Family orders pizza, is blown away when delivery guy plays Beethoven beautifully on their piano

The Varchetti family ordered a pizza delivery from Hungry Howie's for dinner. When the delivery guy came to their suburban Detroit home,

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Famed opera singer blames #MeToo for her husband's suicide: 'You can break a person'

WaA Post investigation this month found more than 50 classical musicians, from local instructors to global superstars, who said they were victims of sexual harassment.

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Another three years for TSO chief conductor Marko Letonja

Tasmania ExaminerAnother three years for TSO chief conductor Marko The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor and artistic director has been named as the groups's inaugural conductor laureate.

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The Manchester orchestra giving 'confidence' to kids

What if your nine-year-old could go straight from their maths lessons to playing trumpet with a professional orchestra? Manchester Camerata are sharing their skills, trumpets and baritones with school children in Merseyside.

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Turkish violin team wins four awards in key Budapest competition - Hurriyet Daily News

Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkish violin team wins four awards in key Budapest competitionHurriyet Daily NewsTurkey's national violin team, which is composed of eight violinists, won four awards at the second Ilona Feher International Violin Competition on July 28. In the juniors' category, Duru Önhon, İdil Olgar, and Naz İrem Türkmen shared the first prize ...

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Prominent classical musician replaced for Santa Fe concerts;

A prominent figure in the classical music world won't continue his performances in Santa Fe this summer after the Washington Post reported allegations of sexual harassment against him.

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Trio steals Cleveland Orchestra violinist's $20000 violins during Cleveland home invasion

The 33-year-old violinist who joined the orchestra in 2013, ran across his rooftop as he was being chased by one of three robbers, police reports say.

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Universal Composer Initiative Unveils Finalists -

The composers will create original scores for two DreamWorks Animation short films currently in production. Universal's Film Music Composer Initiative, whose goal is to nurture up-and-coming composers, has found its finalists.

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Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra names Patrick O'Herron as director of marketing - Niagara Frontier Publications

After an exhaustive local and national search, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has selected Patrick O'Herron, a New York native, to take the helm of its marketing department.

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Two Sopranos Accuse Daniele Gatti Of Sexual Misconduct; Conductor Responds - OperaWire

Daniele Gatti has been accused of sexual misconduct by two sopranos. In an expose by the Washington Post, sopranos Alicia Berneche and Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet accused the renowned conductor.

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Weekend vote: What does playing violin, viola or cello cost you per month? - Violinist.com (blog)

For example, I know that during the seven years when I was paying off my violin loan, that monthly number was quite high. That's not to mention the cost to my parents during the years I took private lessons as a child and the years I went to college ...

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Baton Inflation: American Conductor Salaries Hit a New High

Yet despite these troubles, the amount orchestras pay their conductors is increasing.

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Gagliano violin sold to pawn shop for $50 in Boston -

A 1759 violin by Ferdinando Gagliano, worth an estimated $250,000, was old to a Boston pawn shop for $50. It had been stolen from during a recent break-in in the city.

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Can A River Play The Violin? It Can With This Researcher's Help

“I hear a heartbeat of violas and violins and piccolos and cellos,” he says. “And as a monsoon or a snowmelt hydrograph begins to form.

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Assaults in dressing rooms. Groping during lessons. Classical musicians reveal a profession rife with harassment.

by Anne Midgette and Peggy McGlone

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The double life of Jeffrey Li, Aspen Music Festival cello student and Google software engineer

Cellist Jeffrey Li appears to have the ability to bend time and space to his will. The 28-year-old musician and 2018 Aspen Music Festival and School student also happens to be a full-time software engineer at Google,

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Is there a Rodolfo in the house?

An audience member jumped in mid-show when a production of La Bohème had to replace its ailing tenor.

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British opera director criticised by Italy's Right-wing over 'anti-racist' version of The Magic Flute

Graham Vick, of Birmingham Opera Company and a former director of Glyndebourne, revised the original plot in an experimental production at the Macerata opera festival.

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Was the dig at opera necessary? - (pay wall)

I haven't had the luxury of attending a performance of “Hamilton.” However, I feel compelled to challenge Anne Midgette's dependence on Galina Vishnevskaya's takedown of opera, “old” singers and “dusty and shopworn” productions.

