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21st November: Baghdad’s ballet school: a tiny island of creativity amid inescapable violence, World’s smallest portrait of Mozart sells for £218,500 and Opera Holland Park could receive £5m to become independent.

Friday 21st November '14

Classical News Guardian Baghdad's ballet school: a tiny island of creativity amid inescapable violence Though the Iraqi capital’s past as a cultural center is a distant memory, the music and ballet school has remained a cultural safe haven …

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13th November: Composer & Conductor TV Cameo, Osbourne at the Opera, and Tod’s Toronto Takeover

Tuesday 13th November '12

Gramophone Ryan Wigglesworth to make Covent Garden debut after Pappano withdraws from conducting The Minotaur Award-winning young conductor steps up for Birtwistle revival The Guardian The orchestra as mass collaboration Tod Machover is democratising classical music – by inviting Totonto's …

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25th January – Sergei Polunin, Hollywood Bowl 2012 and music’s holistic powers

Wednesday 25th January '12

Gramophone Obituary: Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Composer. Born August 19th, 1918, died January 13th, 2012. Warner And Hrusa Quit Royal Danish Opera. Artistic director steps down; conductor withdraws. The Mezzo Rita Gorr Has Died Aged 85. Born February 18th, 1926, died January 22nd, …

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