An orchestra, Noseda says, “is a small example of society. Sometimes there are frictions and sometimes not. But the most important thing: You have to deal with all these things in your personal way. . . . You have to be approachable. If people want to talk to you, they should feel free to come.”
Blog
Kansas City Star Lays Off The Last Of Its Arts Writers
To date, KCUR has confirmed pop writer Tim Finn; photographers Allison Long and David Pulliam; enterprise reporter David Frese; and editors Tod Palmer, Greg Branson, and Michelle Smith, among the layoffs.
How Will Movies Change When AI Starts Picking Which Movies Get Made?
These days, Amazon can practically anticipate when you might need toilet paper and Netflix can predict your next binge, so it only seems natural that Hollywood will start using AI to predict the next big blockbuster, or at least improve its chances of becoming one. In fact, several companies are already working on algorithmic ways to predict box office results.
Who, And What, Won Big At The Off-Broadway Awards?
The musical KPOP, for one, while the clash for Best Play ended in a tie.
By Far The Most-Cited Authors On Wikipedia
A recent study conducted by the organization revealed something fascinating: A single academic paper, published by three Australian researchers in 2007, has been cited by Wikipedia editors over 2.8 million times—the next most popular work only shows up a little more than 21,000. And the researchers behind it didn’t have a clue.
Wanda Wilkomirska, Violinist Who Opposed Communist Rule In Poland, Has Died At 89
She wasn’t just a famed concert violinist and teacher, but a freedom fighter who took a stand. “After martial law was declared in Poland in late 1981, she announced while on a concert tour of the West that she would not return to the country. She stayed away for almost a decade.”
Kanye West Is Starting An Architecture Company
Or rather, it’s a new vertical in his Yeezy company – called “Yeezy home,” he tweeted. “He has expressed an interest in architecture before, saying in a 2013 interview: ‘I want to do product, I am a product person. … I make music but I shouldn’t be limited to once place of creativity.”
Can’t Get Enough *Hamilton*? The Hamiltent Is Coming To Entertain And Educate You
“Some of the features will be visceral (an opportunity to look down the barrel of a gun alongside a reconstruction of the Weehawken, N.J., dueling grounds), and others will be academic (an explanation of the debates over Hamilton’s financial policy ideas.) There will be artifacts — mostly replica letters, documents and objects as well as a scale model of New York in 1773, a walkway between military barracks, video, and, yes, music from the show.”
History, And Longing, In *Tristan Und Isolde*
When Jonas Kaufmann sang Tristan at Carnegie Hall, it was a longing fulfilled for New York. For the opera itself, longing – frustrated longing, in what might be seen as the central romance of Western narratives – is central.
Afrofuturism Goes Mainstream, And Not A Moment Too Soon
With the movie Black Panther and musician/actor Janelle Monáe’s new album and “emotion picture” Dirty Computer, not to mention classes and many other books, music, and movies, the concept of Afrofuturism has become much more mainstream.