Stormzy at Glastonbury - the star invited a classically-trained dancer on stage to highlight how racism and privilege are present in all walks of life - even ballet,

where shoes have only just become available in different skin tones.

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Metropolitan Opera Guild Announces New Director of Development

The Metropolitan Opera Guild has added a new team member.

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Orchestra plays one concerto while soloist is expecting another

The Tchaikovsky Competition suspended a member of staff after the programme mix-up which left competitor bewildered.

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Telus donates $100000 to Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's new 100th Anniversary Endowment Campaign

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has announced a $100,000 gift to its 100th Anniversary Endowment Campaign, a drive to raise funds

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Incoming Music Director Osmo Vanska unveils strategies for Seoul Phil

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra's (SPO) newly-appointed music director Osmo Vanska, will lead the orchestra from January next year for three years

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Why this Italian violin travels with its own security

In 2015, a delegation of city leaders from Columbus, Ohio, went to Italy's Genoa, where they heard a performance of the famed Paganini violin.

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Annapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians ratify new contract with wage increases, policy on harassment

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians and symphony employees now have annual wage increases and a new harassment policy ...

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Former BSO conductor David Zinman turns out to support musicians

Former BSO conductor David Zinman joined locked out musicians on the picket line at the Meyerhoff Monday morning.

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Alan Beavitt: how I became a violin-maker on a remote Scottish peninsula

The luthier shares his experience of living and working in Scorraig, a remote peninsula in the north-west Scottish highlands, recently featured in the news.

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Cardiff Singer of the World review – courage, finesse and a worthy winner

There was gleaming talent on show on a night that tested nerve and stamina, but none shone as brilliantly as Andrei Kymach

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Another instrument is found with help from musicalchairs :

"Recently I listed an entry on your "stolen instruments" page, after extreme misfortune deprived me of my instrument. I would like to sincerely thank your website and publishing team, as your prompt posting of my details led to the successful recovery of my horn. I truly cannot thank you enough." NYC

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Milton Keynes City Orchestra (MKCO) will perform their Farewell Concert,

Totally Tchaikovsky, at MK Theatre on Sunday 23rd June at 3.00pm under the baton of Music Director Damian Iorio with guest Soprano Philippa Boyle.

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Semi-Finalists Announced at Japan's Sendai International Violin Competition

The 12 Semi-Finalists have been announced at the 2019 Sendai International Violin Competition.

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Reykjavik's Iceland Symphony Announce New Chief Conductor

The Iceland Symphony has announced the appointment of 37-year-old Finnish conductor Eva Ollikainen as its new Chief Conductor.

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American Conductor Stephen Lord Resigns from Posts at Michigan Opera Theatre and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

AMERICAN CONDUCTOR STEPHEN LORD has resigned from his positions as Principal Conductor at Michigan Opera Theatre and Music Director Emeritus

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Symphony season opens in July with new concertmaster

The Eugene Symphony announced the appointment of Jenny Estrin as its concertmaster to commence with the upcoming 2019-2020 symphony season.

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Memphis Symphony Orchestra Announces New Flutists

Memphis Symphony Orchestra has announced that Adam Sadberry and Delara Hashemi named new flutists (Acting Principal and Acting Second Flute, ...

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La Scala poised to name Dominique Meyer as manager - The Guardian

Milan opera house expected to choose Frenchman to replace Alexander Pereira.

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Chamber music: parliamentary string quartet brings harmony to the Commons

The House of Commons exchanged Brexit debate for classical music when an MP, a TV presenter and two parliamentary staffers performed as a string quartet ...

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How a conductor used music to reach his son with autism

Jaap and Aaltje van Zweden tell Lesley Stahl how they got their son Benjamin to speak

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Adelaide gains a new orchestra

The newly founded Adelaide Baroque Orchestra plans to give audiences a diet of early masterworks and more besides.

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‘I went on stage, the piano was locked. And no one had the key’

Musical idols, dreams and nightmares of West Cork Chamber Music Festival performers.

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Winners announced in the 2019 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition

Congratulations to the winners in the 46th annual Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, held at the University of Notre Dame

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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians officially locked out

t's official: It's a lockout. On Sunday night, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra confirmed what it effectively announced on May 30

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First 2 Main Prize Finalists For BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 Revealed

The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 has announced the first two finalists from the main competition. Each finalist has been announced after each round.

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Nominated candidates for „Rychenberg Competition“ – International Composition Contest

Anbei unsere aktuelle Medienmitteilung über die zehn nominierten Kandidaten unserer « Rychenberg Competition » - International Composition Contest.

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Stop obsessing over young listeners: they'll come to classical music 'in their own sweet time', says Radio 3 presenter

Young people will learn to love classical music “in their own sweet time”, a BBC Radio 3 presenter has said, as she critisises the “constant” obsession with youth.

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Composer who turned down OBE says he later accepted CBE in tribute to his parents' "immigrant experience"

When Nitin Sawhney was offered an OBE in 2007 for services to music, he turned it down, saying he "could not handle the idea of the word 'empire'"

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Nicola Benedetti: ‘Even aged six, I was moved to tears by music’

The celebrated violinist on working with Wynton Marsalis, music education – and classical music's supposed image problem.

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Young Russian soprano wins Siemens Opera Contest France in Paris

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Luminary Dutch Conductor Bernard Haitink Has Announced His Retirement

Legendary Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink has announced he will retire from conducting - in September of this year.

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Anne-Sophie Mutter receives Polar Music Prize at Stockholm ceremony

The violinist praises Swedish role models, from the stories of Pippi Longstocking to environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg

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2019 Michael Hill International Violin Competition

First Prize: Anna Im, South Korea

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Baltimore Symphony musicians rally for state funding to save the orchestra

The BSO is one of three dozen programs waiting for Hogan to release funding the legislature “fenced off” during budget deliberations.