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Is Battle Fatigue Over? The New York Met Rehires A Banned Soprano

In 1727, two rival sopranos in Handel's employ fought onstage — in front of the Princess of Wales, no less.

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Nagoya court hands woman two-year prison term for destroying 54 violins owned by her former husband - The Japan Times

The Tokyo Reporter (blog)Nagoya court hands woman two-year prison term for destroying 54 violins owned by her former husbandThe Japan TimesIn handing down the ruling Presiding Judge Satoko Shotokuji said Qin had admitted to writing graffiti on a wall, and described the action of destroying the violins as one committed by someone with a strong hatred. The couple, whose divorce was ...Court hands woman prison term for destroying ex-husband's violinsThe Tokyo Reporter (blog)all 2 news articles »

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'It's embarrassing and unfair,' says violist made to carry instrument on her lap during a Ryanair flight

On the Ryanair website, it says cellos, double basses and harps are not allowed. But my instrument is a viola.

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The King's Singers: New Members' Announcement, July 2018

Countertenor Edward Button and bass-baritone Nick Ashby will join The King's Singers from 2019, succeeding Tim Wayne-Wright and Chris Gabbitas.

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Richmond Symphony Orchestra member arrested, faces drug charges

A Clarinetist with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra faces drug charges following his arrest this month.

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Yes, the composer of an 8-hour concert titled 'Sleep' really wants people to snooze through it

Composer Max Richter will bring his overnight performance of “SLEEP,” one of the longest single pieces of classical music ever to be recorded and performed, to Grand Park in Los Angeles on Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28.

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Chineke! founder Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'We're what orchestras tomorrow will look like'

“Just because you don’t know these people, don’t assume that they don’t exist.”

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Garden State Philharmonic Names Diane Wittry As Music Director

Wittry will become the Philharmonic's seventh Music Director and first female conductor

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These bizarre instruments play a symphony that only aliens can hear

These bizarre instruments play a symphony that only aliens can hear. To a human audience, they sound like nothing. But that doesn't mean the latest project from experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats doesn't send a message.

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Organization aims to diversify top-tier orchestras through audition support

The National Alliance for Audition Support aims to diversify top-tier orchestras through audition support. Sat, Jul 14. The National Alliance for Audition Support focuses on the all-important audition, supporting talented musicians of color as they strive to join major symphony ...

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Quality German Parking Sensors

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Meet the two composers leading the charge for women at the Proms: 'It's time to redress centuries of injustice' (paywall)

More than half of the newly commissioned pieces in this year's season are by women, and altogether there are 22 female composers featured throughout the festival.

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Premier trombonists to descend on Iowa City for international festival

For the first time, the University of Iowa will host the annual International Trombone Festival to bring world-class trombonists together for a special four-day event to celebrate the many facets the trombone has to offer.

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South Dakota Symphony Orchestra director to leave for job in Omaha

After eight years at the helm of the SDSO, Executive Director Jennifer Boomgaarden has accepted a position of the President and CEO of the Omaha Symphony.

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Virginia Symphony Orchestra introduces new assistant conductor

“It's unusual perhaps to work with two prominent women conductors. But I never thought about that really,” Farias says. “Marin was a major force of life, and it was really amazing to be her assistant.

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For Epileptics, Mozart May Be Medicinal

The Mozart Effect—the notion that listening to music of the classical-era master, particularly his sublime Sonata for Two Pianos, can boost brain power—has experienced something of a renaissance.

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5 Questions to Susanna Mälkki (Principal Guest Conductor, LA Phil)

Susanna Mälkki is a Finnish conductor at the forefront of the international symphonic world, who is much in demand in contemporary music and opera.

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Allan Clayton interview: 'Opera singers are like cricketers – fully exposed, under immense mental pressure' (paywall)

He was, for instance, very impressive as David in Meistersinger at Covent Garden last year, but doesn't feel drawn to heavier Wagnerian roles such as Walther in the same opera or Lohengrin

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Exploring the compensation issues at play in lawsuit filed by Boston Symphony Orchestra's lead flutist

But the BSO's lead flutist is shining a light on what she claims is a serious pay discrepancy between her and her closest male counterpart in a lawsuit filed against the orchestra last week.

