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Where are all the women conductors? Everywhere apart from the UK | Tom Service

5452 days ago

Guardian Music — A female conductor is still seen as such a novelty in the UK, yet one of our most internationally acclaimed maestros is a womanJulia Jones rightly upbraided me when I interviewed her for tomorrow's Music Matters on Radio 3. "It's only in England that... more info

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San Francisco Opera will present a dazzling lineup of stars in ten 2010-11 productions

5455 days ago

Mercury News, California — With ten productions, including Wagner's epic four-work 'Ring' cycle, the new season is bigger than the current season, which has nine productions. The company has even managed to boost its operating budget, from $61 million in 2009-10 to $69 million... more info

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Le Vin HerbÃ© | Classical review

5463 days ago

Guardian Music — St George's, BloomsburyThe now-cultish Swiss composer Frank Martin wrote his setting of the Tristan and Isolde legend between 1938 and 1941. In essence a chamber oratorio â€“ though occasionally staged, especially in Germany â€“ Le Vin Herb... more info

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Daniel Grimwood | Classical review

5469 days ago

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonDaniel Grimwood's recording of Liszt's Transcendental Studies, played on an Erard piano of the 1850s, was one of the most rewarding keyboard releases of last year. He's clearly a pianist who revels in technical challenges, for Gri... more info

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Ashley Beedle Discusses All-Star Line-Up & Process for Mavis Project

5469 days ago

Altsounds — The renowned producer *Ashley Beedle* discusses his upcoming *Mavis* project on !K7, which incorporates influences ranging from 60s soul to reggae soundsystem culture to shimmering Phil Spectre style production. The album also boasts an array of gues... more info

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Leiferkus/Skigin | Classical review

5487 days ago

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonSergei Leiferkus's recital opened with Schumann's Op 39 Liederkreis, and it was soon apparent that his choice was a mistake. Leiferkus, one of classical music's great communicators, was on this occasion projecting comparatively l... more info

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Readers recommend: Songs about fresh starts

5488 days ago

Guardian Music — Last week we asked for songs with great intros. To herald the coming of 2010, we want songs about new beginningsSo that was a large one then, as the ??? said to the ??? (I'm a Guardian hack, my double entendres are neither gender nor orientation spec... more info

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Brewer/Philharmonia/Mackerras | Classical review

5492 days ago

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonBleeding chunks is what they used to call Wagner concerts of this kind back in the days before complete recordings, when such programmes provided the only way for many people to hear Wagner's music. Today, an evening of hi... more info

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Conductors and their batons: does size matter? | Tom Service

5494 days ago

Guardian Music — Too big, and you risk giving yourself gangrene. Too small, and ... well, actually you don't even need one. Are maestros too attached to their batons?Of all the conductorly fetishes, this, surely, is the most ridiculous of all. The hair? The intense s... more info

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A beer at the opera with Falstaff | Tom Service

5508 days ago

Guardian Music — Watching Verdi's Falstaff at Milton Keynes Theatre was all the sweeter with a glass in handThat rarest of beers: a lager you can take in to the second act of the opera! Falstaff, to be precise, in Glyndebourne on Tour's production at the Milton Keyne... more info

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Where are all the women conductors? Everywhere apart from the UK | Tom Service

San Francisco Opera will present a dazzling lineup of stars in ten 2010-11 productions

Le Vin HerbÃ© | Classical review

Daniel Grimwood | Classical review

Ashley Beedle Discusses All-Star Line-Up & Process for Mavis Project

Leiferkus/Skigin | Classical review

Readers recommend: Songs about fresh starts

Brewer/Philharmonia/Mackerras | Classical review

Conductors and their batons: does size matter? | Tom Service

A beer at the opera with Falstaff | Tom Service

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