARD gewann er 1985 einen ersten Preis - Peter Sadlo, der später als Professor in München und Salzburg die europäische Schlagzeug-Szene prägte.

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Head of music at Opera Theatre of St. Louis will join Washington

Robert Ainsley, the head of music staff and chorus master of Opera Theatre of St. Louis and the head of music at the Minnesota Opera, will join the Washington National Opera as the new director of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program and the American Opera Initiative, the Minnesota Opera announced Friday.

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Breaking Stereotypes, One Classical Music Note at a Time

Dr. Jacqueline Wilson is an assistant professor of music at Southeast Missouri State University. She is also a professional bassoonist and organizer of Molto Native Music, an organization dedicated to showcasing Native musicians in classical music.

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Musician reunited with her stolen £200000 violin, which a woman tried to pawn for £50

A musician today told of her joy at being reunited with her stolen violin after a woman tried to pawn the treasured instrument at a branch of Cash Converters for £50.

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Jury awards $647K to music conductor over pregnancy discrimination

A jury Thursday awarded $647,000 in compensatory damages to a music conductor who claimed she was fired by a concert promoter-producer because she complained of pregnancy discrimination.

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'Amadeus' scribe wrote a play about Tchaikovsky — and there's just one copy

Most interesting of all, though, is a play Shaffer was writing for 20 years that nobody’s ever read. Its subject was the mysterious death of Tchaikovsky.

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This might be the most terrifying orchestra rehearsal meltdown ever recorded

The late, great Italian conductor certainly wasn't backwards in coming forwards when it came to achieving orchestral perfection.

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The great Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara has died at the age of 87.

Here's why his works will have an enduring place in music history.

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Theft alert: Precious violin stolen in London

From Krysia Osostowicz, 1st violin of the Dante Quartet and professor at the Guildhall:

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Why More Women Are Winning at Musical Chairs

Once considered a protected male preserve, symphony orchestras are becoming the most gender-blind employers in the U.S.

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Scots principal heads for Louisville

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The incredible shirt that’s letting deaf people *feel* the sound of a full orchestra

A heart-warming moment when profoundly deaf people experience classical music in full for the very first time. And it’s all thanks to wearable technology.

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Pavarotti’s widow tells Trump to stop using Nessun Dorma at rallies

Nicoletta Mantovani warns Republican presidential candidate: ‘The values of brotherhood that Luciano Pavarotti upheld throughout his career are incompatible with the world vision of Donald Trump.’

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3D Printed Violins - An Overhyped Crescendo?

But should 3D printing keep its whirring mitts away from the violin? That's something I've been pondering for quite some time. As a violinist and designer myself, I've been all for others trying to take the violin that step further into the future.

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Tenor Kim Keon-woo wins prestigious opera competition

South Korean tenor Kim Keon-woo has won first prize at Operalia, The World Opera Competition, the event's organizer said Wednesday.

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Edinburgh Festival offers refunds before 'extreme' opera opens - (Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte)

It has now been forced to alert thousands of people who have paid up to £95 for a ticket about the nature of its “adult scenes” and warn that it is totally unsuitable for children.

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What We Learned from the First New York Opera Fest

Opera no longer exists exclusively in the domain of grand theater. It lives and is flourishing in spaces such as churches (Vertical Player Repertory), subterranean cocktail lounges (Opera Upper West), Brooklyn bars (Opera on Tap), school playgrounds (also Opera on Tap) and even a basketball court in East Flatbush (Ardea Arts).

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Marni Nixon obituary

The ‘ghost’ who sang for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, for Deborah Kerr in The King and I and for Natalie Wood in West Side Story. In order to keep the illusion a secret, the extraordinarily versatile American coloratura soprano was uncredited.

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Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia hires new chief

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia has hired a rock/jazz guitarist and administrator from New York's Orchestra of St. Luke's to be its next executive director.

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Teenage tenor saves the day at Three Choirs Festival opening night ... - Classical Music

Teenage tenor saves the day at Three Choirs Festival opening night ...Classical Music18-year-old tenor Magnus Walker made his debut as a Three Choirs soloist in a performance of Elgar's The Kingdom on the festival's opening night. Currently a ...and more »

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Sir Roger Norrington: 'I'm against music being handed down from on high'

No vibrato, principal violinists facing each other, audiences encouraged to applaud between movements … the great conductor celebrates the unorthodox at the Proms this week

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Crafted with love: Northern Ireland guitar makers take centre on world stage

Northern Ireland can punch above its weight in sport and entertainment, but it is also known on the world stage for its guitar makers.