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Nashville Symphony, musicians union strike 4-year labor deal

The Nashville Symphony has struck a four-year labor pact with the local musicians union that will see regular pay raises and add two members to the orchestra.

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Composer Oliver Knussen dies aged 66

He selflessly championed the music of fellow composers and was an all-round lovely, thoughtful, engaging man who will be hugely missed by everyone.

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Ghana orchestra reinterprets Western classical music for Africa

The Accra Symphony Orchestra is hoping to make a new generation in Ghana fall in love with classical music.

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Organiser abruptly cancels orchestra performance, some 70 musicians left in lurch

As part of the newly formed Star Philharmonic Orchestra, the musicians – some of whom had travelled to Singapore specially for the concert – were promised remuneration ranging from $400 to $500 for their performance and were slated to play alongside renowned flutist Jasmine Choi as the headline act.

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Polish opera director wins European accolade

Poland’s Karolina Sofulak has won the 10th European Opera Directing Prize in a competition held at the Opera House in Zurich.

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BSO top flute takes equal pay fight to court

Boston Symphony Orchestra's top flute player is suing the group for paying her $70,000 less than her male woodwind counterpart, raising what looks like the first lawsuit filed under the Massachusetts Equal Pay Law that took effect July 1.

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Has RTÉ already cast the National Symphony Orchestra adrift?

Nathalie Stutzmann, principal guest conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, was not mentioned on RTÉ during a piece about the National Concert Hall’s Female Conductor Programme.

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Conductor Carlos Kleiber Born On This Day in 1930 – 88 Years Ago [ON-THIS-DAY] - The Violin Channel

The Violin ChannelConductor Carlos Kleiber Born On This Day in 1930 – 88 Years Ago [ON-THIS-DAY]The Violin ChannelGerman-born Austrian conductor Carlos Kleiber was born on this day in 1930 – 88 years ago. The son of eminent Austrian conductor Erich Kleiber, he is remembered as an eccentric genius – and despite the paucity of his appearances, highly regarded by ...

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Dancers of the Bolshoi ballet following yesterday’s Russia-Spain match backstage during a performance of Raymonda

Photo via Bruna Gaglianone/Bolshoi Theatre

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Artist forms whale choir in North Shields VIDEO

A choir, made up of a group of volunteers, mimics the various sounds made by whales.

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Royal Philharmonic says names Vasily Petrenko music director

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra says Vasily Petrenko will succeed Charles Dutoit, who stepped down as artistic director and principal conductor following multiple allegations of sexual assault.

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Zurich Opera names Noseda

Gianandrea Noseda will be the next general music director of the Zurich Opera in the 2021-22 season, and will conduct his first Ring cycle there, directed by Andreas Homoki.

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Internationally-renowned Polish soprano gets merit award

The prestigious distinction is given to outstanding artists by Poland's Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

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Trumpeter Alison Balsom: 'The way we treat music is criminal' - (paywall)

As she takes over the Cheltenham Music Festival, star trumpeter Alison Balsom tells Ivan Hewett why she's on a mission. "Why do we call this music 'classical'? It's because it has stood the test of time, we know it's valuable.

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Three generations of violinists take a bow as Cork Youth Orchestra ...

Cork butcher Simon O'Flynn is one of three generations of his family who have played with orchestras in his native city,

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The 103-year-old pianist

Colette Maze was born in 1915 and has played the piano for over a century. Here she shares her love of the instrument and her secrets to growing old.

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Iranian, European musicians team up to perform charity concerts for child laborers

A number of Iranian and European classical musicians have teamed up to perform charity concerts at Tehran's Vahdat Hall on July 16 and 17 to raise funds for child laborers.

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Angry about Doctor Who hiring a black composer? Then you don't understand the show at all - (paywall)

It was announced this week that Segun Akinola would be taking over from long-time composer Murray Gold on musical duties for this autumn's series of the BBC sci-fi institution.

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Opera singer Mario Lanza's childhood home demolished in South Philly ((PAYWALL)

After a three year stint in the army during World War II, Lanza continued his opera career as part of the Bel Canto Trio with singers George London and Francis Yeend.

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