In sunny Santa Barbara, the New York Philharmonic gives its conductor a cold farewell

There was no acknowledgment of its music director from the orchestra during the bows — no tapping of bows on stands, practically no glances from the players at the conductor. Gilbert shook hands his with his concertmaster and his stand partner, but it also seemed as though, to the orchestra, this had been more a job than an ode to joy.

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Turkish cellist locked in room, beaten by police ‘on terror charges’

Gülşah Erol, a Turkish cellist was reportedly locked in room and beaten by police who accused her of being “a terrorist and carrying a bomb in her cello,” the Sol news portal reported on Thursday.

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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma's appeal to concert crowd helps find friend's missing dog

The cellist on Sunday made an impassioned plea to nearly 14,000 concertgoers after a matinee at Tanglewood in Massachusetts to ask them to help find conductor David Zinman's lost puppy.

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'I always go for bigger double bass sections' - conductor Donald Runnicles - The Strad

One of the most exciting sounds in the world is eight basses and ten celli... playing triple piano – it’s less a sound and more of a vibration that can draw an audience in.

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Walter Levin, founder and first violin of the LaSalle Quartet, has died - The Strad

The quartet developed a particularly strong affinity for the music of the Second Viennese School, and the recording of the complete quartets of Schoenberg, Berg Webern made in the 1970s remains on the live Deutsche Grammophon catalogue to this day, along with era-defining recordings of Beethoven, Debussy, Ravel, Zemlinsky and Lutosławski.

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Philippe Jordan to head Vienna State Opera

Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan will become the new music director of the prestigious Vienna State Opera in 2020, the cultural institution announced Monday. The 42-year-old maestro, who heads the Paris Opera, already waltzed ...

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Donation of 19th century violin to National Youth Orchestra of Scotland

Elizabeth said: “None of my children or grandchildren are string players, though they all play and make a lot of wonderful music, so NYOS is my welcome heir.”

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