Joan of Arc, for instance. (Sure, and look what happened to her.) Seriously, though, one Dutch study found that only 4% of a group of sufferers found the voices they heard to be solely negative.
Author: Matthew Westphal
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Showdown At Seoul Philharmonic: Music Director Says He’ll Quit If CEO Isn’t Removed
Less than a week after the orchestra’s staff openly demanded the resignation of their boss, Park Hyun-Jung, artistic director Myung-Whun Chung (a local hero in Seoul because of his high-level career in Europe’s capitals) said that Park’s on-the-job behavior “is a clear violation of human rights [of her staff] … such attitude is not acceptable.”
Young Woman Wins Major Conducting Competition In London
“First prize in the 2014 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition was awarded … to the competition’s first female winner, Elim Chan. The 28-year-old was born in Hong Kong to British parents and currently studies at the University of Michigan.”
What Makes A Good Conductor? And Do Conducting Competitions Help Find Whatever It Is?
“How you define that something, though, is hard; and its elusiveness can turn conducting competitions into strange events of questionable meaning. … Good orchestras instinctively compensate for directorial shortcomings. But hearing successive conductors unleashed on the same orchestra in quick turnover, as is the case in such competitions, shows that the person wielding the stick can make a difference.”
How George Balanchine Found His Ideal “Nutcracker”
“Fifty years ago, George Balanchine finally staged the Nutcracker of his dreams, a triumph for the New York City Ballet in its then new Lincoln Center home. Laura Jacobs tells how Balanchine’s childhood Christmases, his youth in St. Petersburg (dancing multiple roles in The Nutcracker himself), and his 41-foot tree sparked an American holiday tradition.”
Backstage At The “Edward Scissorhands” Ballet
Vanity Fair gets a look at Matthew Bourne’s adaptation of the cult film. (slideshow)
Reclaiming The Swastika
“[Recently] there have been calls to reclaim the symbol from its Nazi links and restore its origin as an ancient symbol signalling good luck. So can these two views ever be reconciled? Mukti Jain Campion examines the symbol’s long and surprising pre-Nazi history and discovers how the Nazi adoption of it is based on a mistaken interpretation of ancient Indian texts.” (audio)
Ten Different Uses Of The Swastika, None Of Them Nazi
Many people know that the now-notorious symbol has been (and is) used in India as a good luck sign for centuries. But the swastika has appeared in numerous other times and places, from ancient Greek pottery to Japanese Buddhist temples to – believe it or not – the U.S. and British militaries during World War One.
The Most Controversial Novel In Israeli History Finally Hits U.S. Shelves
“In 1949, the publication of a short novel Khirbet Khizeh, about the forceful [sic] evacuation of a Palestinian village by Israeli soldiers, created a stir in the newly established state of Israel. Now, 65 years later, the controversial Hebrew classic by S. Yizhar is taking on a new life in English.”