Category: music

“CBC Radio broadcasts of Canadian Opera Company performances will cease for the 2012-13 season after the Toronto opera company failed to reach an agreement over rights fees with its singers and musicians.”

“Conductor Bruno Aprea fired back at Palm Beach Opera general director Daniel Biaggi Friday accusing Biaggi of forcing him out at the company and continually undermining his authority during Aprea’s seven years leading the company.”

“The ongoing tug-of-war between musicians, record labels and digital content providers inched a little more towards artists this week with the introduction of an innovative paid-referral plan from streaming provider Rdio. The new program pays artists a flat $10 fee for every user they refer, a rare form of direct-to-artist revenue in the music streaming business. But it’s only the latest move to renegotiate the flow of money in the world of digital music – and now even Congress is weighing in.”

“We’re looking at a number of different ways to get rid of, or find new homes for, productions,” including selling some. He left open the possibility that some sets would be thrown away, but declined to say how many productions would be disposed of, or which ones would be revived.

Named BBC Young Musician of the Year at 16, Benedetti has released seven albums and is an outspoken critic of Britain’s celebrity culture. She practises for five hours each day and said recently: “I just don’t get why anyone would think of effort as a negative thing.”

“With the first six weeks of the fall season canceled and the union locked out in a labor dispute, musicians said Tuesday they are negotiating to stage a concert [independent of management] on Oct. 19,” which would have been opening night of the season.

“The new offer made by the Indianapolis Symphony Society to the musicians has one main sticking point: a termination option available at the end of the third year of a five-year contract.” Management demands the provision in case its new, higher fundraising targets aren’t met.

“A contract with its musicians that would take the San Antonio Symphony into a new home – the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, which is under construction – has been reached. The three-year contract was ratified by orchestra members late Monday.”

“In a year of symphony lock-outs and musician strikes in several major cities, the Richmond Symphony Orchestra will perform this season under a contract rejected by musicians who decided to keep playing anyway.”