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French conductor Serge Baudo was awarded honorary citizenship of the Czech capital of Prague for his great contribution to the development of Prague culture and the promotion of Czech music abroad, at a ceremony at Prague's Old-Town Hall Tuesday. Baudo, 80, said he really appreciates the honour and he would do his utmost to deserve it. Baudo performed in Prague for the first time in 1959. NEWS | WEB LINKS | IMAGES | SHOP Serge Baudo 
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields had plenty before Tuesday's downbeat in Jones Hall. First, Murray Perahia, the announced conductor and piano soloist, withdrew from the 11-city tour after his doctors recommended extended rest to recover from a skin infection. Then his replacement, Sir Neville Marriner, who founded the Academy in 1959, stabbed his left hand with his baton during Tuesday's rehearsal onstage. NEWS | WEB LINKS | IMAGES | SHOP Sir Neville Marriner
A little more than 60 years ago, conductor Arturo Toscanini gave his first televised concert, leading the NBC Symphony Orchestra. April 4 will mark the 52nd anniversary of his last public performance. NPR LISTEN LINK | WEB LINKS | IMAGES | SHOP Arturo Toscanini
Pianist Murray Perahia releases new CD of Bach Partitas after three year period of no recording. Recovering from hand injuries developing a decade ago. MORE
Maria Malibran was born March 24, 1808, in Paris, France...she died Sept. 23, 1836, in Manchester, England. Spanish mezzo-soprano of exceptional vocal range, power, and agility.
American conductor Dennis Russell Davies has been named music director of the Basel Symphony Orchestra, filling a position that had been vacant since 2006.
Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott has died at the age of 78, it has been announced. Mr Hoddinott, who was born in Bargoed, Caerphilly, had a partnership with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales spanning seven decades. The classical composer, who lived in Gower, Swansea, died at the city's Morriston Hospital on Wednesday. BBC Wales controller, Menna Richards, has said the new home of the orchestra in Cardiff Bay will be named after him. BBC NEWS | WEB LINKS | IMAGES | SHOP Alun Hoddinott
Sir John Tavener seriously ill in hospital following a heart attack. The 63-year-old, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder, fell ill just weeks before the world premiere of his ambitious Requiem took place in Liverpool, as part of the city's European Capital of Culture celebrations. Tavener, who survived a stroke when he was just 30, has Marfan Syndrome, an inherited condition that attacks the body's connective tissue. MORE | WEB LINKS | IMAGES | SHOP John Tavener
Giuseppe Di Stefano, one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century and a celebrated singing partner of soprano Maria Callas, has died at his home near Milan. He was 86.
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Young German Pianist, MARTIN STADTFELD