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Taylor Swift donates $100,000 to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra
The singer-songwriter makes a birthday gift
The Guardian
Synthesisers are killing film and TV music, say British composers
Carl Davis and Christopher Gunning claim synthesised orchestras are preferred to the real thing to save money
John Williams, Alexandre Desplat and more on soundtrack Oscar longlist
Soundtrack legends and newcomers alike have made the long list for the soundtrack category at the 2014 Academy Awards ceremony, due to take place in February
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Pianist plays Chopin in front of Ukraine riot police
An unnamed pianist has been playing the works of Chopin in front of riot police in Ukraine
Salon
Was Wagner inspired by migraines?
Three German researchers present evidence that the German composer interwove his headache pain into his operas
The National
Pandit Jasraj brings his Mewati style of Hindustani classical music to Dubai
A conversation about Indian classical music is incomplete without the mention of Pandit Jasraj, one of India’s top classical musicians who represents the Mewati style of Hindustani classical music
Ria novosti
Kurgan Greets Sochi Olympic Flame with Classical Music
On Sunday December 15th, strains of Verdi and Tchaikovsky greeted the Sochi Olympic Flame in the Russian city of Kurgan
Daily Inter Lake
Bionic musician: Miraculous cure restores oboist’s ability to make music
When the Glacier Symphony conductor cues principal oboe player Reid Merley to blow an A — that unmistakable standard pitch by which the orchestra tunes — Merley is in perfect control of the note
Der Tagesspiegel
Die neue Kulturstaatsministerin
Mit Monika Grütters als neuer Kulturstaatsministerin folgt auf den Machtmenschen Bernd Neumann eine Frau, die aus der Kultur kommt. Die Wahlberlinerin wird in der Szene für Kompetenz und Begeisterungsfähigkeit geschätzt