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‘The most important lesson I learned: you’re never ready, actually’ says top conductor

Antonello Manacorda was concert master under the legendary Claudio Abbado for 15 years – now he’s one of today’s most exciting conductors and will be on the podium at Glyndebourne to conduct Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict. We asked him what he learned from maestro Abbado and what advice he had for young musicians

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Facing the music: violinist Pekka Kuusisto

The Finnish musician on formative Eurovision experiences, wanting to play the ondes Martenot with Radiohead, and his plans to flood London with polka

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Kanyakumari — first woman violinist to get Sangita Kalanidhi award

he HinduA. Kanyakumari, an outstanding and versatile violinist, will get the Sangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy this year.

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Security fears loom over Bayreuth opera fest

Germany's legendary Bayreuth opera festival dedicated to the works of Richard Wagner opens Monday, but security fears and off-stage drama threaten to cast a long shadow over the 140-year-old event.

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The Met's principal trumpet on his long, long waits

David Krauss, principal trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera, opens up about the differences and difficulties of playing opera, as opposed to symphonies.

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Belgrade Philharmonic Announce New Chief Conductor - The Violin Channel

The Violin ChannelBelgrade Philharmonic Announce New Chief ConductorThe Violin ChannelThe Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra has today announced the appointment of German conductor, Gabriel Feltz to the position of 'Chief Conductor' – effective from the commencement of the 2017-18 season. A graduate of the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music, ...

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Festival fleecers (1): Edinburgh charges £30 for no-see opera seats

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This two-string Erhu player is INCREDIBLE at Flight of the Bumblebee

Here’s an utterly virtuosic version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, on an instrument you’ve almost certainly never heard play it.

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Rare $10K Saxophone Stolen by Couch Surfer from Ft. Greene Man's Home: NYPD - DNAinfo

DNAinfoRare $10K Saxophone Stolen by Couch Surfer from Ft. Greene Man's Home: NYPDDNAinfoA man had a rare saxophone worth more than $10,000 stolen from his apartment after letting a couch surfer crash there. The victim, Peter Noel Duhamel, 69, said the thief found his 66 Washington Ave. apartment through CouchSurfing.com about a month ago ...Rare $10K Saxophone Stolen from Fort Greene Man's Home: NYPDBrooklyn Readerall 2 news articles »

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Stem cell therapy gave my life back: violinist

It took a split second to pause Jasmine Trebse's life. A major tear to a tendon near her elbow tore away her passion and profession of playing the violin and she faced a future of chronic pain until a revolutionary stem cell technology

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3 subway stations to host free underground Mozart concerts

Friday's performances will kick off Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' annual Mostly Mozart Festival.

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3 subway stations to host free underground Mozart concerts

Friday's performances will kick off Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' annual Mostly Mozart Festival.

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Why is new classical music left to wither and die?

It's that time of year when, for a brief moment, the world becomes aware that classical composers still exist. Many people think composing in the classical sense is one of those occupations that has simply vanished

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Folkwang trauert um Prof. Gunhild Ott

Ein Nachruf von Prof. Michael Niesemann und Prof. Malte Refardt

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Donald Trump punched his music teacher in the face as a child

Presidential candidate said his teacher 'didn't know anything about music'.

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Diversity of classical music industry to be explored in new BBC Four documentary

BBC Four has announced a new documentary exploring issues of diversity and access in classical music.

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Thayer changes name to New England Symphony Orchestra

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A strange forum for Irish composers whose noses are out of joint

Composer and guitarist Dave Flynn has now set about providing a forum for living composers whose noses are out of joint with the massive RTÉ/NCH 1916 centenary survey.

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Kansas City Symphony Receives Generous $2.7 Million Gift to Endow Assistant Conductor Position

The David T. Beals III Assistant Conductor is an important and influential role at the Symphony, leading all pops, family, holiday, special and Classics Uncorked concerts each season.

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Why Classical Music is Making a Comeback

I'm often blown away at how many people have some kind of connection to classical music.

