Kiefer Sutherland: 'Violin lessons led to my first acting job'

At seven he asked his mum, actress Shirley Douglas, if he could play the guitar, and she agreed if he practised the violin until he was 10.

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So, here’s how I get to play in the Berlin Philharmonic…

From string-quartet diarist, Anthea Kreston:

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Two representatives of the Monterey Symphony explain why they are leaving Sherwood Hall.

The Monterey Symphony is abandoning its longtime Salinas venue of Sherwood Hall and consolidating at Sunset Center in Carmel to save money.

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Enniskillen-born pianist and composer honoured with blue plaque

THE musical contribution of a woman regarded as the "doyenne of Irish composers" has been celebrated in Co Fermanagh. Joan Trimble, a composer, teacher, concert pianist and owner of the Impartial Reporter, was remembered last night

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Posh Public Bathroom Has Imported Tiles, Flowers and Classical Music

In a park amid Manhattan skyscrapers, a gem has emerged: a posh public bathroom that cost nearly $300,000, complete with freshly delivered flowers, imported tiles, classical music and artwork.

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ENO recruits diction coaches for new opera season

sIf you've ever struggled to hear every word being sung at an opera, things may be about to improve. The English National Opera is to bring in diction coaches to ensure its productions are loud and clear.

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English National Opera send in the clowns to overcome hated fake 'theatre laugh'

ENO’s new artistic director Daniel Kramer has announced he is to commission a specialist in physical comedy to direct a new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe.

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Google Doodle honours composer of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

Google celebrated Freedom Day with a google doodle of 19th century composer Enoch Sontonga, who wrote Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika -a song that merged with Die Stem to become the country's current national anthem.

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The London Symphony Orchestra and Cypress Hill might actually make THAT Simpsons moment come true

The LSO and hip-hop pioneers Cypress Hill have been talking on Twitter about a particular moment from The Simpsons, and now they might be actually collaborating.

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Claire Chase receives Avery Fisher Prize

Bienen School visiting artist Claire Chase has been awarded the $100,000 Avery Fisher Prize. She is the first flutist to receive the prize.

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62nd Kathleen Ferrier Competition - The Finalists

The Final is taking place at Wigmore Hall on Friday 28th April, 18:00.

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Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra Considers Shutting Down

In an effort to gauge the extent of financial support from the community, the Board of Directors for the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra has elected to suspend operations for the 2017-18 season,

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Neun Monate Haft auf Bewährung für Ex-Rektor der Musikhochschule

Siegfried Mauser, Ex-Rektor der Münchner Musikhochschule, ist im Berufungsverfahren wegen sexueller Nötigung zu neun Monaten Haft auf Bewährung verurteilt worden.

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Famed Venezuelan Conductor Dudamel Urges Politicians to Solve Crisis Democratically

Dudamel's video message to politicians marks the first time the famed musician has spoken out on the current political situation in Venezuela.

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Bristol's Colston Hall to drop 'toxic' slave trader name

Colston Hall bosses had previously maintained that the Bristol attraction was named after the street it is on, rather than Edward Colston.

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Chief conductor Lajovic leaving the Slovenian Philharmonic (paywall)

Ljubljana, 24 April - Uroš Lajovic announced Monday he would be leaving the Slovenian Philharmonic, ending a five-month stand-off with a disgruntled orchestra after only two years as the chief conductor of Slovenia's pre-eminent orchestra.

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How Utah Symphony is improving the lives of young Haitian musicians

Music education is not something that young musicians in Haiti take for granted. Yuki MacQueen, a Utah Symphony violinist, made this observation last summer when she traveled to Haiti with two other symphony members to provide a workshop for local musicians.

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Utah Symphony violinist seeking his stolen childhood violin

Stolen: One violin. If found, please return to David Porter, c/o Utah Symphony. The violin is in a vintage case, honey-brown or orange in color, with a Roth label.

