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October 2013
China is in the grip of a piano passion, with superstar rivals and millions playing at home
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September 2013
The violin's unique mythology has made it inordinately expensive, and attractive to disreputable dealers
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July/August 2013
Paris has a bold and visionary attitude to building for the arts. Why can’t London follow suit?
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June 2013
Stravinsky’s new work caused such an uproar that the police were called in. But why no encore?
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Written each month by the concert and operatic tenor Ian Bostridge
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