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Those of us who write about classical music are constantly being bombarded with reports that the art form is dying. We hear about the lack of music education in the schools, the decline in the number of groups touring, and the general lack of interest for it among those who attend performances.......MORE...
Clarinets and roller-skating don't usually go together, unless you're at a Martin Fröst performance. The Swedish clarinetist -- a serious classical musician with plenty of high-brow credentials -- often glides on in-line skates during performances, dances or dons elaborate costumes and stage make-up, in an effort to bring elements of modern dance and theater to classical ...MORE... | WEBSITE
Richard Bradshaw, general director of the Canadian Opera Company and the man who brought an opera house to Toronto, has died.
Bradshaw, who conducted more than 60 operas in his 18 years with the COC, died Wednesday evening of an apparent heart attack, the company has confirmed. He was 63.Bradshaw came to the COC as a guest conductor in 1988 and quickly became chief conductor and head of music. In 1994, he was appointed artistic director. ... See all stories on this topic | Canada.com
Leonard Slatkin says he "wants to put the Detroit Symphony back on the map," reports the The Detroit News, but has not yet received a formal offer to become the orchestra's next music director and is still in discussions with the DSO's president and executive director Anne Parsons and artistic adviser Peter Oundjian.
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The switch several months ago from an NPR and news-talk format to all classical music at WETA 90.9 FM was swift and abrupt. In other words, not at all like public radio, which tends to agonize big changes over (donated!) catered lunches with community focus groups and several in-house committees. If ratings are an indication, and it’s safe to say they are, WETA’s return to the classics was a great move for the station. ...MORE...
"Under programmes run by the Foundation for the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela (Fesnojiv), Venezuela's pioneering music education network commonly known as "El Sistema", all children in Guarenas have access to a free education in classical music. Demand for the scheme from the local people seems insatiable; there are currently 700 students, and another 600 are on the waiting list."......MORE... | Modern Symphony
Tikhon Khrennikov, a prolific Russian composer and pianist best known inSee all stories on this topic | Google Links | Wikipedia Biography
GREAT BARRINGTON —The 35th Aston Magna season ended over the weekend with a post-concert benefit party on the estate for which the concert series is named. The final program at the Daniel Arts Center, "Music of Henry Purcell," had a sign on the door that read "Completely Sold Out." That message, one would think, better suits an event for Harry Potter than Henry Purcell, and great as his 17th-century music is, Purcell was not the name that brought Berkshire's A-list to hear Purcell's music and visit Lee Elman's estate. That name, and that honor, belong to Great Barrington resident Phyllis Curtin, internationally known opera soprano, reigning Tanglewood vocal teacher, pioneering scholar, composers' muse and diva in the most gracious sense. Just putting her name on a tribute did the trick......MORE... GOOGLE LINKS | Aston Magna | Curtin at Amazon.com
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