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Bolshoi denies reports John Berry is to join company's management team

Former ENO head, who left the beleaguered UK opera house last year, has not confirmed stories he is to be given a senior appointment at the Russian theatre

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Violinist forced to withdraw from Proms appearance due to UK visa process

A violinist due to perform at the BBC Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall has fallen victim to the prolonged UK visa application process. Kazakhstan-born Anna Markova, who is based in Germany, was set to play

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Cash in the attic - Grancino cello and Voirin bow sell for £173000 at London auction

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Wagner veterans protest extreme Bayreuth security

Dr Derek Williams, former chair of the Wagner Society of Scotland, has written to the lairds of Bayreuth objecting to the extra discomfort they are inflicting on senior Wagnerites like himself by banning the use of cushions.

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Flutist Calls Whales With Music, Humpack Bumps Her on Paddle Board

Watch: Humpback Whale Bumps Paddleboarder Playing Flute in Half Moon Bay

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Two musicians played the theme from Star Wars outside John Williams’ house, and he popped out to meet them

Trumpeter Bryce Hayashi and flugel player Mickle Miller bravely took on one of the most famous film themes of all time: standing in the composer’s front garden.

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How can playing an instrument improve my life?

Playing an instrument is such a fun and enjoyable hobby for many of us. But when I was much younger, the lessons I had left me feeling frustrated and I started to believe that playing an instrument was way too difficult.

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Quit your job, become an... oboist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - 'Bourne this way (blog)

Ever wondered what it would be like playing with a major symphony orchestra? Ann Blackburn, a full-time oboe player with the MSO gives us an insider's perspective.

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Opera glasses served better to see and to be seen

You might be dimly aware that they are an early relative of modern-day binoculars, and while that’s true, they have experienced numerous stages of evolution, and their origins go back a long way.

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So this youth orchestra dropped in at an all-girls’ tech college….

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Pianists finish composer Erik Satie's 22-hour musical marathon

Dozens of pianists have completed a 22-hour musical marathon by playing a rare, full-length performance of French composer Erik Satie's Vexations.

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Japanese organist wins German Bach contest

A 27-year-old Japanese graduate student won first prize Friday in the organ section of the 2016 Leipzig International Bach Competition in Germany, becoming the first person from his country to claim the top rank in the category.

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra grand pianos up for sale

A concert grand piano worth about $145,000, which has been used by soloists accompanying the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) at the Opera House, is one of several iconic instruments up for sale.

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Arts Notes: Symphony showed rise in ticket sales and contributed income last season

The Jacksonville Symphony's 2015-16 season, the first complete season for both music director Courtney Lewis and president and CEO Robert Massey, saw ticket sales increase by 9 percent, contributed income increase by 6 percent

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HD broadcasts, once the future of opera, are now seen by some as its demise

There are lots of theories about which companies feel the most pressure: smaller ones that can't compete with the Met's standards or famous singers, or larger companies trying to sustain a full season of operas.

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Ivory Ban Impact on Orchestras - UPDATED JULY 8, 2016

New Ivory Rules Support Musical Instruments. The rules broaden access to travel permits, allow for domestic interstate commerce in musical instruments containing small quantities of ivory, and very helpfully clarify that legally-crafted musical instruments are not contributing to the African elephant poaching and trafficking crisis.

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Frank Cottrell Boyce: what's the point of culture in Brexit Britain?

Four years ago the writer helped put together the Olympics opening ceremony. In this exclusive preview of his Proms Lecture he reflects on its cultural legacy in the wake of the referendum

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Classical music can unite and console in troubling, angry times

Classical music has, of course, a hard-won reputation for civility. Concert decorum typically involves a certain courteousness. Being a member of a symphony orchestra requires a remarkable cooperation.

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Orchestra members each get $5K after philanthropist's death

Marjorie S. Fisher, a late philanthropist known for supporting cultural institutions, left $5,000 to each of the current full-time musicians in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

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BBC Proms: Cellist Gabetta on first-night spotlight

Hang on - your cello is a he?

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The Cleveland Orchestra Appoints Abby Mitchell as Chief Development Officer

Cleveland Orchestra Executive Director André Gremillet and Board of Trustees President Dennis W. LaBarre today announced that Abby Mitchell will join the Orchestra as Chief Development Officer on Monday, July 18, 2016.