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Advice I'd give my younger self: violinist Hilary Hahn -

The following article is published as part of a larger 'Life Lessons' interview with violinist Hilary Hahn in The Strad's May 2017 issue

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This accordionist plays the Tetris theme for 10 levels and it's really stressful

YouTuber Les covers de Persiflette (also known as Thibaut Trosset) has got some serious Tetris tekkers.

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Sir Mark Elder: 'People need to shout from the rooftops, "This is a great musical nation!"'

We chatted to Sir Mark Elder about the importance of music in today's society, and he told us how conducting is like marinading...

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This £8.7m concert hall has a stage that MOVES

The Stoller Hall, situated within Chetham's School of Music in Manchester's Medieval Quarter, is a brand-new venue providing space for recitals, chamber and orchestral music, jazz, folk, pop and spoken word as well as recordings, conferences and rehearsals.

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Verdi’s unseen notes raise hope of new work

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She Was the Orchestra's Only Black Musician, Until She Formed Her Own

“I plan to be involved in Chineke until Chineke becomes unnecessary because eventually the aim will be for diversity to be the norm in classical music.”

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Engineers made a robotic arm for this girl to play the violin

A 10-year-old girl born with no left hand is playing the violin, thanks to a specially designed prosthetic built by undergraduates at George Mason University.

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Opera Holland Park to become the first entirely independent company

Holland Park's 2017 summer season, from June 1 to July 29, is the first to be entirely planned and programmed as an independent company.

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US composer John Adams: 'People who call me anti-Semitic are a disgrace'

John Adams has been at the vanguard of American minimalism for 40 years, his name uttered in the same breath as such other pioneers as Steve Reich and Philip Glass. The minimalist label, however, is not always helpful

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Why a one-handed violinist refuses to let his disability stand in the way of his dreams

Classical music is trying to survive by being faster and more technically brilliant, but that’s not the way it’s going to continue. When Beethoven wrote the Ninth Symphony, I don’t think it was played flawlessly. People’s technique wasn’t as good, yet classical music was far more relevant and popular than it is now. It’s important to embrace how we have evolved, in terms of better and better technique, and not lose sight of our humanity.

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Austin Symphony earns raves and $1 million gift - austin360 (blog)

It came in the form of a bequest from patron Ronald C. Jernigan to kickstart the group's Moto Perpetuo Society, a club established for those who plan gifts to the symphony's endowment $100,000 or more. Ronald C Jernigan.

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For the Vancouver Opera Festival, the drama is offstage - paywall

Gaynor was exactly three months away from launching a brand new opera festival in Vancouver when she fell from her beloved horse Gin Fizz de St. Germain. She had brought him over from Switzerland when she left the Verbier Festival

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Shropshire piano gold coin hoard declared treasure

The largest hoard of gold sovereigns in Britain, found hidden in an old piano, has been declared treasure. The hoard consists of 913 gold sovereigns and half sovereigns dating from 1847 to 1915

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Harry Potter is coming to the Proms

Other highlights in this year's programme include:

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Ousted Fort Worth Opera leader looks ahead to next act

Before he was fired two months ago, Darren K. Woods had been the face and voice of leadership as the company's general director for 16 years.

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Cattle farmers growing young opera singers

Hugh and Jane Fraser’s move from selling knitwear to running an opera company may seem lateral to some.

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Canada Turns 150, but a Silent Chorus Isn't Celebrating

It sounds like an oxymoron: a silent opera chorus. But reviving an opera that delves into Canada’s charged relationship with its indigenous population as the nation celebrates its 150th anniversary may call for an unorthodox approach.

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Batiashvili: „Ich habe Sorge um Europa“

Die Geigerin Lisa Batiashvili spricht im Interview über Integration, die Arbeit mit Putin-Freund Gergiev und die politische Wirkung von Musik.

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‘The video game industry is a hard industry to be in as a woman – let’s claim our space and stop apologising’ – Jessica Curry

The weekend Jessica Curry launches High Score, a brand new video game music show on Classic FM. We spoke to her ahead of her first programme about the challenges she’s faced as a woman in the industry and whether there’s still snobbery around video game music

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Saxophone-playing driver arrested for rehearsing on the highway

The police arrested a 49-year-old man on the A7 between Drachten and Groningen on Tuesday afternoon for playing his saxophone behind the wheel.

