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The Classical Music World Is Rife With Drink And Drugs! (Says Yet Another Tattletale)

MUSIC Posted: August 22, 2014 10:30 am

“Addiction problems are widespread among classical musicians, for many reasons,” she says. “There is the lifestyle, the odd hours, working weekends, post-concert socialising. Many players use alcohol and beta-blockers to control their performance anxiety and then, after the ‘high’ of a performance, musicians can struggle to ‘come down’ and therefore drink to relax.”

MUSIC Published: 08.19.14

Read the story in The Telegraph (UK) Published: 08.19.14

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