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Conductor Chung Myung-whun Questioned in Libel Case

The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra's former music director Chung Myung-whun was questioned by prosecutors Thursday over a criminal libel complaint by a former orchestra president.

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Fired over pregnancy? Former "Zelda" conductor says her faith in people is ruined!

A former conductor for a promoter and producer of musical concerts, who alleges she was fired because she complained of pregnancy discrimination, told a jury Thursday that losing her job has left her wary and depressed.

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Oboe kerfuffle: Classical music review launches social media maelstrom

Normally a music review posted on a classical music website would not cause a blip on the media radar.

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An Opera Percussionist Traces Her Path 'From Juilliard to the Orchestra Pit'

Patti Niemi has been a percussionist for the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1992. She speaks with Fresh Air's Sam Briger about performance anxiety, muscle memory and her memoir, Sticking it Out.

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Cleveland Orchestra fills out management ranks with appointment of new chief development officer - (blog)

On Thursday, the orchestra announced the appointment of Abby Mitchell as chief development officer, the post last held by Jon Limbacher, who left last fall for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

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How does Karl Jenkins get away with his crappy music?

In a week that saw the UK vote itself out of the EU, the resignation of David Cameron followed by most of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet, the audience who dutifully trooped to the Royal Albert Hall this Sunday for a concert celebrating the 2,000th performance of Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace were clearly looking for reassurance. And reassurance is what they got – because whatever happens in the big wide world outside, Jenkins’ music has always been, and probably always will be,

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Dohnányi withdraws from Tanglewood performances - The Boston Globe

Christoph von Dohnányi, who was set to lead Tanglewood performances by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Saturday and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra on Monday, has withdrawn from both engagements, citing complications from recent cataract surgery.

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Resonate: the great British symphonic revival

A new fund will encourage orchestras to programme the best works by British composers of the past 25 years.

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Tenor suspended from quartet after altering Canadian national anthem to sing 'All Lives Matter' - Fox News

Pereira unexpectedly sang: "We're all brothers and sisters. All lives matter to the great." The normal lyric is "With glowing hearts we see thee rise. The True North strong and free."

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Valuable Bach manuscript goes under the hammer - Deutsche Welle

Likely written between 1740 and 1745, the Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat Major (BWV 998) is a favorite among both harpsichords and lutenists.

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World's largest orchestra perform with over 7500 musicians

7,548 musicians were brought together in a soccer field in Frankfurt to perform together, at the same time.

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Chinese orchestra managers learn from New York Phil

Chinese classical music is on the cusp of a boom, but outside of the cultural capital Shanghai, managing an orchestra can be hard work. Anita Li takes a look at how the New York Philharmonic Orchestra is helping put Chinese performances on the map...

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The car park Prom: meet the orchestra who perform on the ninth floor of a multi-storey - The Guardian

We're standing on the top of Peckham's multi-storey car park, two hours before the orchestra she founded performs Beethoven's Pastoral symphony in this adorable, windswept, brutalist lump. The genial security guard tells her the forecast..

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Providence to pay ACLU attorneys $21610 over saxophone player WLNE-TV (ABC6)

Manuel Pombo was arrested and threatened with arrest on multiple occasions for playing the saxophone and soliciting money. With the help of the ACLU he sued the city claiming he was unconstitutionally harassed. Back in January they reached a settlement allowing him to continue to play.

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First night of the Proms: 'Brilliantly successful: evoked enthusiasm of quite southern warmth'

From the classical archive, 11 August 1895: The very first night of the Queen’s Hall Promenade concerts got an excellent review....

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All-Women Classical Music Concert 'Sing Her Name' Pays Tribute To Black Lives - Huffington Post

The concert, organized by clarinetist and music teacher Eun Lee and presented by “The Dream Unfinished: An Activist Orchestra,” features a program of music by all-female composers like Florence Price, Margaret Bonds and Ethel Smyth.

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Look away. It's the worst-ever orchestral promo video - Slipped Disc

Promo manages not to include any classical music

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David Cameron humming -

SOLVED & SYNCED WITH ORCHESTRA by David Schofield

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"If You Need An Audience, We Don't Need You"

The following is the Keynote speech given by composer Kevin Volans during CMC's international conference, The Listening Crowd, at NUI Galway on 13 June 2016. The conference took place as part of the International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC), which CMC hosted, and was attended by delegates from IAMIC and the Irish music sector.