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Chetham's new head says music school is in 'exceptional health'

It is the biggest specialist music school in the UK, producing more winners of the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year competition than its rivals, and boasting a medieval library where Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx once studied. But when Alun Jones took over as head of Chetham’s school of music in Manchester last year he inherited an institution with a troubled reputation.

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A year after the Composing the Island outcry, women composers barely register

The Composing the Island outcry was about the representation of women composers, not women conductors.

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A little girl, the conductor, and a magic wand

While conducting the Ulster Orchestra in Ireland, the Buffalo Philharmonic orchestra's music director, JoAnn Falletta made a connection with a young autistic girl in the audience.

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When Classical Meets Technology - Opera de Rouen & Newzik App

On September 15th 2016, Opera de Rouen musicians performed the first global classical performance replacing their paper sheet music with digital scores using the Newzik app on iPad Pro.

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The Philadelphia Orchestra goes to prison -- and not for the reason you think

One day last month, visiting composer Hannibal Lokumbe took a string quartet of orchestra musicians arguably farther afield – into the Philadelphia Detention Center in Northeast Philly's Holmesburg section.

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Despite Absurd Gender Barriers, Female Composers Are Hopeful For The Future

Prominent female movie and television composers are tentatively optimistic for the future in the face of almost unbelievably bad statistics. Of the top 250 films of 2016, for example, 97% did not have a female composer ...

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American Airlines thought a cello was a safety risk - The Week Magazine

John Kaboff bought an extra ticket so he could strap his $100,000 instrument into the seat next to him for a trip from Washington, D.C., to Chicago. But the flight crew deemed it unsafe and ordered Kaboff off the plane...

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'Decompression Chamber' brings live classical music to workplaces in downtown Akron

The City of Akron's Wellness Coordinator Matt Carson will offer blood pressure testing to listeners in the Municipal Building before and after the April 26 concert.

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Clutch, shift, change gear...

Ray Chen handles string break in Prokofiev 2 with adroitness

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Violinist Emily Sun wins Bromsgrove International Musicians Competition - The Strad

Australian violinist Sun receives £6,000 and a number of performance opportunities. A graduate of London's Royal College of Music, she was awarded the Gold Medal at the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition held at London's Cadogan Hall in June ...

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Another airline bans violins

Ethihad Airways has furtively adjusted its hand-baggage policy to exclude small musical instruments. Musicians have begun to complain. Ethihad is telling them that they must either buy an extra seat or ...

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Can America Keep Pace With European Opera?

One of the questions I am most often asked by American operagoers is why major European companies seem to have more stars, more operas per season and more daring programming than the Metropolitan Opera and other American companies.

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Maggini Quartet violinist David Angel has died, aged 62 - The Strad

The violinist performed with the Maggini Quartet since its inception in 1988. He was co-leader of the second violin section of the London Mozart Players, and frequently led the second violin sections of ensembles including the London Chamber Orchestra ...and more »

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Casting controversy for "South Pacifc" hits sour note for Calgary Opera

A musical is drawing a lot of controversy in Calgary and it hasn't even hit the stage yet. The director and two staff members of “South Pacific” have quit after they say Calgary Opera considered casting a white actor for a Southeast Asian character.

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London's orchestral scene is dead. Time to change the music – and some CEOs

Five full symphony orchestras and twice as many pint-sized ones kept up a constant clamour for attention. Each month brought new recordings with premier artists. Every orchestra had its own ethos, history and thumbprint.

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Mercer Arena demolished to make way for Seattle Opera expansion

The Mercer Arena, built in 1927, was demolished Tuesday to make way for a new opera house expansion.

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Opera on the Clyde: Scottish Opera to stage operas on cutter boat Murray McDavid

Scottish Opera is taking to the water for a new series of concerts on the Clyde. The Pop Up Opera events staged by the national company is to take to the water on the converted pilot cutter Murray McDavid

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United Airlines Stirring 'Orchestra' Ad Gets Brutally Roasted [Watch]

DUnited Airlines destroyed a guy's face for refusing to give up his overbooked seat. Now, that decision is destroying millions of dollars of advertising.

