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The Telegraph
$10m Stradivarius violin found in New York heiress Huguette Clark’s wardrobe
The home of eccentric copper heiress Huguette Clark has already turned out a trove of valuable items – a collection of jewellery including a rare pink 9-carat diamond fetched a total of $21 million at a Manhattan auction last year. But three years after her death, aged 104, Huguette Clark’s sprawling 42-room apartment on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue has just revealed its rarest treasure yet.
The Telegraph
The Man who gave China piano fever
His piano recitals attract billions; he won’t do ‘crossover’; and he’s making Chopin hip. But what does the Chinese classical superstar Yundi think of his famous rival?
The Guardian
New York’s Met opera house on edge of precipice, says Peter Gelb
Grand opera is dying along with its increasingly ancient audience, according to Peter Gelb, general manager of one of the grandest operas in the world, the Metropolitan in New York.
Classical-Music.com
Rethinking Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
It’s music that has captured the imaginations of audiences and musicians for centuries, and is always being presented in new guises. We have picked five reworked versions that stand out on the web…
The Guardian
Owen Wingrave: A private peace
Benjamin Britten’s ‘pacifist’ opera was written while war was at the forefront of people’s minds. In this year of centenaries, director Neil Bartlett explains why the time is right for a revival.
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