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Pole dancer adds va-va-voom to Verdi as strip club gives opera a fresh twist

An opera performance "without the boring bits" will see a Melbourne strip club dancer take to the stage with classically trained singers for a cabaret-style version of Verdi's La Traviata.

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For Black Lives Matter, Classical Music Steps In

In the wake of last week’s shootings, an orchestral concert to benefit the Black Lives Matter movement, scheduled for Wednesday night at the Cooper Union, has become tragically timely.

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Bulgaria's Ivan Iliev to conduct Tehran Symphony Orchestra

Bulgarian musician Ivan Iliev will conduct the Tehran Symphony Orchestra during a concert, which will be held at Vahdat Hall on July 16.

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Nicola Benedetti: Treat classical music like broccoli

Comparing learning about music to healthy eating, she said children should be made to listen to the classics just as they are told to eat broccoli.

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This is what 7500 classical musicians playing in a football stadium sound like

On Saturday, over 7,500 classical musicians invaded Frankfurt's Commerzbank football stadium to try and break the world record for the largest orchestra.

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Orchestra to play surprise show on Seattle ferry

If you're planning to ride the 12:20 p.m. ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island Sunday, you're in luck – assuming you're a classical music fan.

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Symphony orchestras survive, thrive in smaller Western Pa. communities

But that's OK with Meyer and others who see their smaller, local symphonies thriving while some of the nation's most prestigious orchestras teeter financially because of legacy costs, contentious contract negotiations and the cost of maintaining

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2016 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Music Directors

IRS Form 990 reveal how much US Orchestras are paying their conductors. Dallas Symphony paid Jaap van Zweden $5,110,538 for the 2013/14 season

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Mahler's 2nd symphony is about to become music's most expensive manuscript - Slipped Disc

Mahler 2 is about to become music's most expensive manuscript. The finished score only ever had three owners – Mahler himself, the conductor Willem Mengelberg and the financial publisher-turned-conductor Kaplan, who bought it from the Mengelberg Foundation in the 1980s.

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This sounds epic - over 10,000 people perform a unison war chant to welcome sporting heroes

A powerful, percussive chant has swiftly become the one of the most iconic moments of EURO 2016. And 10,000 people doing it in unison sounds incredible.

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Stefano Canuti: International Chair in Chamber Music & Bassoon

The RNCM is delighted to announce a new professorship for the Italian bassoon soloist Stefano Canuti, who will become the College’s William Waterhouse International Chair in Chamber Music and Bassoon from September 2016.

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Who is Philadelphia's new-music orchestra director? - Philly.com (blog)

On a Fulbright grant, he received a postgraduate diploma in orchestral conducting at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, studying with well-regarded conducting teacher Jorma Panula.

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A soprano performs an ancient Swedish herding call, and something magical happens

Jonna Jinton has come up with a novel way of making sure your cows don't go missing

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See the cello in a new light

Infrared cameras track the instrument's movement as Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta performs Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor - allowing a digitally-projected image to stay locked on the surface. The film was commissioned for the BBC Proms

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Virginia Opera appoints new Chorus Master/Assistant Conductor

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Met Opera's New Concertmaster: The Canadian Violinist Nikki Chooi

The Metropolitan Opera announced Thursday that its next concertmaster would be the young Canadian violinist Nikki Chooi

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Palestine Youth Orchestra prepares for first UK tour

Conducted by Sian Edwards (Head of Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music), the orchestra will perform at world-class venues such as the Perth Concert Hall (Perth, Scotland), The Royal Concert Hall (Glasgow, Scotland), Leeds Town Hall

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Ian Maclay: Reflecting on over four decades

In a phone interview with Hannah Nepil, prior to his retirement last month, Ian Maclay reflects on his many decades of dedication and hard work as Managing Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Llangollen International Eisteddfod finds archive Pavarotti CD

Archive recordings of the late tenor Luciano Pavarotti making his first appearance at Llangollen International Eisteddfod have been unearthed as the 70th anniversary event begins.

