2016: The Year in Classical Music - Deutsche Welle

Numbers, facts, people: it was a year of milestones in the classical world

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Vivienne Westwood, Andreas Kronthaler Design for Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

For the Vienna Philharmonic’s 175th anniversary, Dame Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Knonthaler — her designer partner, creative director and husband — have designed a new stage outfit, the Philharmonic Suit, for the musicians.

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IN MEMORIAM | Classical Music Deaths Of 2016 - Musical Toronto

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Violinist Sarah Chang Robbed of Valuables on Flight to Russia

Russian media has today reported that Korean-American violinist Sarah Chang has had more than US $12,000 worth of valuables stolen from her luggage on a flight from the United States to Russia yesterday.

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How an 11-year-old prodigy composed an opera - CBS News

Alma Deutscher began playing the piano when she was two, and violin at age three. Now she's written and composed her first opera.

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What does this year's FTSE sound like?

Professional musician Jenny Wilkinson obliged and played her viola for us in the key of C to reflect the market's ups and downs between 19 December 2015 and 19 December 2016.

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Military choir amongst victims of Russian plane crash

Sixty-four members of the official choir of the Russian armed forces, men and women, were on the doomed plane, including Lt-Gen Valeri Khalilov, the Alexandrov's conductor.

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