BACKToday’s news: Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC) and the Santa Rosa Symphony announced the lineup for their 2017-2018 season collaboration. St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra reinvents Russia’s national music, and Facebook is looking for new legal music licensing management. Metropolitan Museum of Art changes executives, and Micah Holt discusses the generation gap within the classical world.
Washington Post
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic moves beyond cliches
Orchestras should not be locked into playing music of their country of origin. And yet great orchestras retain a special relationship to their national music. To hear the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra play a program of Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich is tantamount to a cliche. And yet that’s what they did, under the great Yuri Temirkanov, at the Kennedy Center on Monday night, thanks to Washington Performing Arts — and you’re not going to hear either of those pieces done much better.
Classical Music Magazine
Changing the focus: International Women’s Day events
Our pick of the events celebrating the achievements of women on and around International Women’s Day.
Classic FM
This composer writes out music as it’s performed, and it’s beautifully captivating
It’s not too tricky to name classical music from or inspired by the likes of Germany, Italy, France or Russia. But what if we asked to you think of classical music from Australia? It’s a little harder…
Music Business Worldwide
Now Facebook is Hiring for a Legal Music Licensing Boss
The signals seem clear: the world’s biggest social network, with its 1.9 billion active users, is finally ready to pay something for the use of music on its platform.
NEPA Scene
VIDEO: NEPA Philharmonic trumpeter Micah Holt talks reaching millennials with classical music
Principal trumpet player Micah Holt recognises that all too well, noting that generational gap.
The New York Times
New Music From Silence for the New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, returns to its podium this week. Not coincidentally, so does new music. Cue Lera Auerbach’s Violin Concerto No. 4, written for Leonidas Kavakos and receiving its premiere at David Geffen Hall on Wednesday.
Thomas P. Campbell resigned under pressure on Tuesday as the director and chief executive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, after months of growing concerns among staff members and some trustees about its financial health and his capacity to lead the largest museum in the country.
Broadway World
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Announces 2017-2018 Symphony Pops Series
Today, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (LBC) and the Santa Rosa Symphony announced the lineup for their 2017-2018 Symphony Pops Series collaboration.
Der Tagesspiegel
Er marschierte mit Martin Luther King und war der König des Calypsos. Heute wird der US-amerikanische Sänger und Schauspieler Harry Belafonte 90 Jahre alt. Eine Gratulation.
Concerti
Der Name Mozart zündet immer. Kein Wunder, dass jene Städte, in denen der Komponist zu Lebzeiten verweilte, mit Festivals seiner gedenken
Pizzicato
Naxos baut audiovisuelle Sparte aus
Naxos baut seine Präsenz im Video-Bereich aus. Das geht aus einer Pressemitteilung zur rezenten Label- und Händlertagung von ‘Naxos Deutschland’ hervor.
Klassik.com
Frühere Prager Operndirektorin Eva Herrmannova gestorben
Die frühere Operndirektorin des Prager Nationaltheaters, Eva Hermannová, ist tot. Sie starb bereits Mitte Februar im Alter von 87 Jahren.
Le Monde
Le streaming redonne des couleurs au marché de la musique
Le marché de la musique est effectivement sorti de son marasme. Pour la première fois depuis quinze ans, il affiche une croissance significative.
France Musique
Le chef Louis Langrée est prolongé à la tête de l’Orchestre symphonique de Cincinnati
Louis Langrée signe pour un troisième mandat avec l’Orchestre Symphonique de Cincinnati, aux Etats-Unis, un ensemble qu’il dirige depuis 2013 et qu’il s’apprête à emmener pour la première fois en tournée à l’étranger.
El Mundo
Una generación musical única, reunida en una fotografía
Cristóbal Halffter, 87 años el próximo día 24, tomó ayer el micrófono para dar voz a los protagonistas del homenaje que el Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música (Inaem) había organizado en el Auditorio Nacional.
Il Fatto Quotidiano
Addio a Georges Pretre, leggenda del podio. Era il direttore d’orchestra preferito dalla Callas
Il decano dei maestri, francese, aveva 92 anni e non aveva mai smesso di dirigere: era atteso a Milano per tre concerti a marzo
Classical Music News @CIassicalMusic AAM appoints Alexander Van Ingen as chief executive http://dlvr.it/NVsPmh #ClassicalMusic pic.twitter.com/oXoEu1U8VH
Music History @today_classical #Today in 1824 #Schubert finishes his Octet for Strings and Winds, Op 166. #MusicHistory #classicalmusic pic.twitter.com/Mwl5unrU15
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