BACKThe Guardian
UK entertainment spending rises with surge in film and music streaming
Value of film and TV downloads, streams and subscriptions rises to £621m, and number of tracks streamed doubles to 7.4bn
The Telegraph
Valencia sues opera house architect as white elephants rot
Santiago Calatrava is facing legal action from his native city as the dazzling City of Arts and Sciences complex begins to fall apart just eight years after inauguration
New York Daily News
Vivienne Westwood designs punk costumes for Vienna ballerinas
Vienna State Ballet dancers will be decked out in tartan kilts and plaid leg warmers for January’s New Year’s performance, thanks to custom costumes from Vivienne Westwood, best known for her punk-inspired designs. The yearly concert is broadcast in more than 80 countries
Classic FM Online
Simon Rattle and Peter Maxwell Davies lead New Year Honours list
The New Year Honours List has been announced with a number of classical musicians receiving special recognition
Kilar, master of movie music, dies aged 81
The world of film music is mourning the death of Wojciech Kilar – best-known for his score to the Oscar-winning film The Pianist
Reuters
A Minute With: Met Opera chief Peter Gelb on live opera broadcasts
Peter Gelb, general manager of New York’s Metropolitan Opera has proven live-to-cinema doubters wrong with an anticipated 3 million viewers seeing about a dozen Met opera broadcasts this year in cinemas in 64 countries
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Holger Wemhoff ist Chefmoderator bei Klassik Radio, dem erfolgreichsten Privatsender Deutschlands. Die Zauberformel lautet „Entspannung“ – ein Wort, das Wemhoff, wenn er aufhört, nie wieder hören will
The Telegraph