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We hear that Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has won the principal flute audition at the Berllin Philharmonic. An announcement is forthcoming later today. Stefán will succeed Sebastian Jacot, who failed to […]

The Busoni Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy, has been won by Yifan Wu, from China. He also won the audience prize. The post Shanghai lad, 19, wins Premio Busoni appeared first on Slippedisc.

Artistic planning chief Cristina Rocca has written to subscribers, telling them the CSO MusicNOW has been suspended next season. ‘The series will be paused to take time to imagine new possibilities for connecting Chicago audience […]