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Sergei Prokofiev died the same day as Josef Stalin: March 5, 1953. It’s a coincidence you’re more likely to come across in the composer&#146

No one was more surprised than Daniel Barenboim himself at the impromptu homecoming to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as a last-minute sub just two weeks after he formally stepped down

At no time during his seven-decade career did renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim ever consider slowing down his frenetic pace. That is until his health issues forced him to.

David Attenborough noted that his skill lay in being 'on the same wavelength' as stars such as Ashkenazy, Barenboim and Jacqueline du Pré

Despite ailing health, classical music titan determined to inhabit the conductor's podium as much as possible, even if it means doing so sitting down

MILAN (AP) — No one was more surprised than Daniel Barenboim himself at the impromptu homecoming to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as a last-minute sub just two weeks after he

Hanover State Opera had already suspended Marco Goecke after he attacked Wiebke Huester, a dance critic for the FAZ newspaper, by smearing fresh excrement from his Dachshund in her face

The Hannover State Opera said Thursday that it is ending its contract with ballet director Marco Goecke after he smeared dog feces on the face of a newspaper critic whose reviews he had taken exception to.

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German opera house whose ballet director smeared dog excrement on the face of a critic prompting a police investigation has parted ways with the man with immediate effect.

The Hannover State Opera said Thursday that it is ending its contract with ballet director Marco Goecke after he smeared dog feces on the face of a newspaper critic whose reviews he had taken exception to.