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WEEKLY DIGEST | 12/09/2019
News, Research, & Opinion |
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Best Jazz of 2019
The New York Times: Giovanni Russonello
Brilliance accommodates any form — and, as these albums show, sometimes lightning lands in a bottle.
Best Classical Music of 2019
The New York Times: Zachary Woolfe, Anthony Tommasini, Joshua Barone and Seth Colter Walls
Our critics list the best performances, premieres and digital releases of the year from the world of classical music and opera.
Best (visual) Art of 2019
New York Times
This was a year of highs that included political protest in the art world, a historic Whitney Biennial, inspiring monuments and a revamped MoMA. |
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RESEARCH AND OPINION |
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Is classical music ahead of the streaming curve?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
More choices, especially without context, can be daunting at least, debilitating at worst. In the music streaming industry, where millions of tracks are now available at the touch of a button, read here how this affects the classical genre.
Music For Our Emergency
NPR News: Grayson Haver Currin
Greta Thunberg did not sail across the Atlantic Ocean for two weeks to become a lead singer. But, just days after the 16-year-old proselytizer censured a room of world leaders many times her age for their shared "fairy tales of eternal economic growth," the internet made her one, anyway.
The Enduring Power of the Detroit Jazz Collective Tribe
The New York Times: Giovanni Russonello
Wendell Harrison and Phil Ranelin have been collaborating since the 1970s, when they self-released albums, planned their concerts and published an international magazine.
Do decades-old productions keep opera stuck in the past – or keep it alive?
The Telegraph: Flora Willson
Read how the Royal Opera house is under the spotlight.
At the Heart of a 19th-Century Opera: Modern Gun Culture
The New York Times: Zachary Woolfe
With a new version of Weber’s “Der Freischütz,” Heartbeat Opera has done its latest rethinking of a classic.
Two Centuries Later, a Composer Gets a Second Look
The New York Times: George Loomis
Gaspare Spontini, once celebrated for operas like “La Vestale,” is largely forgotten. But there are glimmers of a revival.
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NATIONAL |
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2019 Annual Musical America Award Winners
Musical America: Susan Elliott
Artist of the Year: Daniil Trifonov, Composer of the Year: Julia Wolfe, Conductor of the Year: Carlos Miguel Prieto, Vocalist of the Year: Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ensemble of the Year: Jack Quartet.
Met Opera Chief Peter Gelb Renews His Contract Through 2027
NPR News: Anastasia Tsioulcas
Peter Gelb has not enjoyed a particularly smooth tenure as the general manager at New York's Metropolitan Opera. But the company's board expressed its faith in him on Monday by extending his contract through 2027.
San Francisco Opera Names Music Director
Musical America: Susan Elliott
Eun Sun Kim, 39, is to be the music director of the San Francisco Opera as of August 2021 and takes the title designate immediately.
Lei Liang Wins 2020 Grawemeyer Award for Climate Change-Inspired Piece
New Music Box: Frank J. Oteri
Chinese-American composer Lei Liang has won the 2020 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for an orchestral work that evokes the threat posed by climate change and the opportunity it offers for redemption.
New York’s David Geffen Hall Set to Receive $550 Million Makeover
The Violin Channel
Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic have unveiled plans for a major $550 million renovation of the David Geffen Concert Hall.
David Geffin Hall Will Never Be the Same
Musical America: Susan Elliott
This is hardly the first time what was originally known as Philharmonic Hall has been renovated. In 1973, the space was renamed Avery Fisher Hall and acoustic alterations were attempted in 1976 and again in 1992.
Minnesota Orchestra reports biggest deficit ever, but says it's fiscally 'strong'
Star Tribune: Jenna Ross
A strong year for fundraising built its endowment, but provided less support for day-to-day operations than expected.
Opera Star Vittorio Grigolo Fired By Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera
NPR News: Anastasia Tsioulcas
His firing comes after an investigation by the Royal Opera [RO], which determined that he had demonstrated "inappropriate and aggressive behavior" during an RO tour of Japan in September.
Kronos Quartet receives Ouevreprijs
The Strad
The American Quartet has been honoured with an Edison award for career achievement.
Menuhin Competition receives record number of applications
The Strad
The competition has drawn entries from countries including Albania, Egypt, Macedonia, Thailand and the UAE.
Evgeny Pobozhiy, Russian Prodigy, Wins International Jazz Guitar Competition
NPR News: Nate Chinen
Evgeny Pobozhiy, a virtuoso guitarist with a busy profile on the Moscow jazz scene, has won the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition. As winner of the prize, one of the most prestigious of its kind, he'll receive $30,000 in scholarship funds and a recording contract with the Concord Music Group. |
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