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The Pulitzer Prize Winner for Music Is an Ambitious, Punk-Influenced Opera About Human Trafficking

This year, the Pulitzer Prize winner in Music was as big of a surprise in the world of contemporary classical music as some of the other prize winners have been in their respective spheres.

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How the Pittsburgh Symphony can attract today's audience: less-formal dress

We were there on a recent Friday. How strange it is to still have the musicians in tails. Nobody dresses like that. How does that appeal to younger people?

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Etihad Airways refuses to allow violins in the cabin due to recent policy change

The policy change came as a surprise to folk musicians Caitlín Nic Gabhann and Ciaran O Maonaigh of duo Caitlín & Ciarán, and their bandmate Cathal O Currain, who were forced to check their violins into the hold on a flight from Dublin to Queenstown ...

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Do conductors come in batches?

A former music director in Wuppertal, Gülke delivers potted profiles of conductors whom he considers important, from Hans von Bülow to Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

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Florence has a new classical music festival - The Times (subscription)

A new festival has launched in Florence that aims to be the Glyndebourne of Italy. The New Generation Festival wants to give rising global music talent the chance to perform in an astonishing Italian setting

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how to make a bassoon reed

Bassoonist (and stop-motion enthusiast, it seems) Todd Gibson-Cornish made this fantastic short film while he was learning to make bassoon reeds, aged 16 (back in 2011, when he was studying for a Media Studies qualification).

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Ed Sheeran settles Photograph copyright infringement claim

They submitted the chord structures for both tracks in court documents.

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Louis Frémaux obituary

French conductor who directed the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for nine years. Louis Frémaux, who has died aged 95, was the only major orchestral conductor to serve two spells as an officer in the Foreign Legion. Perhaps the experience of leading some of France’s toughest, most hardbitten troops assisted him in dealing with refractory or undisciplined musicians.

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The female conductors are coming!

The end of a male-dominated profession? More and more women are wielding the baton in concert halls. One of them is conductor Kristiina Poska from Estonia. She was the first woman to win the German Conductors' Award.

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Royal opening confirmed for the Global Academy

The school, which was founded by Classic FM’s owner Global, offers training and qualifications to 14-19 year-olds looking for a career in the media and entertainment industries.

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Yuja Wang: 'If the music is beautiful and sensual, why not dress to fit'?

The Chinese piano prodigy takes no prisoners. She embraces Brahms and Beethoven as fiercely as she defends her right to wear what she likes

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The classical music concert is a vital workout for our sagging, flabby attention spans - Quartz

In the age of hyper-connectivity and multi-tasking, staying focused during a two- or three hour classical music performance can feel like a workout.

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Samuel wins on violin found in gran's attic

Samuel Kane, a lower sixth pupil at Portadown College, impressed adjudicator Richard Yarr with his performance of the second movement of the Sibelius violin concerto in D minor.

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Children's Author Writes 2nd Book About Classical Violinist Joshua Bell

Now Stinson has come out with another book on the violinist and Indiana native, called The Dance of the Violin. It's about Bell's first time playing in a music competition, which just happened to be the Stulberg International String Competition

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Fresno Grand Opera bankruptcy filing includes long list of creditors

Trudi G. Manfredo, the attorney handling the bankruptcy for Fresno Grand Opera, explained that any possible assets have to be disclosed when filing.

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Louisiana orchestra performs on moving boats on a lake

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra 's upcoming performance of “New Water Music” will literally be on the water. Musicians will perform from the decks of a moored barge and moving shrimp boats on Lake Ponchartrain 

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Susan Graham Appointed to Artistic Advisor Role with LA Opera's Domingo-Coburn-Stein Young Artist Program

SUSAN GRAHAM will take on the role of artistic advisor to LA Opera's Domingo-Coburn-Stein Young Artist Program beginning with the 2017-18 season, Plácido Domingo, LA Opera's general director, announced today.

