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Daily Bow: Flying the Unfriendly Skies

Daily Bow Logo Air travel with musical instruments has become a nightmare. Read these horror stories and share your own: it’s time for airlines to read about themselves and make big changes.
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Daily Bow: Asia’s Classical Horizon

Daily Bow Logo There’s a lot of talk about what the rise of a strong Asian presence in classical music means, some of it admiring, some of it negative. Here’s one take.
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Daily Bow: Your Music, Your Self? What Your Music Says About You

Daily Bow Logo The Guardian has collaborated with Spotify to collect data on what music is important to people and why–and you can help by creating your own soundtrack.
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Daily Bow: Happy Birthday, Debussy!

Daily Bow Logo Today is French composer Claude Debussy’s 150th birthday! Despite his prominence, there’s been little fanfare about the big day–but there should be more.
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Daily Bow: “Fifty Shades” Goes Classical, Part II

Daily Bow Logo The phenomenal success of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” books have created a mania for classical music–who’re we to complain?
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Daily Bow: The World’s Bravest Orchestra

Daily Bow Logo The Iraqi National Youth Orchestra, hailed as the world’s bravest orchestra, will make their international debut in the UK this month.
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Daily Bow: Winging It In On The Aegean

Daily Bow Logo The Aegean island of Samos plays host to the Samos Young Artists Festival this week, where classical improvisation is taking center stage.
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Daily Bow: Luck and Music Work to Heal Aurora Composer

Daily Bow Logo Composer Petra Anderson was shot in the Aurora rampage but miraculously avoided serious brain injury. Music may help speed her recovery.
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Daily Bow: Iraqi Musician Adapts El Sistema for Iraq’s Orphans

Daily Bow Logo Karim Wasfi is in his fifth year as the creator of an El Sistema-inspired project that hopes to give children a better life through music.
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Daily Bow: Beyreuth Tattoo Firing Raises Big Questions

Daily Bow Logo Russian singer Yevgeny Nitikin was dismissed from Beyreuth due to controversial tattoos, and the decision has prompted a firestorm of debate.
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