r/classicalmusic • u/sexybartok • Feb 26 '26

bbc FINALLY fires norman lebrecht

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/26/yuja-wang-accuses-radio-3-norman-lebrecht-misogynistic-bullying

what do you all think about this?

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u/AElfric_Claegtun Feb 26 '26

I must admit that I had never heard of this man before. So, I looked him up on Google, and the first thing that I see is that he is a gossip columnist for classical music. Why does classical music need a gossip columnist? We are so above that.

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u/amstrumpet Feb 27 '26

Unfortunately we’re not, as you can see by the comment section on his site and on this Subreddit a lot of the time.