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In our news today, Steve Reich approved the creation of a film accompaniment for Different Trains, the New York Times gives an insight into the couture at Paris Opera Ballet and across Britain girls take over the male-dominated choir scene. Also, Londoners will have more access to classical music and Mumford and Sons boycott Swedish music festivals following sexual assaults.
Classical Music Magazine
Reich approves film accompaniment for Different Trains
Steve Reich has permitted the creation of a film accompaniment for Different Trains for the first time. Artist and filmmaker Bill Morrison collaborated with the composer, using archive footage of train travel during WWII to create a new film.
New York Times
At the Paris Opera Ballet, changing the shape of couture
Couture, the handcrafted, made-to-measure clothing that regularly sells in the six figures, is fashion’s top stratum for the uber rich. Aside from brief glimpses on the runways, to most of us it is a hidden world.
The Guardian
Girls on top: how the male-dominated English church choir is changing
For centuries, cathedral and college choir across Britain have been exclusively populated by school-age boys – but with the admission of girls, an outdated practice is finally breaking down.
CTV London
Plan to make classical music more accessible locally
Londoners will have more access to classical music following the introduction Monday of Rebel Heart Collective. The collective’s mission, announced at the Aeolian Hall, is to provide concerts and in some cases, free admission, to promote classical music.
BBC News
Mumford and Sons to boycott Swedish music festival after sexual assaults
Mumford and Sons say they will boycott a Swedish music festival after reports emerged that 17 women were sexually assaulted at the event last weekend.
The Dallas Music News
Classical music: Miracles again at Mimir Festival
Miracles happen each summer at Texas Christian University’s PepsiCo Recital Hall. That’s when the week-and-a-half-long Mimir Chamber Music Festival assembles musicians from far and wide into ensembles that sound as if they’ve been playing together for years.
nmz
Hartmut Haenchen dirigiert «Parsifal» in Bayreuth
Nach dem überraschenden Rückzug des lettischen Dirigenten Andris Nelsons (37) haben die Bayreuther Festspiele einen Nachfolger gefunden. Hartmut Haenchen (73) wird nun die diesjährigen Festspiele am 25. Juli mit dem «Parsifal» eröffnen.
Musik heute
Sebastian Ritschel wird neuer Operndirektor der Landesbühnen Sachsen
Der Regisseur und Dramaturg Sebastian Ritschel wird ab der Spielzeit 2017/18 neuer Operndirektor der Landesbühnen Sachsen. Der gebürtige Düsseldorfer löst Jan Michael Horstmann ab, der das Theater auf eigenen Wunsch verlasse, teilten die Landesbühnen am Dienstag mit.
BR KLASSIK
Eindrücke vom Südtirol-Jazzfestival 2016
Konzerte an außergewöhnlichen Orten – von der Berghütte bis zum avantgardistischen Museumsbau: Das ist der eine Teil des Erfolgsrezeptes beim Südtirol-Jazzfestival, das sich in den letzten gut zehn Jahren immer mehr profiliert hat. Der andere: Musik am Puls der Zeit – Töne, die Horizonte eröffnen.
Deutschlandradio Kultur
Straßenmusiker in Rom: “Man muss die Leute überraschen”
Das Leben als Straßenmusiker in Rom kann ziemlich hart sein: Wer Geld verdienen will, muss sich dem hohen Konkurrenzdruck stellen. Die Musiker von SteadyRockerz lieben trotzdem ihren Job.
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