BACKIn today’s news: the difference between Catholic and Protestant church music, and no permission for project ‘tear down this wall!’. Union Verdi and the German Orchestra Union make the Berlin Senate reconsider situation of honorary music teachers. European Union Baroque Orchestra moves to Belgium post-Brexit. Intelligent headphones, and is the ‘classical’ music label relevant in 2017?
The Times
Musicians rally together in light of attack at MEN arena
Manchester’s music stars reacted with shock to last night’s terrorist attack and praised the city’s resilience in the face of tragedy.
Wired
Artificially intelligent headphones could “understand” ambient sound
Fuji and Yamaha create concept headphones that would use ‘A.I.’ to comprehend and geo-tag music, which could then be played back when the listener revisits the location.
The Stage
Opera Holland Park prepares for varied summer programme
“What was originally three months has turned into fifteen years,” says Director Michael Volpe on Opera Holland Park’s enduring success.
Gramophone
Is the ‘Classical’ music label outdated?
Kate Molleson reports on how the ‘classical’ music label is proving outdated for many of today’s creative artists and speaks to several musicians for whom the whole notion of genre is entirely irrelevant.
New York Times
ABC prepares to broadcast musical remake of ‘Dirty Dancing’
New production hopes to maintain many of the key elements of the original film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Worin unterscheidet sich katholische von protestantischer Kirchenmusik?
Das ist doch die richtige Frage zum Lutherjahr: Sind Katholiken und Protestanten im musikalischen Lob des Herrn ökumenisch vereint oder nicht? Die Antwort mag überraschen.
Kulturradio vom RBB
Keine Genehmigung für das Projekt „Tear Down This Wall!“ auf amerikanischer Seite der Mauer in San Diego. Das Konzert findet trotzdem statt.
NMZ
Verdi fordert mehr Geld und bessere Konditionen für freie Musiklehrer
Die Gewerkschaft Verdi und die Deutsche Orchestervereinigung (DOV) haben den Berliner Senat aufgefordert, die soziale Situation der Honorarkräfte unter den Musiklehrern zu verbessern.
WQXR
The European Union Baroque Orchestra moves to Belgium post-Brexit
The consequences of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union aren’t just political.
Le Monde
Mort de la violoncelliste russe Natalia Chakhovskaïa
Cette éminente pédagogue avait succédé à Rostropovitch comme chef de chaire au Conservatoire Tchaïkovski de Moscou.
@MusicMagazine: ‘Don’t apologise for classical music’s complexity – that’s its strength’ – BBCRadio3‘s Alan Davey
Photo: Fritz Curzon