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Classical music should be about more than elite parties and private schools
Exclusion in the classical music world stretches far beyond race.All white on the night? The final concert of the 2011 BBC Proms. Photograph: GettyI was saddened to read last week that Candace Allen...
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Arts funding – what it does, and why it matters
Will Gompertz raised vital issues in his "Today" programme coverage, but the reality is more complicated than it seemsFigaro (Vito Priarte) and Susanna (Lydia Teuscher) star in Glyndebourne's 'Le Nozze...
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An obsession with composers' birthdays is turning our orchestras into...
2013 was an easy one for festival programmers. Wagner, Verdi and Britten all have major anniversaries this year. But doesn't organising a festival around something as arbitrary as a composer's birthday...
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Calm, classless, striving for beauty: Yes, Scandinavia really is all it's...
British commentators have been dismissing Scandinavian culture and politics using selective statistics and un-contextualised observations. But from smart young people to art and happiness: the...
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Classical music has a serious communication problem
Until state-funded arts organisations like the Royal Opera House can advertise their work to people who don’t already love their art form, they will never attract broader audiences.Performers onstage...
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