Georg Tintner committed suicide over the weekend. – CBC
Category: music
THE FUTURE OF MUSIC?
Don’t count on any definitive answers at the annual North By Northwest Music & New Media Conference. – The Oregonian
ROLL OVER MOZART
A new German-language rock musical about the composer opens in Vienna.- The Sydney Morning Herald
MILLENNIAL MAESTROS
Just who are the great conductors today, and how do you get them to come conduct? Even venerable Cleveland finds its podium roster a little bare. – The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
SIMON RATTLE MAKES HIS DIRECTOR’S DEBUT in Berlin –
with Mahler and broken German. The audience loves it. – The Sunday Times (UK)
AS CHICAGO LYRIC OPERA prepares to stage –
– the premiere of William Bolcom’s opera A View from the Bridge, John von Rhein looks at the economics of mounting a new opera. – Chicago Tribune
SECTION BY SECTION, musician by musician
The Chicago Symphony deconstructed. – Chicago Tribune
SOMEBODY TELL THEM THEY’RE DEAD
The Miami Herald critic was looking forward to the Stones tour – and then he actually saw them. Message to geriatric rockers everywhere: time to hang it up. – The Miami Herald
TORONTO SYMPHONY STRIKE update
Here’s where things stand at the end of Week I. – CBC
NEXT BEST THING
Daniel Barenboim wanted to be the next leader of the Berlin Philharmonic, but since that didn’t work out, he re-ups his contract with the Chicago Symphony. – Chicago Tribune