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Leadership and the Art of Orchestra Conducting
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- Monday, 19 January 2015
Read however many books you like about the principles of leadership, but in watching an orchestra rehearse a new piece for two hours, you can learn everything there is to know about leadership.
La Philharmonie de Paris: is this a new musical and social future for Paris?
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- Monday, 19 January 2015
The controversial concert hall might not have been quite finished and its architect might have elected to stay away from the opening concert, but it still sounded amazing.
What We Love And Hate About 'Mozart In The Jungle'
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- Monday, 19 January 2015
Pill popping, pot smoking, back-stabbing, bed hopping and tantrum throwing — now we're talking classical music!
Liberation From the Pathology of Record Collecting
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- Monday, 19 January 2015
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and embrace streaming music online.
Les risques auditifs pour les musiciens d'orchestre
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- Monday, 19 January 2015
Ecouter la musique au casque ou en boîte de nuit n'est pas le seul facteur de risque auditif, les musiciens d'orchestre peuvent eux aussi en subir les conséquences.
In The Italian Alps, Stradivari's Trees Live On
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- Tuesday, 09 December 2014
Antonio Stradivari, the master violin maker whose instruments sell for millions of dollars today, has been dead for nearly three centuries. Only 650 of his instruments are estimated to survive.
La musique et les mathématiques
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- Tuesday, 09 December 2014
Ce lien ne date pas d'hier puisque dès l'antiquité la musique est associée aux mathématiques.
Navigating the Stage With a Disability
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- Tuesday, 09 December 2014
At a New York Festival of Song concert in November, the organization's artistic director and co-founder, pianist Steven Blier, zoomed onto the stage in his battery-operated wheelchair.
Arias at 34,000 feet
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- Tuesday, 09 December 2014
It is no secret that air travel is exhausting and unhealthy, prompting frequent flyers to take refuge in music or film to pass the time when sleeping proves impossible.
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