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The Guardian
Addiction in the orchestra: classical music’s drink and drugs problem
At 15 she was playing the Royal Albert Hall. At 21 she was breakfasting on vodka. As a new documentary explores addiction in classical music, cellist Rachael Lander tells her story.
Slipped Disc
Conductor hits back over international Mahler scam
The Austrian conductor Wolfgang Scheidt has written a blistering letter, dissociating himself from the organisers of the Salzburg Voice Festival and the Mahler Philharmoniker orchestra. Both were exposed four weeks ago in Slipped Disc as a scam that took money from young singers and gave very little in return.
Classic FM
Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo and Richard Reed Parry take the Ice Bucket Challenge
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo’s Urs Bühler and composer Richard Reed Parry are among the latest to take the ALS ice bucket challenge, posting videos of themselves getting dunked on YouTube.
Classic FM
Howard Shore: ‘I write film music in a 19th-century world. I live in a forest’
Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore has revealed how he continues to write some of the most inspiring music around in an exclusive interview to mark his fifth successive victory in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame.
The Washington Post
What do college partyers, violin makers and cake decorators have in common?
The sale of Everclear, and all 190-proof liquor is now banned in Maryland. Who is most upset? The people who make violins.
Broadawayworld
Nitzan Haroz Appointed Principal Trombone for Philidelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra announces the appointment of Nitzan Haroz as principal trombone, effective immediately.
Menschen in Dresden
Serge Dorny gegen Freitstaat: Verhandlungstermin geplatzt
Keine Verhandlung im Streit um gekündigten Intendantenvertrag am 1. September. Foto: Stephan Floss, Matthias Creutziger.
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