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The Australian Nicholas Carter, who is presently chief conductor at Oper Bern in Switzerland, has been named Generalmusikdirektor of Staatsoper Stuttgart, one of the leading German houses. He will succeed Cornelius Meister in 2006. Stuttgart […]
The Juilliard School of Music has launched a half-billion fundraising drive to enable it to scrap tuition fees for all students. It has already received $180 million in pledges. School president Damian Woetzel told the […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: I love artists who attempt the impossible. Within reason, that is. I’d draw the line at someone playing the 32 Beethoven sonatas one-handed, or the 15 Shostakovich quartets […]
