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Orchestras
Lufthansa forces soloist to fly with bare violin in her arms.
Shocking tale from Carolin Widmann, who was refused…
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Orchestras
For music, it was the worst of years…
From my 2025 year-end essay in The Critic,…
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Opera
English National Opera hires an EDI enforcer
From Arts Professional: Nicky Cardillo-Zallo (she/her) is to…
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Orchestras
Takacs Quartet loses its cellist
Takacs co-founder András Fejér has decided to retire…
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Just in: Sheku suffers finger blight
Message from the British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason: I…
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Opera
Venerable festival director quits after box-office slump
At the press conference for next year’s Chorégies…
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Orchestras
This New Year’s Day there’s a pre-concert talk
Message received: Ring in the New Year with…
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Orchestras
A symphony by Barenboim prodigy, 16, is premiered in Berlin
Tonight, the Berliner Philharmoniker will host a guest…
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Orchestras
New online: Yuja conducts Tchaikovsky concerto from the keyboard
She has been doing it all year, apparently,…
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Orchestras
Dear Alma, My ex-wife has been sleeping with half of our orchestra
Dear Alma, I’m in a sticky situation. My…
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Comment Of The Day
Jonathan Biss: Too many right notes are killing us
In one of his frequent opinion pieces for…
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Alastair Macaulay
Alastair Macaulay: An intimate moment with Tom Stoppard
by Alastair Macaulay: Tom Stoppard (1937-2025) has died….
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RIP
The musical Tom Stoppard wrote
The arts world is reflecting tonight on the…
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Orchestras
Just in: Plans to disrupt a Martha Argerich concert in Paris
Artists for Palestine have posted another provocation. The…
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Orchestras
What we need is Messiah Queered?
From Winnipeg’s Classic 107: Both performances of Messiah…
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Album Of The Week
Fun fact: Shostakovich was not a fun composer
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: I…
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Opera
Saturday Night Live from Warsaw
Polish National Opera’s Grand Jubilee will be a…
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Ruth Leon recommends
Ruth Leon recommends…Wifredo Lam: The Power of Art, Exile, and Transformation – MOMA
When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream is the…
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Daily Comfort Zone
Take me back to Weimar, please
No better cabaret guide than Ute Lemper.
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Orchestras
Bavarians know all about death and transformation
Newly upload performance from Bavarian Radio. pictured;…
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Orchestras
Bringing Havergal Brian back to life
Our correspondent Tony Sanderson attended a recording session…
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A distinguished pianist has a blast at critics
The text below is taken from a longer…
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Alastair Macaulay
Alastair Macaulay is highly partial to Partenope
Our critic in residence has been turning the…
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Orchestras
John Eliot Gardiner makes Bologna debut
The Teatro Communale has invited the controversy-ridden Englishman…
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