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Wagner descendant heads a music fest -- Beethoven, not Bayreuth

Nike Wagner suffered a bitter defeat in a family power struggle over Germany's Bayreuth Festival, which is dedicated to the operas of her great-grandfather, Richard Wagner. But she is back on the European classical music scene, with a festival devoted to a different composer: Ludwig van...

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20:00 on November 7 2014

Wagner descendant heads a music fest -- Beethoven, not Bayreuth

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Nike Wagner suffered a bitter defeat in a family power struggle over Germany's Bayreuth Festival, which is dedicated to the operas of her great-grandfather, Richard Wagne... more info

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