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A Russian-Austrian opera soprano, Anna Netrebko showed support to east Ukrainians during a press conference in St. Petersburg over the weekend. The world-renowned singer posed with of the top political leaders while holding the flag of Novorossia. -
Raising Awareness: Classical Musicians Commissioned for Little to No Pay as Industry Lowballs Their Talents
Being a musician is commonly known to be a daunting career choice. Maintaining an art form, actually, of any medium, and sustaining oneself is harder than anyone can truly imagine--and this now endangers classical musicians trying to make a buck with their original compositions. -
Composer Charlotte Bray Sells New Work, Bar-by-Bar, for Music in the Round Residency
An interesting article over at The Guardian reports on Brit composer Charlotte Bray's novel idea for fundraising her latest piece. She is selling it. One bar at a time. -
Glenn Greenwald, Barton Gellman, Luke Harding: Who Writes the Book for Edward Snowden's Musical?
Since James Bamford's not interested, let's say: Greenwald gets the book, Gellman handles the music...with Harding on lyrics? No matter how you divvy them up, it's only a matter of time before some enterprising repertory group stages a Snowden musical... -
Agata Tuszyńska's Wiera Gran Book Not Guilty of Defaming 'The Pianist' Władysław Szpilman
A Polish court recently found Agata Tuszyńska not guilty of defaming the memory of Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, whose memoir of surviving the Warsaw ghetto was made into the 2002 movie 'The Pianist.' -
London’s Jewish Cultural Centre, JW3, Opens Its Doors
A new cultural center in London has opened its doors, and it's something new for the British capitol--a Jewish cultural center, commonly known in the U.S. (where they are far from rare) as a JCC. This has been several years in the planning and the building and the staffing, and was the brainchild of long-time arts patron Vivien Duffield. -
Five Quickies: JAMES LEVINE BACK at the MET, James Rhodes on Gramos, Darcy James Argue on John Adams, John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" Birthday Viz
Here, then, is today's news. News gets made fresh everyday. And with the world's best musicians, singers, dancers and actors going back to repertory work after their summer stocks, there's more good news happening now than there was, say, back in August. -
Russian Conductor Vasily Petrenko Says Orchestras “React Better” to Male Conductors
Mr. Petrenko is in hot water over his comments about woman conductors. Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko, in his first week of concerts as the Oslo Philharmonic's new music director, came under fire in the media for some comments he made to Oslo newspaper Aftenposten about women conductors. -
Five Quickies: Gov. Dayton on Minnesota Orchestra, Zubin Mehta in Kashmir, Charlie Parker Jazz Fest, Stockhausen Tasting Menu, Roger Federer's Violin
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