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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