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How do you find the right teacher at music college?

Cellist Seth Parker Woods shares his wisdom on how to choose the best music teacher
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The conductors' orchestra: meet the all-star orchestra made up of the world’s great conductors

Jeremy Pound puts together an ensemble made up of leading maestros playing their own instruments, from virtuoso violinists to school-level trombonists
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Why did the FBI keep a file on him? And more fascinating facts from Leonard Bernstein's eventful life

From West Side Story to the Berlin Wall, here is a short guide to the main events in the remarkable life of Leonard Bernstein
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Matteo Bocelli - meet the globe-conquering classical crossover star

The classical crossover star Matteo Bocelli has stepped out from behind the shadow of a very famous father
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Dinu Lipatti: an awesomely talented pianist we lost far too soon

When Dinu Lipatti died at just 33, the world lost a pianist at the height of his powers. Roger Nichols recalls the Romanian’s extraordinary musicianship
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Violinist Vilde Frang on squaring up to epic works and coping with imposter syndrome

The Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang is always drawn to a challenge – and, as she tells Ariane Todes, making difficult choices has helped her to grow as a musician
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'My uncle tormented me too much': what drove Beethoven's nephew to attempt suicide?

In 1826 Beethoven’s tormented nephew pulled the trigger on himself
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Santtu-Matias Rouvali: the Finnish conductor on the best and worst performances of his career so far

Ethan Loch: the blind pianist with an astonishing synaesthetic sense of hearing

Born without sight, pianist Ethan Loch has developed a finely tuned – and synaesthetic – sense of hearing, as he reveals to Claire Jackson
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