Man wanted over £250,000 Tecchler violin train theft

Musician Stephen Morris was on the London to Orpington service on 22 October when he got out at Penge East with his bike but forgot the violin.

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Buxton International Opera wins UK Theatre Award

Competing against Opera North and Welsh National Opera, Buxton won the award for the first time in the company’s 40-year history thanks to its world premiere of Georgiana, a pasticcio based on the life of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.

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Politics invades Eastman Philharmonia tour to China; South Korean musicians unwelcome

Since 2016, China has blocked South Korean artists from performing.

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BBC Proms JAPAN について

BBC Proms JAPAN 2019』、いよいよ10月30日（水）より開幕！11月4日まで、ほぼ連日にわたり演奏会の音楽を作り上げる楽団「BBCスコティッシュ交響楽団」。

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Opera North's dementia-friendly 'first' for Leeds

The cast, crew and staff of the opera underwent specialist training for the performance

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Antiques Roadshow unearths antique Italian violin worth £60,000

A violin made by Italian luthier Carlo Giuseppe Testore was brought on to the TV show by a former violinist of the London Symphony Orchestra.

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Strike hurt Chicago Symphony Orchestra's financials

Ticket sales were down by nearly $5 million and the organization's operating deficit increased.

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Royal Opera House facing ticket row

after majority of seats for must-see show sell out day before official sale

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'Mozart would have made video game music':

composer Eímear Noone on a winning art form

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Band played on as conductor Muhai Tang lost his trousers

A conductor proved his composure by continuing to lead an orchestra after his trousers fell down.

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Another Look at Blind Auditions and Sexism in Orchestra Hiring

A famous 2000 article praised by Malcolm Gladwell and cited in a dissent by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seemed to find that when orchestras used blind auditions, with the musician performing behind a screen, the number of women hired went up

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Post-Brexit Britten?

The CBSO's guide to touring

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Winners Announced at Denmark's Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition

The Simply Quartet has been awarded 1st prize in the String Quartet Category at the 2019 Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition

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Conductor Zubin Mehta takes final bow with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

After 50 years, Indian-born superstar says ‘goodbye to my family’ in ’emotional’ final concert as musical director

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Maestro JoAnn Falletta announces 5-year contract extension with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Renowned conductor will continue legacy of bringing live symphonic music to WNY region through 2025-26 season

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Finalists Announced at Denmark's Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition

Finalists Announced at Denmark's Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition 

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The Folly of Memorization

by Jonathan Dimmock

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The Best 4 Yoga Poses for Musicians

The Best 4 Yoga Poses for Musicians -  

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London Townhouse Where Mozart Composed First Symphony Listed for £7.5 million

The five-bedroom home, built around 1730, is one of the oldest in Belgravia

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Applying automation to high quality/low cost orchestra live streaming

In this paper, BBC Scotland explores the use of robotic pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras to capture an orchestral concert for live streaming.

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A bus crash nearly left a violin soloist paralyzed. But it was 'medicine' for his music.

Brakes screamed and a loud, dull crash of metal boomed when the small bus he was riding in hit a truck on a highway in China.

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Joan and Sanford I. Weill to Become Carnegie Hall's First $100 Million Lifetime Donors

with $5 million specifically earmarked to underwrite the Hall's music education and teacher training programs in New York City public schools.

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Candidates Announced for Germany's Spohr International Violin Competition

The opening-round candidates have this week been announced for the 2019 Spohr International Violin Competition – to be held in Weimar, Germany from the 22nd of October to the 2nd of November.

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Danish big band joyfully surprises their new Japanese conductor... at the airport

The Danish Radio Big Band decided to meet their new maestro, Japanese conductor Miho Hazama as soon as she entered their country, at the arrivals gate of Copenhagen Airport.

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A school transformed itself by giving every student a violin

Frederick Bremer School gives every new pupil a violin

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World-renowned ukelele player wows Frank Wagner Elementary

Jake Shimabukuro picked up the instrument at age 4. Now, he performs in venues across the globe.

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Philadelphia Orchestra offers job to new principal oboist

The Philadelphia Orchestra has offered its coveted principal oboist spot to a French-born musician currently based in Stuttgart, Germany

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Nottingham Music Hub (NMH) is piloting a new approach to ensuring that disabled children are able to participate fully in making music through Whole Class Ensemble Tuition at primary school.

Research recently conducted by a Consortium of leading access to music organisations has found that a lack of knowledge about the existence of adapted instruments is a major barrier to ensuring parity of opportunity for disabled children.

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Cellist protest at British Airways check-in desk

Six cellists returning from Switzerland to the UK following a concert were met with all-too-familiar booking problems while trying to check in.

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Power of violin helps transform problem school

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nicola Benedetti are patrons of the scheme, which is being taken beyond London for the first time and eventually aims to reach every school in England.

