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  Lars Vogt, pianist who dazzled audiences with thrilling performances of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert – obituary

  Lars Vogt, who has died from cancer aged 51, was a German-born pianist and conductor who captured the imagination of British audiences with a daring, some said mercurial, account of the Schumann Piano Concerto at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition; he came second behind the Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro, receiving a £3,500 prize.

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  Prom 62, review: Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Phil take Mahler to Seventh heaven

  Nothing packs out a Prom so well as a legendary orchestra playing a big beast of the symphonic repertoire - as was proved by Saturday night’s appearance of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Adding to the allure was the presence of Kirill Petrenko, the orchestra’s artistic director since Simon Rattle’s departure, and a man wrapped in Greta Garbo-like reclusiveness. His air of rapt seclusion in the music-making gave the concert an extra frisson of intensity.

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  Sheku Kanneh-Mason: ‘There was a time when I played in the bathroom’

  Ahead of his appearance at the Last Night of the Proms, the cellist talks about growing up in a house full of musicians, and his love of Tupac and Arsenal

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  BBC Proms 2022: Prom 49 Simon Rattle conducts Mahler review – life affirming

  5/5 A night that will not easily be forgotten

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  Herald Scotland

  From cutting-edge theatre to thrilling musicals: 10 of the best Edinburgh International Festival shows

  The Edinburgh festival is upon us, so here's our pick of 10 of the best shows from the Edinburgh International Festival

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  Herald Scotland

  All the world's a stage: our pick of the Edinburgh International Festival shows

  The Edinburgh festival is almost upon us, so here's our pick of 10 of the best shows from the Edinburgh International Festival

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  The spirit of Oliver Knussen fills Aldeburgh Festival, plus the best of June’s classical concerts

  This year the Aldeburgh Festival emerged from the frustrations of the lockdown period with its most ambitious programme ever. It was fitting that in its final weekend the festival paid tribute to the late conductor and composer Oliver Knussen, artistic director of Aldeburgh from 1983 to 1998, with numerous new pieces composed in his honour, and the world premiere of a piece he left unfinished.

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  Simon Rattle: ‘What you can do in your 50s you can just about do in your 60s, but not in your 70s’

  For decades Britain’s best-known conductor, Simon Rattle, could not shake off the role assigned to him when he first burst onto the musical scene in the 1970s: the talented, tousle-haired youngster with a determination to do things differently, who everyone believed would one day be a contender for the title of “world’s greatest conductor”. Well, they were right. Sir Simon (the “Sir” came in 1994) has been at the top of his game for decades, having been principal conductor of the Berlin Philharm

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  Simon Rattle interview: I wish the Government had been honest about its view of the arts

  For decades Britain’s best-known conductor, Simon Rattle, could not shake off the role assigned to him when he first burst onto the musical scene in the 1970s: the talented, tousle-haired youngster with a determination to do things differently, who everyone believed would one day be a contender for the title of “world’s greatest conductor”. Well, they were right. Sir Simon (the “Sir” came in 1994) has been at the top of his game for decades, having been principal conductor of the Berlin Philharm

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  LSO/Rattle review – transatlantic glitz and lithe elegance

  Simon Rattle once again showed his affinity with Haydn before a distinct second half featuring a London premiere of John Adams and extrovert Gershwin works

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