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Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival announces 2019 Season

Sunday 2nd June '19

Tête à Tête: The opera festival, which takes place across 9 venues in London, is today announcing its 2019 season, comprising over 30 new operas.  The festival, which returns for its twelfth iteration from 24 July to 10 August, gives …

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14th February: Do musicians with perfect pitch have different brains?

Thursday 14th February '19

Do musicians with perfect pitch have different brains?  Perfect pitch, the much-lauded ability of some musicians to identify and name musical pitches in isolation. While perfect pitch is estimated to occur in 1 in 10,000 people, …

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29th June: Semperoper in Dresden to pay out 350,000€ to Serge Dorny. Piano lessons improve language ability as much as reading.

Friday 29th June '18

In today's news: Semperoper in Dresden to pay out 350,000€ to Serge Dorny. Dr. Dre hit with large legal pay out order over Beats headphones. Spotify to extend live performance streaming service. Piano lessons improve …

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8th September: Jakub Hrusa at the Bamberg Symphony, Iván Fischer on EU’s policies, charity concert for refugees in Wien

Tuesday 8th September '15

Classical News In today's news, the Tagesspiegel announces Jakub Hrůša as the new Chief Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony and Sinfini investigates the price of an opera education. Also a strike at the Opera de Paris …

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5th February: Concert access for disabled people, first female conductor at New National Theatre Tokyo and piano virtuoso Yuja Wang

Wednesday 5th February '14

The GuardianSexism is rife in classical musicWhy is sexism still tolerated in our industry? We need an immediate and total change in attitudes across the board, says James Rhodes If you can get in, it's great …

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17th May: Magdalena Kožená, Simon Halsey and the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music

Thursday 17th May '12

The GuardianMagdalena Kožená: 'I'm not scared of the big maestro'What's it like to sing Carmen when your husband is the conductor? Magdalena Kožená reveals all.The NY TimesA Deadly Night in the Boxing Ring is Grist for …

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