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Henri Dutilleux has died

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Live review: Victorian Opera’s Nixon in China

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Keeping up with the Goldners

16 hours ago by Clive Paget in Classical Music

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Henri Dutilleux has died

20 hours ago by Gramophone in Classical Music

Born January 22, 1916; died May 22, 2013.

Happy birthday Dulcie Holland

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Happy Birthday Wagner: have some cake!

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Flinders Quartet with Dmitry Onishchenko

Central Victoria (VIC), Ballarat (VIC), Melbourne: South-East & Dandenong (VIC) and 6 more locations

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ILLAWARRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 24 – 26 MAY 2013

Illawarra Music Venues, Illawarra (NSW)

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Love Stories

Concert Hall on The Concourse, Sydney: Lower North (NSW)

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HISTORICAL INSIGHT, ‘CROSSING’ HITS TREEVIEW ESTATES

Treeview Estates, Central Coast (NSW)

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UNSW Composition to Movement Festival

Io Myers Studio & Clancy Auditorium, UNSW Kensington, Sydney: Eastern Suburbs (NSW)

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Ernie Watts Quartet

VJs@NSTE, Sydney: Lower North (NSW)

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