Saturday 30 April 2016
Friday 29 April 2016
The Forgotten First Woman Violinist to Perform on the American Stage
There below the granite cross positioned among low stones in an eastern corner of the cemetery, she’s simply described as the “wife of” Luére, with no hint of her incredible life.
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Romanian opera row intensifies as culture minister resigns
There is chaos at the Romanian national opera: a row that began when the ballet company's Danish artistic director resigned with a parting shot at management has led to shows being cancelled, dancers refusing to perform, local artists protesting
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Thursday 28 April 2016
Wednesday 27 April 2016
Romania's opera bans ballerina Cojocaru from entering alone
Kobborg, who began working at the opera in 2013, recently resigned citing pressure from managers. Under the previous management, a dispute erupted with some employees shouting "Out with foreigners!" claiming Kobborg was overpaid. Cojocaru is engaged to Kobborg.
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Soprano Anna Netrebko withdraws from Royal Opera's Norma
Setback for company after Russian star pulls out of production saying her voice has ‘evolved in a different direction’
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Orchestra Left Without Chair When Music Stops: Another Independent Contractor Misclassification - The National Law Review
Orchestra Left Without Chair When Music Stops: How independent are musicians who play and perform with others? Do they have more artistic control on their own, or do they only become truly great artists in collaboration with others when their independent talents combine to make incredible music?
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Tuesday 26 April 2016
Review - The Forgotten Women of Classical Music by Anna Beer
This meticulously researched book honours eight female composers who defied the odds and thrived in a man’s world
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Missing symphony by one of England's greatest composers discovered on eBay 30 years after he gave it away to a plumber
In 2014 she found out the 190-page manuscript was being offered for sale by a company called Flogit4U, which specialises in selling valuable items on auction website eBay.
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Monday 25 April 2016
The Kathleen Ferrier Awards
Semi-Final Schedule: April 25, 2016
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Sunday 24 April 2016
Romanian Opera Apologizes After 3rd Show Is Canceled
Romania's opera house has apologized after a third show this week was canceled at short notice and warned the public to expect more turmoil as it is rocked by a bitter dispute.
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German orchestra accuses Turkey in 'genocide' row
"It's an infringement on freedom of expression," said Markus Rindt, director of the Dresdner Sinfoniker orchestra.
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Italian Tenor Makes Met Opera Debut With 5 Minutes Notice
Francesco Anile got to make his Metropolitan Opera debut in a T-shirt, blue jeans and sneakers. With 5 minutes notice.
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Friday 22 April 2016
10 of the best: birthday pieces
The Queen is celebrating her 90th with music from Andrea Bocelli, Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins. With what music have kings, queens and commoners past celebrated their birthdays? Continue reading...
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Here's how to board Airberlin with a viola or violin - Slipped Disc
Slipped DiscHere's how to board Airberlin with a viola or violinSlipped DiscI had a very pleasant conversation today with Frau Unger from Airberlin head office who has helped many of us violinists in the past. She allows me to post the following procedure for taking violins on board until the wording of Airberlin terms ...
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Thursday 21 April 2016
Two Inquirer critics assess a night of Bach and beer at Dock Street Brewery - Philly.com
Pincombe mentioned that Bach was once paid for a commission in, among other things, "30 pails of beer, beverage-tax free." So maybe he would have enjoyed the performance as well.
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BBC orchestra chief to take over running of Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gavid Reid is to be the new chief executive of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) and will succeed Roy McEwan who is to retire ...
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Orchestra's Control Showed Musicians Are Employees
The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra classified the musicians as independent contractors, but the National Labor Relations Board determined they are employees and ordered the orchestra to bargain with an American Federation of Musicians local after the musicians voted for union representation.
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Yale Threatens To Evict Symphony
The symphony responded by emailing a plea to 13 area state legislators that they “consider the impact of the unintended consequences to New Haven’s performing arts community and the general community before enacting legislation that could limit our and other not-for-profit organization access to Yale facilities.”
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2016 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition names three finalists - The Strad
The three violinists, whittled down from 23 contestants aged between 17 and 29, are: Luke Hsu, 25, USA; Ji Yoon Lee, 23, South Korea; Liya Petrova, 25, Bulgaria.
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Wednesday 20 April 2016
Video about "being a classical musician....."
The clever folks at CBC Music put together this guide for how to become a classical musician ...
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Tuesday 19 April 2016
Violinist breaks a leg or rather a foot.
“Break a leg” and “the show must go on” are among the most overused injunctions in the performing arts. On Friday, Anne Akiko Meyers joined the lists of performers who have obeyed both.
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Monday 18 April 2016
Teenager Ziyu He wins Menuhin violin prize
The 16 year old from China was the only male finalist in a field of 22. He received a first prize of £10,000, plus a one-year loan of the Antonio Stradivari's Schneiderhan violin, dating from 1715.
