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BBC Proms Concludes at 96% Capacity for 90 Concerts

The Last Night of the Proms on Sept. 14 featuring American soprano Angel Blue and British pianist Sir Stephen Hough concluded a 90-concert season that was one of the most successful in the Proms’ history. Thus far over 10.6 million people … »
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$30M Prompts New Name for St. Louis Symphony's Home Base

As the San Diego Symphony counts down the days to the September 28 reopening of its newly renovated concert hall, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra announces that Powell Hall--curently under reconstruction and set to reopen in fall of … »
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Atlanta Symphony Adds Six Musicians

Six new musicians have joined the ranks of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO), part of the new flock of players who have arrived during Nathalie Stutzmann’s two-year tenure. Lauren Roth comes to the position of assistant concertmaster … »
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University of the Arts Files for Bankruptcy

On Sept. 13, after months of negotiations to have Temple University absorb the University of Arts (UArts) failed to reach an agreement, the latter institution filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The next step calls for the 150-year-old school, which … »
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New Life for Abandoned Pianos and Pipe Organs

Over the past decade in the U.K., two organizations have been at work rehoming abandoned pipe organs and pianos. The Pianodrome Company , formed in 2017 by Tim Vincent-Smith and Matthew Wright, has paired the construction of an amphitheater made … »
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SFS Choristers Threaten Work Stoppage, Prompted by AGMA 'Ringers'
Will they or won’t they? The 32 AGMA members in the San Francisco Symphony Chorus—aka “ringers”—have said they will strike as a “last resort” if the orchestra carries through with its plan, which, they … »
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Dudamel and Damrau Finesse Kaufmann's 11th-hour No-show

HOLLYWOOD—Gustavo Dudamel didn’t drop by Hollywood Bowl until the last two weeks of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s summer season. But when he did, he brought with him a bewilderingly eclectic series of six programs, the last of … »
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Dysfunction at San Antonio Phil Yields Yet Another Exit

The resignation of CFO Sylvia Romo on Sept. 12, the day before the opening of the San Antonio Philharmonic’s season, is the latest in a string of unsettling departures from the three-year-old organization. Of ten staff members listed in the … »
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R. Peter Munves, Purveyor of Classical's 'Greatest Hits,' Dies

R. Peter Munves, who revolutionized the marketing of classical music, died on Aug. 19 at age 97. Born in Manhattan in 1927, Munves graduated from Syracuse University and went to work in a record store before being hired in 1953 as a producer with … »
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HP Buys Solea Mgmt, Adds Most of Its Artists

To the hundreds of artists on its starry roster, HarrisonParrott will add nine of the 11 artists signed to Solea Management, which it has acquired. Solea’s Head and Founder Romain Blondel will move his Paris-based operations to HP … »
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