Category: music

“There is nothing wrong with this type of music in itself. But due to the use of obscene words by its singers this music has been categorized as illegal.”

“Musicians were scheduled to meet Thursday with the management of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra to discuss a labor impasse, the first time the two sides have sat down since an impasse two weeks ago.” So far, there is no indication that anything has changed in either side’s position since the JSO locked out the musicians and began canceling concerts.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the New York Philharmonic represents an acid test for young conductors – the New Yorkers are known as one of the most jaded and demanding groups of musicians in the world. So how would flamboyant young phenom Gustavo Dudamel fare in his Phil debut? Well, it would seem.

When New York’s Metropolitan Opera began simulcasting some of its performances on high-def movie screens across the US last year, no one really knew if the experiment would work.But one year into the project, success has been so unmistakable that other opera companies are scrambling to get in on the fun.

“One of only two surviving manuscript leaves from one of Mozart’s greatest compositions has been found in a private collection in England… It is the most important single leaf in the composer’s hand to have appeared on the market for decades,” and scholars say it could fetch upwards of £100,000 at auction next week.

Soprano Renee Fleming has pulled out of a Boston Symphony production of Bellini’s opera Norma that was intended as a trial run for future performances in Europe and New York. Fleming’s publicist says that the soprano simply decided she wasn’t right for the role.

Managers of EMI wasted millions on luxuries. “The management of the label is said to have been costing the company about £100m a year, according to the leaked memo.”

“Blues in the last several decades has kind of lost its way in a lot of musicians. It’s kind of been watered down and over-produced. Somewhere the blues turned more into rhythm and blues.”

“Under the radar and outside Manhattan, the seeds of something quite different have been germinating. The latest crop of musicians look for inspiration not to new trends, but deeper: back to the roots of New York’s venerable history of experimental music.”

Orchestra supporters are concerned about the survey, that “revealed that over 40% of Israelis have never been to a concert hall. About 43% of adult Israelis never listen to classical music and only 2.8% attend concerts regularly.”