BACKIn today’s news: Japanese cellist Haruma Sato wins the eleventh Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition in Warsaw, preliminary evidence for the benefits of creating or influencing music while exercising, Trump proposes to cut to the funding of 22 federal agencies and projects, and the German government announces plans for the Deutsche Welle to receive a higher budget.
The Strad
Laureates announced at Lutosławski Cello Competition
Japanese cellist Haruma Sato has won the eleventh Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition in Warsaw.
The British Psychological Society
Preliminary evidence for the benefits of creating or influencing music while exercising
Listening to music while exercising can make a work-out feel more pleasant. But might having some control over the sound of that music have an even stronger effect?
Digital Music News
Is Neil Portnow Resigning? Grammys President Abruptly Cancels His Pollstar Conference Appearance
Why did the Grammys present only a few women with a prestigious music award this year? Responding to #GrammysSoMale, a trending topic on social media following the Grammy Awards, Recording Academy President Neil Portnow implied that women had to work harder for wider recognition.
The New York Times
Do You Think You’ve Already Forged Your Lifelong Taste in Music?
Would would you say in response to a study that found the ”strongest adult musical preferences” set in by age 13 for girls and 14 for boys?
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Trump’s budget cuts to end Arts Endowment and Public Broadcasting
With the combination of tax cuts and spending increases, Trump proposes to cut to the funding of 22 federal agencies and projects. So, if the Houses follow that man’s proposal, most agencies dealing with education and culture will be more or less eliminated.
Die Welt
Eine Quote gegen Missbrauch an deutschen Bühnen
Das Theater ist ein Ort der gesellschaftlichen Debatte. Es führt Missstände vor. Nicht alle: Missstände hinter den Kulissen werden nicht gezeigt. Ein Verein kämpft für mehr Geschlechtergerechtigkeit.
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Deutscher Bundestag: Deutsche Welle strebt höheren Etat an
Die Deutsche Welle strebt eine dauerhafte und signifikante Erhöhung ihres Etats auf ein ähnliches Niveau wie die beiden vergleichbaren europäischen Auslandssender France Médias Monde/TV5 Monde und BBC World an.
Musik Heute
Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte mit Partnerland
Die Brandenburgischen Sommerkonzerte haben in diesem Jahr erstmals ein Partnerland an ihrer Seite. In ausgewählten Konzerten und Konzertorten sei die musikalische Vielfalt Russlands zu hören, teilten die Veranstalter am Montag mit.
Platea Magazine
Bartoli, Gergiev, Fleming, Gardiner y Dudamel, en la Temporada 18-19 del Palau de la Música
La temporada de Palau 100 presenta los grandes nombres de la escena internacional con un repertorio que se amplía y abraza desde el Barroco a la música más contemporánea: Desde Bach y Haendel hasta el Einstein on the beach de Philip Glass.
Deutsche Grammophon @DGclassics: A charismatic and often capricious figure, Wagner was and remains one of the most controversial and influential composers in musical history. In memoriam of his death on this day in 1883, discover his greatest works and learn more about his biography here: http://bit.ly/DiscoverRWagner
Image: Haruma Sato © Darek Golik