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Not everyone knows (or cares about) the finer points of technology.

Many are happy just to discover that their phone works and that they know how to work it.

So who cannot at least attempt to have sympathy for the man whose iPhone stopped the New York Philharmonic in its tracks last Tuesday?

The marimba was so out of tune with the strings that conductor Alan Gilbert downed baton and became upset.

Now the New York Times has located the man who stopped Mahler dead, and he is mortified.

He is a regular concertgoer. He was seated in the front … Read more

Parents have a new reason to be concerned about little Johnny spending hours blasting through Super Mario and Call of Duty. It now seems that playing video games is just a gateway to becoming a classical music fan.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra is unleashing "The Greatest Video Game Music" album on November 8 featuring classically reimagined tunes from Grand Theft Auto, World of Warcraft, Tetris, BioShock, Angry Birds, and many others.

Yes, the same orchestra that brought us hit albums such as "Mozart: The Violin Concertos" and "Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 9," is now tackling Splinter Cell and Legend of Zelda.… Read more