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13th April: The classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations, El Sistema 40th anniversary and why American football players make perfect opera singers

Monday 13th April '15

Classical News Guardian Al Bustan – the classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations In its 22 years, the festival has cancelled only a single concert. As its founder says: ‘Every year there’s some crisis …

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29th January: Another stolen Stradivarius, Man dressed as Mozart for Super Bowl media, and string quartet pecking order revealed

Wednesday 29th January '14

BBC NewsHidden hierarchy in string quartets revealedScientists have come up with a way to reveal the pecking order within a string quartetMilwaukee Journal Sentinel'Priceless' Stradivarius violin stolen in armed robbery in MilwaukeeA 300-year-old Stradivarius violin …

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