How classical music's secret agents control what you hear

We don't know much about agents, but the power they wield is immense – as the case of conductor Gustavo Dudamel showsRichard Morrison, in the Times last week, wrote an exposé of the world of agents in classical music, revealing the skulduggery behind conductor Gustavo Dudamel's recent defection from one super-agency to a rival operation. Dudamel, aka the Dude, left Martin Campbell-White's Askonas Holt – the company that shepherded his career from Venezuela to Los Angeles â€â€...

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