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Pacific Symphony Welcomes Joseph Morris as Principal Clarinetist

An emerging clarinetist equally at home as soloist, chamber musician and orchestral performer, Morris has been the principal clarinet of the Sarasota Opera Orchestra and the Madison Symphony Orchestra

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Opera Omaha music director took $113000 from mother's account, pleads no contest to felony

Opera Omaha's resident music director pleaded no contest Wednesday to abuse of a vulnerable adult for taking about $113,000 from his mother, who suffers from dementia.

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Opera At 8500 Feet -

I am working in Central City, Colorado (population 724) for the summer with Central City Opera. The town is located west of Denver off of Interstate 70 at an altitude of 8500 feet. Thankfully we have had a three week rehearsal period to get adjusted to the lack of oxygen.

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EXCLUSIVE: $1.7M workshop means bigger productions for Cincinnati Opera

Cincinnati Opera technical director Glenn Plott explains it this way: When an opera wants to put on a production, it has two options – rent the production (including props, costumes and set pieces) from other operas or build it themselves.

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Symphony hires chief philanthropy officer

The Winston-Salem Symphony has appointed Kent Wallace-Meggs as its chief philanthropy officer. He started work on July 1. Chief philanthropy officer is a new, permanent position for the symphony, which has a budget for 2016-17 of about $2.7 million.

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FWSO musicians' labor claim against management dropped

The musicians union and symphony management have been in difficult contract talks since last year.

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Gewandhaus-Cellist bei Unfall ums Leben gekommen

Er war ein hochbegabter Musiker und ein engagierter Streiter für Internationale Verständigung und Menschenrechte: Hendrik Zwiener, Cellist des Leipziger Gewandhausorchesters, ist bei einem Unfall ums Leben gekommen.

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What's the point of touring orchestras? asks UK culture chief

Who now wants a touring orchestra that's just going to turn up, play, and go? Not many! So, if you are running an orchestra with shrinking public subsidy and are looking to tour, look around you, take account of the best practice from across the world ...

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Girls on song: how the male-dominated English church choir is changing

For centuries, cathedral and college choir across Britain have been exclusively populated by school-age boys – but with the admission of girls, an outdated practice is finally breaking down.

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3-year effort raises $7.1M for orchestra

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra has met -- and exceeded -- the $7 million goal for its Orchestrating the Future fundraising campaign.

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COM professor joins in record-breaking trumpet performance

music professor Sparky Koerner joined with 324 other trumpet players to set a Guinness World Record for the most trumpet players performing together.

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Has Toronto Symphony found an interim saviour?

Sources say TSO is negotiating with Gary Hanson, former Cleveland Orchestra executive director.

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A Syrian Symphony: Behind the scenes of an emotional musical reunion

When their home country was torn apart by war, the members of the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians were dispersed around the world. Last month, they were brought together again for brief tour, aided by Damon Albarn.

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Inside the orchestra

Orchestra Wellington and RNZ Concert present a 360 degree video of the Finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, from the player's point of view.

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Report: Orchestra must grow audience, donor base, communication skills

One of the nation's top arts consultants says that the Philadelphia Orchestra has accomplished much since exiting bankruptcy - but warns that it has not secured the support necessary to ensure its future.

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The New Mexico Philharmonic to try out six music director finalists

The New Mexico Philharmonic has narrowed its search for its first permanent music director down to six finalists. Music lovers will get to hear them conduct during the 2016-17 season.

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Congress tells military bands the days of $11000 flutes are numbered

Martha McSally, R-Ariz., a former Air Force fighter pilot who introduced one of the measures, noted that spending on bands had steadily increased in recent years, with the military buying $11,000 flutes and $12,000 tubas,

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Rampant Cost Disease May Be Killing the Met

The opera house is so gargantuan that smaller-scale productions are all but impossible, limiting the ways the Met can be made more productive

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Music man selling pad at legendary Central Park West address

Michael Stern, a symphony conductor and the son of the late, great musician Isaac Stern — arguably the greatest violinist of the 20th century — is selling his late mother’s apartment at the legendary Beresford, at 211 Central Park West, for $7.65 million.

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The amazing mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato came into the Classic FM studio and shared her five pieces of advice for young

So when she popped into Classic FM Towers we just had to ask for her top tips for young 

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Prince of Wales pays tribute to Welsh National Opera

WNO is currently touring its new production In Parenthesis, based on the World War One poem by David Jones.

