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International pianist tickles the ivories for free showWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:42AMAn award winning pianist filled the Irons Recital Hall with melodic music Tuesday evening during a free performance.

Roderick Brydon obituaryTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 2:50PMInspirational artistic director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Roderick Brydon, who has died aged 71, was a leading figure in Scottish music-making and a conductor with an international reputation for more than a quarter of a century. As the first artistic director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO), he laid the foundations for the ensemble that were to stand it in good stead in the ...

Cancer-stricken Conductor Performs BrieflyTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:53AMJapanese conductor Seiji Ozawa asked an audience at the Saito Kinen Festival to support him next year when he returns to conducting following cancer treatment.

Ozawa makes brief comebackMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 9:19PMMATSUMOTO (Japan) - JAPAN'S most famous orchestral conductor, Seiji Ozawa, returned briefly to the stage on Sunday following a nine month battle with throat cancer. Ozawa arrived to open the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto city, central Japan, to deafening applause, explaining that he was back as he took up the conductor's baton for Tchaikovsky's Serenade For Strings but with a bad back ...

Conductor Ozawa stages comebackMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 5:47AMAcclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa opens a festival in his native country following a nine-month battle with throat cancer.

Russian stars head to the West as classical concert series unveiledMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 5:34AMHULL is rolling out the red carpet for some of Russia's top musicians and other classical stars as some of the some of the world's most distinguished orchestras and ensembles come to the city. (06/09/2010 11:23:04)

Mix Position: Norfolk's Discovery concert series returns in OctoberFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:22PMThe next season of Norfolk's Discovery Music Series cranks up in October, organizers announced today.

Been and GoneWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:53AMThe bagpiper who played on while bullets rained down

Been and GoneWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:49AMOur regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser reported - people of the past month.