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Afghan teenager braves threats, family pressure to lead women's orchestra
Like many teenagers, 19-year-old Negin Khpalwak from Kunar in eastern Afghanistan loves music, but few people of her age have battled as fiercely to pursue their passion in the face of family hostility and threats.
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Sunday 17 April 2016
Saturday 16 April 2016
This cautionary story about a cellist knocking over a cyclist is both epic and bizarre
Cellist Guy Johnston accidentally knocked a cyclist off her bike while driving around London, but that was just the start of an incredible story…
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Feud Over Foreigners Splits Romanian Opera
Squabbles over artistic direction - and over the high-profile role of foreigners in the company - have left the Romanian National Opera in disarray.
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Friday 15 April 2016
Wednesday 13 April 2016
At first, SSO Violist Amanda Verner didn't think a job swap would be possible.
My first experience of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra was in 2013 when I attended one of the concerts on its international tour conducted by then Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons at the Sydney Opera House.
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Royal Opera indulges directors and egos | Letters
In his review of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House (9 April) Tim Ashley doesn’t appear to have heard the laughter that accompanied Lucia and Alisa’s increasingly desperate, and barely competent, efforts to murder the bound and blindfolded (don’t ask) Arturo. It is quite an achievement to reduce the audience to almost helpless laughter in one of opera’s iconic tragic masterpieces. As for the much-trailed sex scene, two world-class singers bouncing around in time to the music while sing
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Monday 11 April 2016
Backstage: populating theatre's orchestra pits
The top fixers need to have a working knowledge of hundreds of freelance orchestral players, as well as musical directors, so they can put together a crack team of musicians who will work happily and harmoniously alongside each other for weeks
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What I'm really thinking: the orchestral musician - The Guardian
Most people around me have had affairs, abuse alcohol or smoke. It is a hugely toxic environment...
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Opera must bring down the curtain on gimmickry and gore
New operas on “cutting-edge” contemporary themes are commissioned (I currently await, with trepidation, something set in the lavatories of a gay night club).
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Sunday 10 April 2016
Boy struck in eye by piece of broken violin sues Newport-Mesa school district - Los Angeles Times
The suit alleges the screw hit with enough force that the boy required surgery to replace the lens in his right eye.
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Phila. Orchestra expands programs that employ music for social impact
Under the heading of health, the orchestra is sending its musicians into Broad Street Ministry as music therapists to work with victims of trauma. Temple University is providing training of orchestra musicians, as well as research that tracks outcomes.
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Susanna Malkki Named Principal Guest Conductor of Los Angeles Philharmonic - New York Times
The sought-after Finnish conductor Susanna Malkki will become the principal guest conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2017, the orchestra said on Wednesday — making her its first principal guest conductor in a generation, and the first woman to hold the post.
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Composer Denies Use Of 'Wicked,' Other Broadway Hits In North Carolina Over Anti-LGBT Law - Huffington Post
The Oscar-winning composer behind the Broadway smash “Wicked” said he'll deny the production rights to all of his musicals to any theaters or performing arts groups based in North Carolina now that the state has passed House Bill 2.
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DSO's Slatkin phasing out of Orchestre national de Lyon
“This new deal gives me the opportunity to continue a long-term arrangement with an orchestra I dearly love,” Slatkin said in a prepared statement.
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Friday 8 April 2016
Royal Opera House audience boo violent production of Lucia di Lammermoor
The production of Donizetti's tragic opera directed by Katie Mitchell had been preceded by warnings of explicit sex scenes and violence.
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Wednesday 6 April 2016
Tuesday 5 April 2016
Student protesters try to disrupt Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert
The demonstration began at 7:45 when dozens of college-age protestors forced their way into the hall. Some sported neon crossing guard vests and many carried placards that read “Millionaires Pay Your Fair Share!” And “Support Education–Tax Large Corporations.”
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English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra win ‘Outstanding Achievement in Opera’ at Olivier Awards
The win comes just days after the company’s music director has announced that he will be standing down.
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Monday 4 April 2016
Burglary at mob boss' vacation home adds to mystery of missing violin
For five years, an enduring mystery has surrounded the story of a prison chaplain who conspired with a convicted hit man for the Chicago Outfit to recover a supposedly rare 18th century Stradivarius violin said to be hidden in the mobster's vacation home.
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Friday 1 April 2016
An innovative concert and CD by leading British musicians to raise money for Parkinson's UK and awareness of neurodegenerative disease.
On April 3rd a concert of stunning pieces based on composers' experience with neurogenerative disease. The concert will also feature clarinet soloists Liz Jordan and Lynsey Marsh. The programme with works by Mendelssohn, Strauss, Adams, and Malone will then be recorded and released on the Divine Arts label, with the goal of providing a lasting legacy for those affected by neurodegenerative disease.
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Musician sues Royal Opera House over ruined hearing
Morris Stemp of the Musicians Union says there are many reasons for the hearing damage suffered by classical musicians. "Conductors are allowed to ride roughshod over health and safety considerations," he says.
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