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After Outcry, Concertgebouw Will Allow Jerusalem Quartet to Perform

The Dutch concert hall reversed course after facing criticism for canceling performances by the Israeli ensemble because of security concerns.

By Javier C. Hernandez

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Barbara Hannigan, Daring Singer and Maestro, to Lead Iceland Symphony

Hannigan, the rare artist to have a career as a soprano and a conductor, will assume a full-time conducting post for the first time.

By Javier C. Hernandez

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A Night to Remember at the Opera, Complete With a Phantom

About 130 children took part in a sleepover at Rome’s opera house, part of a campaign to make up for a lack of music education by making the theater and the art form more familiar and accessible.

By Elisabetta Povoledo and Alessandro Penso

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Review: An Absent Player in the Spotlight at the Philharmonic

This week’s program was supposed to feature the orchestra’s principal oboe, but he and another player have been suspended amid misconduct allegations.

By Zachary Woolfe