The man whose recording of Pachelbel’s Canon became a worldwide hit (and the theme music for hundreds of local public television and radio pledge drives during the 1970s and ’80s), Paillard and the chamber orchestra that carried his name made more than 300 albums, mostly on the Erato label, and won dozens of industry awards.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Lalgudi Jayaraman, 82, Titan Of South Indian Violin
Regarded as one of the top performers of Carnatic (South Indian classical) music on any instrument, Jayaraman was respected as a both a great soloist and an accompanist of singers and other instruments, composed numerous concert pieces and several film scores, and was a very influential teacher who developed an entirely new fingering technique for his instrument.
150,000 Petitioners Ask UK Prime Minister To Tax Amazon
“Supported by Stephen Fry, Margaret Hodge and Charlie Higson, independent booksellers Frances and Keith Smith delivered a petition calling on David Cameron to take ‘decisive action [to] make Amazon pay its fair share of UK corporation tax’ to Downing Street on 24 April.”
Chile’s Top Playwright Broaches All The Subjects Chileans Don’t Like To Discuss
Guillermo Calderón: “Chile is a country where one doesn’t speak that much, where ideas aren’t expressed very well, because it is a country that’s a little more silent and a little more violent … I like to create characters who talk, because to me this is a reaction against the culture of self-censorship and secrecy of the dictatorship.”
UK Museums Will Have To Pay Royalties For Images With Unknown Copyright Holders
“Museums will have to pay upfront for orphan images, or images whose copyright owners cannot be found, after an amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill to limit proposals was narrowly defeated in the House of Lords.”
Thailand Bans Documentary About 2011 Protests And Cambodia Border Dispute
“Nontawat Numbenchapol’s documentary Boundary zeroes in on a soldier caught up in the 2011 ‘red shirt’ protests that paralysed Bangkok and led to the deaths of almost 100 people, before following him to his hometown on the Thai-Cambodian border.” The Thai culture ministry’s ban on the movie calls it “a threat to national security and international relations.”
Can Paris’s Restored Louxor Cinema Palace Help Revive Its Neighborhood?
It’s a familiar story: once-fabulous Art Deco movie theater decays along with the neighborhood around it, then gets returned to something like its original splendor in the hope that it will become a destination and economic engine. The faux-Egyptian Louxor (which looks glorious once again) has three screens and will offer classes as well as films to the famously cinephilic people of Paris.
The Commitments Becomes A Musical (What Took So Long?)
“More than 25 years after Roddy Doyle wrote The Commitments, the bestselling book-turned-movie is bound for London’s West End.”
Can Cape Verde Make Music Its Top Export?
The Portuguese-speaking archipelago off Africa’s Atlantic coast “has few exportable resources, but it has a strong musical heritage,” made famous worldwide by the late Cesária Evora. “So making the country’s greatest cultural asset its selling point makes sense” – and the country’s culture minister and its top impresario are giving it a try.
Who Was Moms Mabley? The First Successful Female Stand-Up Comedian, That’s Who
“Born Loretta Mary Aiken, she was a pioneer in her field – a black woman who pushed the boundaries of taste, politics, and race as far back as the 1920s, while performing on the Chitlin’ Circuit. … Her career extended well into the ’70s, leaving behind a legacy of over 20 albums, and memorable appearances” on Ed Sullivan’s, Johnny Carson’s and the Smothers Brothers’ television shows. Yet most people born after 1970 have never heard of her.