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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-01 · 10 entries checked · 4 flagged · 5 issues confirmed · 4 corrected · 1 still open
Lionel Tertis — Tertis was appointed CBE in the 1950 New Year Honours, not the Birthday Honours.
Lionel Tertis — Walton's Viola Concerto was premiered by Paul Hindemith, but Tertis did not perform it a month later; he first performed it in 1930, and the claim of five more performances over three years is not standardly documented.
Régine Crespin — The entry says she won second prize in singing in 1950, but she actually won first prize in singing (premier prix de chant) in 1950.
Serge Koussevitzky — Koussevitzky's double bass was given to Gary Karr by his widow Natalie, but Natalie Koussevitzky died in 1942, before Karr was born; the bass was actually given to Karr by Olga Koussevitzky (Serge's second wife) or through her estate.
Simon Rattle — Rattle's final concert as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic was at the Waldbühne on 24 June 2018, but his actual final concert as chief conductor was on 23 June 2018 at the Philharmonie in Berlin; the Waldbühne concert on 24 June was a separate public
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