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Soloist Lukas Kmit Hits Right Note On Phone Intrusion.
Slovakian viola player Lukas Kmit reacted coolly when a mobile phone interrupted his recital at the Orthodox Synagogue in Presov, in Slovakia.
Independent
In 1862 Claude Debussy was born in Paris: the biggest musical celebrations of 2012 will mark his 150th anniversary.
The Telegraph
Should Alfie Boe Be Knocking The Business That Made Him?
Rupert Christiansen is disappointed that singer Alfie Boe is showing ingratitude to his operatic roots.
Gramophone
From Darkness To Light: Music From A Prison Cell.
Mark-Anthony Turnage joins prisoners to create new work for the Cultural Olympiad.
The Guardian
Anthony Hopkins: ‘I’ve Never Really Been Close To Anyone’.
The actor on composing music, walking out on dictatorial film directors and why he moved to the US.
The Rest Is Noise: Southbank Festival To Celebrate Contemporary Classical Music.
London’s Southbank Centre to host year-long festival inspired by Alex Ross’s study of 20th-century classical music.
Tom Service On Death In Classical Music.
I can hear tubas. Am I about to die?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/jan/22/critics-notebook-tom-service