The maestro who overcame polio (and color prejudice)

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The composer Laurence Traiger died suddenly on October 18. He was 68. Originally from Bellmore, Long Island, he had lived in Europe since 1976. Traiger taught at the Munich Academy and the Innsbruck branch of […]

When their flight was cancelled on Monday morning, the Budapest Festival Orchestra were in despair. They were due to play that evening at the Bozar in Brussels to mark Hungary’s presidency of the Council of […]