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A Symbiotic Relationship That Just Keeps Growing Philadelphia Orchestra with Simon Rattle at Carnegie Hall

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With all the reports of financial struggles and labor clashes that have dogged the Philadelphia Orchestra this season, you can lose sight of the fact that on any given night this storied institution will probably prove anew that it remains one of the country’s premier ensembles. Certainly no other American orchestra has cemented as durable and fruitful a relationship with Simon Rattle, the chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic and one of the world’s more provocative conductors.

The news media have consistently cast Mr. Rattle as the one who got away: a putative candidate for the position of music director in Philadelphia before Berlin snapped him up. Watching him work with the Philadelphia players during their latest visit to Carnegie Hall on Friday evening, you sensed an enduring mutual admiration.

The Flying Dutchman - review. Coliseum, London.

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English National Opera's new staging of The Flying Dutchman marks the Wagnerian debuts of both Jonathan Kent as director and Edward Gardner as conductor. In a recent interview, they promised us a "white-knuckle ride", and in some respects don't disappoint. This is emotive, hard-hitting stuff that is guaranteed to set your nerves jangling. You could argue, however, that Kent has strayed further from Wagner, in places, than might be considered ideal.

These fingers have played thousands of false notes ...

The well-known conductor Danielle Barenboim begins again a concert tour across Europe with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

Conversation about blind furies on rehearsals, piano lessons for adults and about death of sounds.

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Daniel Barenboim had lost hope long time ago. Born in 1942 in Buenos Aires, a Jew belongs to the few people who have Israeli and Palestinian citizenship. He has talked a lot about the world in the Middle East, but after all at some point he had lost faith in political settlement of the conflict.

Despite everything or may be because of this he continues working with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Once a year Daniel brings together musicians at the age of 14 - 28 years from the Arab countries and Israel. In July the orchestra plays all symphonies of Beethoven in Europe. Prior to June 15th they will be writing symphonies at the studio "Decca".

Maestro reserved a table in a room for smokers in Berlin-Sharlottenburge for interview because of addiction to cigarettes. It was hot in the evening and he preferred a little table in the open air. "People smoke not because of nerves, but just for pleasure" - he said. "My first cigarette was smoked in 14 years. My idol, Arthur Rubinstein suggested it to me in Tel Aviv."

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AUSTRALIAN Flute Festival 2013

4 - 7 October 2013 - The next Australian Flute Festival will be held in 2013 at the Australian National University School of Music in Canberra.

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We recently attended the National Flute Association Convention in Vegas where we caught up with Jim Walker. We are very excited to announce that Jim has agreed to be one of our invited guest artists for AFF 2013. Many of you have been hassling us to bring him out and thanks to Burkart Flutes, this is finally going to happen.

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