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UK Rejected Russian Bolshoi Theater Opera Singer's Visa Applications Twice

lThe first rejection was explained by a wrong visa type selection, while no information had been provided on changes to documentation procedures, the singer said.

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Hold Up! Renée Fleming Is Not Retiring From Opera

Despite a misleading article, the beloved soprano makes it clear that she's nowhere near ready to give up the opera stage.Renée Fleming May Be Singing At Metropolitan Opera in 2019

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Saxophones worth £140000 stolen in three raids on Crowborough shop

On the first occasion, thieves stole £40,000 worth of instruments, on the second a rare saxophone with an unknown value was stolen and on Tuesday around £100,000 worth of goods were taken.

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Waterbury Symphony Orch estra (WSO) announces New Executive Director

Robert Cinnante is a community - driven arts leader with more than a decade of combined experience as a performer and arts administrator. His appointment as Executive Director at the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, beginning May 2017

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Violinist Min Kym talks about when her life became unstrung

Min Kym had her Stradivarius violin stolen by an Irish man. It took years to come to terms with the loss, writes Hannah Stephenson

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Exciting new program will support young classical musicians from underrepresented communities

Do you know the next classical music superstar? The Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) is launching a new project that will fully support current 4th-11th graders from underrepresented communities with whatever they might need to pursue their dream of becoming a professional classical musician.

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Cellist forced to leave American Airlines flight as his instrument poses 'safety risk'

John Kaboff – a former student of János Starker and William Pleeth, and founder of the Kaboff Cello School – had boarded the flight from Washington DC to Chicago when a flight attendant informed him that the pilot had asked that he leave the plane.

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To boo or not to boo? Royal Opera music chief defends vocal crowds

Sir Antonio Pappano says while latest trend of booing villains can be fun, but calling out a bad performance is a step too far

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One hundred and six young violinists representing 26 nations have submitted applications for the first Bartók World Competition & Festival - Violin Competition 2017.

The number of applicants skyrocketed in the final two days, perhaps partly due to breaking news arriving Friday that our Bartók clip promoting the competition had won a Silver Hugo prize in the Individual Commercials category at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival.

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The Diva Departs: Renée Fleming’s Farewell to Opera

For Renée Fleming, the superstar soprano who will sing the Marschallin at the Met, and for music, this really is the end of an era: This “Rosenkavalier” may well be her farewell to staged opera.

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Brexit play and opera festival to feature in BBC's £4m culture drive

Director general says collaboration with UK arts funding bodies will create ‘moments of scale that no other organisation can’

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Cellist Steven Isserlis to receive €25000 award in Germany

British cellist Steven Isserlis has been named as the winner of the 2017 Glashütte Original Music Festival Award.

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Duluth orchestra pulls plug on show with Iranian composer, citing Trump travel ban

The specter of a United States travel ban on citizens from several Middle Eastern and African nations has caused a Duluth orchestra to alter its upcoming concert season by removing an Iranian composer from its bill.

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A Blind Orchestra's Beethoven

When I walked into the rehearsal with the Korean Hearts of Vision Chamber Orchestra, there was a man sitting where the conductor usually is, and he's holding what appears to be a blank piece of paper and he's shouting out instructions to the ensemble.

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Why no symphony orchestra in the world makes money - ABC Online

ABC OnlineWhy no symphony orchestra in the world makes moneyABC OnlineOrchestras produce a unique product and are often monopolies — usually a recipe for financial success. But no symphony orchestra in the world would be financially viable on its own. That's the startling truth uncovered by Robert Flanagan, a professor ...

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El valenciano Òscar Colomina Bosch, director musical de la Yehudi Menuhin School de Inglaterra

La batuta del también compositor dirigirá a la Orquesta de Valencia dentro del festival internacional Ensems en el mes de junio

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Oxford's youngest organist: 12-year-old schoolboy wins university music scholarship

Louis Moss only took up the instrument a year ago, but this term will play hymns at Jesus College chapel services

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