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Oven company mistakes an oboe for a clarinet in hilarious advert fail

join a whole load of outraged musicians...

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Birmingham Symphony Hall receives £4.5million funding boost

Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall (THSH) has received a funding boost from Arts Council's Capital funding programme.

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a Q&A for composers and musicians

Your idea of musical hell?

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AGT’s Simon Cowell praises ‘extraordinary’ 11-year-old cancer survivor violinist

Simon Cowell Praises Violinist, 11, Who Won Golden Buzzer  

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Who is competing in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019?

This year's BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition features 20 singers from 15 countries, and for the first time the line-up includes a singer from Guatemala.

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Cause for deep concern as symphony orchestra moves under NCH’s wing

The Government’s decision is to transfer the NSO from the remit of RTÉ to the remit of the NCH.

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Solo, yet tutti: App puts orchestra in your living room -

It's a musician's dream -- rehearse alongside a full orchestra, but in your own living room.

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How many Stradivarius violins are still being played?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts.

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Islington primary school | London Music Masters | Music - Islington Gazette

Sheku Kanneh-Mason comes to Prior Weston Primary School this Friday as he seeks to inspire the next generation of classical musicians.

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Junta y Ayuntamiento preparan una nueva etapa en la Sinfónica de Sevilla sin John Axelrod

Ambas quieren un modelo de gestión que deje atrás los problemas financieros y buscan un nuevo gerente para la ROSS

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The Song Company to Recommence Trading

The renowned Australian vocal ensemble will live on thanks to the intervention of ‘a significant donor’.

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The Baltimore Symphony needs a much larger endowment

Regarding the June 5 letter “The Baltimore Symphony's leadership must resign”...

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Local Musicians Mourn The Loss Of 'The Evel Knievel Of The Tuba'

Whether it was on Pink Floyd's "The Wall" or he was playing while doing a headstand, Sam Pilafian became perhaps the most prolific tuba player in Boston.

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Viola gifted to emperor of Japan was made in WV

On May 27, a viola made in Charleston in 1938 by Ivan W. Allison was given to Japan's Emperor Naruhito by President Donald Trump

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Pittsburgh Symphony hires second violinist

Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez was hired as a member of the second violin section for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

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Musicians in Queen's Birthday Honours List 2019

Timothy Reynish, Joanna MacGregor, Stephen Cleobury, Anna Meredith, Jonathan Dove, Mary Bevan, Sophie Bevan, Mark Padmore and Robin Ticciati are amongst the British musicians honoured today.

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Trump's hair appears to dance to orchestra music in bizarre clip

During Trump's D-Day visit in France this week, his hair was seen taking on a life of its own as it "danced" along to accompanying orchestra music, making for a hilarious moment.

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Memphis Symphony Orchestra Announces Kalena Bovell As New Assistant Conductor

A new and exciting chapter opens as the Memphis Symphony Orchestra has recently appointed a new Assistant Conductor, Kalena Bovell.

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Philadelphia Orchestra gets $55M, its largest gift ever

A $55 million dollar donation has been given to the Philadelphia Orchestra, the largest gift in the orchestra's history.

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Michael Tilson Thomas Takes Medical Leave

Michael Tilson Thomas will conduct Mahler's Ninth Symphony before “withdrawing from all engagements beginning June 17

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Daniel Barenboim’s Contract Is Extended Despite Bullying Accusations

Berlin's culture minister said an investigation had found that “none of the legally relevant accusations” against the Staatsoper's music director could be confirmed

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Prizes Awarded at San Francisco's Klein International String Competition

17-year-old American cellist James Baik has been awarded 1st prize at the 2019 Irving M. Klein International String Competition.

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A New Take on Purcell's Dido & Aeneas Opera Gets a Spooky Staging in the Catacombs

The production incorporates dialogue from Christopher Marlowe's Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Appoints Jeremias Sergiani-Velázquez As New Second Violinist

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck are pleased to announce the appointment of Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez

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Blind accordionist steals show at major violin competition in Queenstown

The second day of The Michael Hill International Violin Competition is under way in Queenstown with 16 violinists from around the world competing for a prize ...

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Mezzo Isabel Leonard balancing singing and being a mom

Isabel Leonard had just finished singing Sesto in Handel's “Giulio Cesare” in Paris and was taking a few days off with her son Teo

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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra cancels summer time programming

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has canceled its summer programming, citing $16 million in losses over the past decade.

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Canadian violinist Nikki Chooi named BPO concertmaster

The BPO concertmaster position had been vacant since the end of the 2017-18 season, when Dennis Kim stepped down.

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How flute music helps to build brains of premature babies

Swiss scientists have reported positive effects of tailor-made music on developing neural networks of premature babies.

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Four finalists named in 2019 Ima Hogg Competition

A melodic rivalry is on Saturday night at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, as four finalists vie for the top prize of the 2019 Ima Hogg Competition

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Heavy metallic and classical music 'bad for driver behaviour'

A new study has claimed that listening to heavy metal or classical music in the car is bad for driver behaviour.

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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra abruptly cancels summer concerts, citing deep fiscal problems

Citing deep fiscal problems, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has abruptly cancelled its summer concert series — just weeks after announcing it.

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Lock of Beethoven's hair expected to fetch £15000 in London auction

Beethoven gave the dark brown and grey strands to his friend, pianist Anton Halm, in 1826, just a year before he died.

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Welsh National Opera Selects Associate Conductor

British conductor Harry Ogg is set to join the Welsh National Opera this Summer as WNO Associate Conductor in collaboration with the Donatella Flick-LSO ...

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