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Philadelphia’s search for a new executive director hits the one-year mark.
Washington Post critic doesn’t care for Alan Gilbert’s debut in NYC.
Canada gets its broadcast orchestra back.
Christoph Eschenbach is a workaholic.
Charlotte Symphony gets two $1 million donations in one day.
Honolulu Symphony gets local grown CEO.
Charlotte Symphony funding cuts in the balance.
NY Philharmonic gets [...]
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Stanley Drucker retires after 60 years in NY Phil [NYTimes]
Marin Alsop re-ups for 5 more years in Baltimore [Baltimore Sun]
Young audiences overrated? [Washington Post]
$1 million to Detroit Symphony [Detroit Free Press]
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Not necessarily on-topic for this blog, but I thought I’d pass it on anyway. There is a great new new/opinion blog up that you should check out, called The Stimulist. Written by Carlos Watson, who is a news host on MSNBC, it’s billed as a “snark-free news and information site”. I like it a lot [...]
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Seattle Symphony Starts Music Director Search [crosscut.com]
San Diego Arts Groups Suffering Cuts [sdnn.com]
San Francisco Symphony Launches Social Network [washingtonpost.com]
San Francisco Opera Cuts Millions From Budget [bizjournals.com]
Baltimore To Get New Opera Company? [washingtonpost.com]
Dallas Symphony Postpones European Touring [dallasnews.com]
Baltimore Symphony Musicians Volunteer $1 Million In Concessions [washingtonpost.com]
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Two Several news items from this week:
Cincinnati Symphony & Pops Put Recordings On Hold
Telarc Label to Suspend Producing Recordings
Classical Music Thrives in Virtual ‘Second Life’
Musicians: Radio Stations Should Pay Us Royalties
Free Streaming Audio: Fighting Piracy?
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Since the piano sensation Lang Lang is coming to play a Gala performance with the Oregon Symphony in October 2008 (Friday, October 3, to be exact), I thought that keeping you Portland classical music and piano fans apprised of his activities might be in order.
So, here’s the first Lang Lang watch – enjoy.
Do you remember [...]
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Apparently the rumor mill at the Philadelphia Orchestra is buzzing with news that Christoph Eschenbach is due to be named music director of the National Symphony – Peter Dobrin of ArtsWatch reports:
That’s been the backstage rumor lately at the Philadelphia Orchestra – that the Washington, D.C. ensemble is set to name Eschenbach its next [...]
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The Seattle Weekly has printed an article centering around the “one-woman law firm” of Brenda Little and her lawsuit against Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony on behalf of violinist Peter Kaman. Read the entire article here.
Here’s a tidbit:
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David Stabler found this article from yesterday’s Seattle P-I, written by guest columnist Bernard Jacobsen (who I remember as the program annotator for the Philadelphia Orchestra back in the early ’90s). I’m not sure why the classical music writer(s) for the P-I and its sister publication the Times were not able to write what Jacobsen [...]
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Some recent items for your consideration:
Detroit Confident in Slatkin – from the Detroit Free Press
Life and Death – is length of life everything for a composer?, from the New York Times
Broader Audience for Classical Radio – classical radio done right – from the Chicago Tribune
Changes at Utah Symphony and Opera? – from the Deseret Morning [...]
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In the upcoming Sunday edition of the New York Times, several letters are printed in the Arts section – you can read the complete letters (as printed) here.
Here are some of the best parts of some of them:
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I just received a press release from the Oregon Symphony outlining improved ticket sales (up only slightly from last year, but with six fewer concerts (36 vs. 39) presented it represents greater attendance per concert). Read the complete release below.
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Leonard Slatkin
Conductor Leonard Slatkin, one of the most prominent figures in American music during the last three decades, will be named today as music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Slatkin’s appointment, all but a certainty since midsummer, ends an unusually long search that began when Neeme Järvi announced his intention to step down as music [...]
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