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Lyric Opera of Chicago to remain mum about financials at annual meeting

Last year, without a word of warning or explanation as FY2015 came to a close at the end of June, Lyric management abruptly announced there would be no talk of the opera company's financials for the preceding 12 months.

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London ought to learn from the provinces | Brief letters

Martin Kettle says how relevant Das Rheingold is to the current political turmoil (Das Rheingold review, 30 June). Perhaps the fact that the Ring cycle has been running in the provinces since April and has had to wait until now for a review also shows how out of touch London is with the rest of the country.

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Star conductor Andris Nelsons leaves legendary Wagner festival in dispute

The conductor made his request with "the highest respect" for the festival management, for stage director Uwe Eric Laufenberg, for the assistant conductors, cast, orchestra and chorus.

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Beethoven, Bach and Bond to win over Myanmar's generals

The orchestra was founded in 2000 by Khin Nyunt, a former military intelligence officer who served as prime minister under Than Shwe, the general who ruled the country with an iron fist until 2010.

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Berlin gets million-Euro new music fund Read more

Brits need not apply.

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‘Half of public want to cut culture spending’ – Arts Council survey

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Violinist's Attempted Murder Charge Is Dropped

The most serious charges against the violinist Stefan Arzberger, who had been accused of trying to strangle a fellow guest in a Midtown hotel, were dismissed Wednesday in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

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New Vancouver-based all-female orchestra showcases women in classical music

New Allegra Chamber Orchestra bills itself as one of the only all-female orchestras in the world

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Ukrainian Opera Singer Killed While Fighting In Eastern Ukraine

A Ukrainian opera singer who left the Paris Opera two years ago to fight Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine has reportedly been killed. The death of Vasyl Slipak was confirmed by Ukraine's permanent representative to the Council of Europe, 

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Breathing life back into Pablo Casals' 280-year-old cello

You hear a story when he plays,' says cellist Amit Peled, a longtime admirer of Casals' work. 'This cello is like a human being, and not a young one—one with life experience.

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UNCSA music director joins Charlotte Symphony as assistant

Christopher James Lees, music director of the UNC School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, will join the Charlotte Symphony as assistant conductor beginning Sept. 1.

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With $1 million Genesis Prize, violinist Itzhak Perlman eyes a more inclusive world

But as Perlman sat down to play this time in 1995, one of the strings on his violin broke. The audience assumed that Perlman would have to find another violin or another string for the one he was using — delaying the concert. Instead, Perlman waited a moment, closed his eyes and signaled for the conductor to begin. He played the entire concerto on just three strings.

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Classical music: Glaring gaps in a celebration of Irish composers since 1916

Composing the Island festival is huge, but it neglects women and living composers under 30

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Sudbury Symphony Orchestra names new musical director

After a two year search, the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra finally has a new musical director. Mélanie Léonard of Montreal will take over the job later this year.

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Kentucky Opera names new general director

Ian Derrer comes to Louisville from the Dallas Opera, where he's been an artistic administrator and member of the senior management team for the past two years.

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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra receives $1.2 million donation to bring low-income students to concerts

The philanthropists Mark and Patricia Joseph said Tuesday that they are donating $1.2 million to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to bring the city's poorest children to classical music concerts.

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'Mustang Sally' composer Mack Rice dies at 82

Mack Rice, composer of "Mustang Sally" and co-writer of "Respect Yourself" has died in Detroit at the age of 82.

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San Francisco officers track down stolen 107-year-old violin

Thieves broke into a car on Post and Hyde Street and stole a 107-year-old violin on Monday.

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How Castration and Opera Changed The Skeleton Of 19th Century Singer Pacchierotti

he skeleton of Gaspare Pacchierotti, a famous 19th century male mezzo-soprano, was exhumed so that researchers could study the effects that castration had on his body.

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Top conductor Daniel Barenboim issues a call for European patriotism after Brexit

The maestro and Music Director of Berlin State Opera has expressed his sadness at the United Kingdon's decision to leave the European Union.

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Nils Frahm: ‘My music can be quite heavy. Some people faint’

The neo-classical composer is shaking the establishment with his experimental piano, but it manipulates the emotions too

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Backing the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra - letters

Our city should continue to support a reputed symphony orchestra as a central part of the expression of the arts in our community.

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L.A. Phil Conductor Gustavo Dudamel Orchestrates Sale of Los Angeles Home (blog)

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