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Telegraph
Peter Oundjian: from injury to triumph
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra chief tells John Allison how, out of his failing skills as a violinist, he became one of the world’s top conductors
A shock resignation shows the chaos of Italian opera
Riccardo Muti’s departure from Rome Opera reveals opera is in deep trouble in the land of its birth, says Rupert Christiansen
Classic FM
André Rieu interviewed in his Maastricht castle
Classic FM were granted unprecedented access to André Rieu’s castle home in Maastricht, where he gave us a frank and intimate interview about his life, career and new album, Love In Venice.
Classical Music Magazine
CBSO Centre reopens after £1.8m refurbishment
The redeveloped CBSO Centre was officially reopened today by the CBSO’s patron, Prince Edward the Earl of Wessex, who had originally opened the building in 1998.
The Strad
Video: violinist Joshua Bell’s second Washington DC Metro performance draws large crowds
Unlike 2007’s anonymous busking experiment, the virtuoso this time announced his appearance in advance
Classical Source
Get Involved launches BBC Proms Inspire Scheme 2014-2015
Get Involved, the new home for family and learning events with the BBC London Performing Groups and BBC Proms, has launched the BBC Proms Inspire Scheme 2014 – 2015.
Musik – heute
Bundesjugendorchester nimmt neue Mitglieder auf
Das Bundesjugendorchester (BJO) hat 36 neue Mitglieder aufgenommen.
Klassik.com
Frankreich in der Krise: Keine Fördergelder mehr für Les Arts Florissants
Ausgleich mit Spendengeldern geplant
NMZ
Opern-Sanierung muss noch warten
Gutachten in der Prüfung
The New York Times
Metropolitan Opera’s Credit Rating Is Under Review for Possible Downgrade
The gravity of the Metropolitan Opera’s financial challenges was underscored on Wednesday when Moody’s Investors Service said it was putting the opera company under review for a possible downgrade of its credit rating.
Examiner
Interview with pianist Leon Fleisher
Born in San Francisco in 1928, Leon Fleisher’s influence and achievements have few comparables in the world of pianism and music.
Le Figaro
Les orchestres de Radio France ne sont plus sur la même longueur d’onde
Grève des musiciens, retrait du chef Mikko Franck. L’éviction du directeur artistique du
Philarmonique a mis le feu aux poudres à la maison ronde.
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