Category: music

“Saying they have fulfilled a promise made to Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, musicians of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra this evening voted to reject management’s latest contract offer.”

“A federal judge is declaring as unlawful a one-of-a-kind website enabling the online sale of pre-owned digital music files.”

“While the orchestra has a 2013-14 season planned, it has, for obvious reasons, delayed making an announcement.”

“For classical aficionados, of course, music is the main draw of any chamber series. The Clark’s specialty has been spotting young, up-and-coming musicians as well as lesser-known established talent, and developing long-term relationships that will lead to repeat engagements.”

“The canon of Western culture exists because of the advocacy of those who take it upon themselves to define and promote it. Impresarios, record companies, scholars, teachers, musicians, and fans all advocate for the artists and works that represent their musical ideals.”

“Together, London’s ‘crisis-ridden’ major opera companies are doing more of significance than all of the big-budget opera companies in America put together.”

“In the months since, the orchestra has been settling up debts and taking care of other administrative matters, and has been responsible for filing a certain amount of paperwork with U.S. Bankruptcy Court.”

First, the Teatro dell’Opera engaged Riccardo Muti as its “honorary director for life”. “But the opera house has gone further, starting a school for young musicians and dancers, developing programs for younger audiences and planning to expand use of its summertime venue, the spectacular Baths of Caracalla.”

“Steinway Hall, the 88-year-old building down the block and across the street from Carnegie Hall where generations of famous and not-so-famous pianists have tried out pianos, is being sold, the piano company and the buyer said on Tuesday.”

The International Opera Awards, whose inaugural ceremony will be in London on April 22, “are global in scope and come in 21 categories, offering a chance to compare achievements in opera like never before” – for instance, a Norma from Leeds vs. a Lulu from Brussels and a Peter Grimes from La Scala.