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Congratulations to conductor <a href=" Dudamel, the <a href=" Angeles Philharmonic, the <a href=" Angeles Master Chorale and ...

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The concert was about to begin last Saturday, and I looked across the stage at my colleague <a href=" Voloshina, sitting ...

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A violin is a work of art on its own, before anyone makes music with the instrument. In fact the amount of craft that goes ...

My day job has never been music. As far as the music goes, I'm on an increasingly long sabbatical from an excellent semi-pro orchestra, but enjoying the resulting chance to practice and study solo ...