Lahav Shani, a 29-year-old conductor and pianist from Tel Aviv who first performed with the IPO at age 16, will become music director in 2020. Mehta, who joined the orchestra in 1969 and became its Music Director for Life in 1981, announced just over a year ago that he would step down in 2019.
Blog
Museum Show Full Of Fake Kandinsky And Malevich Paintings, Argue Experts
The Museum of Fine Arts in the Belgian city of Ghent is hosting an exhibition of 20th-century Russian avant-garde works – attributed to Popova, Rodchenko, Goncharova, Malevich, Kandinsky, and others – from the private foundation of a Russian businessman and collector. A group of scholars and professionals argue in an open letter that these works “have no exhibition history, have never before been reproduced in serious scholarly publications, and have no traceable sales records.”
Of The Ten Bestselling Literary Novelists In The UK In 2017, Nine Were Women
Leading the list is Margaret Atwood, thanks to the TV versions of The Handmaid’s Tale and Alias Grace. Runners-up are Sarah Perry and Helen Dunmore; Elena Ferrante came in at number five, followed by the only man in the top ten, Haruki Murakami.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 01.17.18
Recent Listening: Young/Promane Octet
Dave Young / Terry Promane Octet Volume 2 (MAPL) … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2018-01-17
New Irish National Opera Launches With Commitment To Irish Artists
What’s new, though, is not the level of output. It’s the commitment to Irish talent. As INO’s artistic director Fergus Sheil explained, the company “wants to give pride of place to Irish singers and celebrate their work at home in Ireland the way it is celebrated in leading opera houses around the world. We want to bring our creative talent to venues large and small, to communities around the country, and create thrilling experiences that will attract new audiences to our uniquely multi-faceted artform.”
Study: Hormones Influence The Kind Of Music We Like
“A first-of-its-kind study from Japan reports men with higher testosterone levels are less likely to enjoy sophisticated music, such as classical, jazz, and avant-garde. Its findings raise the intriguing possibility that musical taste may be significantly influenced by our hormones.”
Coming To Terms With Degas
A century after his death, we are just about coming to terms with Degas’s achievement, with his position as the modern artist. His work was entirely about contemporary life – even more so than Manet’s. In his entire career he only ever showed one painting with a historical or biblical theme, the early Scene of War in the Middle Ages. Edmond de Goncourt recognised in 1874 that ‘among all the artists I have met so far, he is the one who has best been able, in representing modern life, to catch the spirit of that life.’
You’re In The Theatre? Put Down The Damn Social Media!
“It’s hard to control a cough or a cranky kid’s wails. Tough to tame the artistic ambitions of bats or squirrels. And sometimes, I guess the rain gods want in on the festivities too. But most philosophers and legal scholars would agree that even the most strung-out phone addicts possess free will. Force majeure has nothing to do with Facebook.”
The Interviewer’s Trick: How Terry Gross Gets People To Open Up
What I’m really trying to do is find the person’s comfort zone. Some people are great on craft — the process of writing, the process of making the film. Some people are great on anecdote. Some people are great on biography, their personal story. So I’ll just keep looking for that spot.
What The “All The Money In The World” Salary Gap Says About Changes In Hollywood
“It’s easy to criticize Hollywood’s current moment of reckoning for coming off as superficial. You can wear black to a couple award ceremonies and say the right lines in interviews, but does it really mean you’re working to effect systemic change behind the scenes? The All the Money in the World situation served as a reminder of how, for actors, preserving their public image is often more important than the money they stand to make.”