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$10-million gift has spirits soaring at Toronto Symphony Orchestra

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra appears to have nine lives.

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Louisiana's Shreveport Symphony Announces New Concertmaster - The Violin Channel

Louisiana's Shreveport Symphony Announces New Concertmaster  The Violin Channel

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Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra announces new executive director

Tyler Rand will take over for Mary Steffek Blaske after her retirement

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Hollywood Bowl Orchestra names new concertmaster

The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra has announced the appointment of Kathryn Eberle as its new concertmaster, effective immediately.

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'It's a new golden age': Radio 3 launches video game music show

Presenter Jessica Curry says she wants to prove it’s not all about soundtracking battle scenes – there are plenty of beautiful, relaxing sounds, too

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English National Opera names Annilese Miskimmon as new artistic director

ENO has announced the Belfast-born director will replace Daniel Kramer in 2020, with a remit to broaden opera’s audience

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Teatro Di San Carlo Has A New Sovrintendente

The theater announced that Lissner, who is currently the artistic director of the Opéra National de Paris, will take the post in April, replacing Rosanna Purchia.

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Clemency Burton-Hill: We need to get emotional about classical music

Sound can move your soul in the way that no intellectual idea can.

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L.A. Opera's replacement for Plácido Domingo: No one. General director job eliminated

After Plácido Domingo’s resignation, L.A. Opera eliminates his old title

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No 1st Prize Awarded at Italy's Bottesini International Double Bass Competition

Finnish bassist Maria Krykov and Portuguese bassist José Trigo have been awarded joint-2nd prize at the 2019 Bottesini International Double Bass Competition

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New York City's Orchestra of St. Luke Announce Appointment of New Violist

The Orchestra of St. Luke’s has announced the appointment of American violist Katarzyna Bryla-Weiss to its ensemble

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Germany's Freiburg Philharmonic Announces New 1st Concertmaster

The Freiburg Philharmonic has announced the appointment of Uzbekistani-born violinist Maria Azova as its new 1st Concertmaster

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Hannover's Joseph Joachim Violin Competition Announces New Set of Rules

The announcement comes following a number of nepotism allegations were leveled at the competition’s former long-standing Artistic Director, Krzysztof Wegrzyn – during the 2018 competition.

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Filming the Show: Pardon the Intrusion? Or Punish It?

A seized phone. A stopped concert. A text from Rihanna. All are new fuel for a heated debate about theater etiquette in the digital age.

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Kongthong: The Indian village where babies get a song for a name

Each baby is given a song by its mother for a name.

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Cellist, violist and trio among the 2019 Concert Artists Guild winners

Cellist, violist and trio among the 2019 Concert Artists Guild winners  

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4 Winners Awarded at New York's Concert Artists Guild Competition

4 Winners Awarded at New York's Concert Artists Guild Competition  

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Lucia Lucas: Making UK operatic debut at the ENO

Lucia Lucas has entered into the history books by becoming the first transgender singer to perform with the English National Opera in London.

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What policies should symphonies have about cell phones?

What policies should symphonies have about cell phones?  

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Japanese soprano singer Shinobu Sato dies at 61

Japanese soprano singer Shinobu Sato dies at 61  

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The fashion that lets you feel music

Clothing fitted with haptic sensors enable Hermon and Heroda, who are deaf, to feel dance music.

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Oregon Symphony uses new tech in concert for deaf kids

Collaboration with Myles de Bastion's nonprofit, CymaSpace, makes arts more inclusive for deaf, hard of hearing.

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Greta Thunberg’s mother, Malena Ernman, is a famous Swedish opera singer

Greta Thunberg’s mother, Malena Ernman, is a famous Swedish opera singer  

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Plácido Domingo resigns from Los Angeles Opera amid sexual harassment claims

Placido Domingo resigns from LA Opera amid sexual harassment claims 

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Here's How Anthony McGill Became The First African American Principal Of The New York Philharmonic

by Forbes

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Oct 1, 2019 Sir Mark Elder Cancels 'Death In Venice' At Royal Opera

by OperaWire

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Save Lyric FM: Limerick's petition to save the classical music broadcast -

After over 20 years of broadcasting, the future of Lyric FM is now in jeopardy

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Shared prize at Bottesini Double Bass Competition

Shared prize at Bottesini Double Bass Competition

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Audience members defend concertgoer who ‘immediately apologised’ to Anne-Sophie Mutter for filming

by Classic FM

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Anne-Sophie Mutter Stops Concert to Call Out Cell Phone User - Violinist.com

Anne-Sophie Mutter Stops Concert to Call Out Cell Phone User  Violinist.com

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'Sex addict' tenor accused of groping colleague allowed to carry on singing at world's great opera houses

'Sex addict' tenor accused of groping colleague allowed to carry on singing at world's great opera houses 

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