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Sex, grief and a crushed musical identity: Alma Mahler steps on to the operatic stage

Israeli composer Ella Milch-Sheriff’s work about a dizzyingly passionate woman to premiere in Vienna

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TV tonight: Snoop Dogg, Tom Cruise and Billie Eilish close the Olympics

Paris promises a spectacular end to the games, including a Hollywood stunt. Plus: rooftop races and fisticuffs in Vienna Blood. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Georgina Hale obituary

Character actor known for a host of TV roles and for her award-winning work in the films of Ken Russell

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Gustav Mahler’s symphonies in cinema – and why Maestro's Symphony No.2 and Tár's Symphony No.5 sound so different

The works of the composer Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) are among the most often played in many orchestras’ repertoire. This was not the case during his lifetime, however, when he was much more popular as a conductor than a composer – his critics finding his compositions too different, too complex and,…

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Mosgiel coal miner's son who played trumpet

The life and death of a great trumpet player in 19 lines

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Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel review – technicolour exuberance

Music by Venezuelan composers made for an exciting and lively first half; in the second, Dudamel brought fresh light to Mahler’s first symphony in a performance that showcased the strengths of this young orchestra

The Guardian - UK

Feel the force: the thrilling Icelandic soundscapes of Anna Thorvaldsdottir

She makes music that shifts from barely-there sonorities to viscera-quaking climaxes – and top orchestras the world over want to perform it. Our writer joins the composer for tea at her sanctuary in the rolling English countryside

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Max Richter: ‘Visual art culture is wide open in a way that classical music, unfortunately, sort of isn't’

Hot on the heels of Max Richter’s new album, ‘Sleep: Tranquility Base’, and recently opened multi-arts haven in rural Oxfordshire, we speak to the acclaimed composer about creating a sonic antidote to complex times

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N.Y. Philharmonic chief looks to Gustavo 'Dudamel era' after historic appointment

New York philharmonic president and CEO Deborah Borda discusses the decisionmaking process behind bringing the superstar conductor to the Big Apple.

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Tár isn't just about gender, sexuality and power – it is also a story of class in the elite world of classical music

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Missy Mazzoli’s ‘Orpheus Undone’ receives superb debut by CSO, Muti

“Orpheus Undone” is an intriguing, entrancing work with just the kind of fresh, imaginative sound world that we have come to expect of Mazzoli.

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