Topic: BUSINESS
Muzak has been around since 1922 but, according to Daniel Barenboim, the famed conductor and pianist, it is doing untold damage to our sense of hearing.....LINK
Saturday, 27 May 2006
Check the Numbers: Rumors of Classical Music's Demise Are Dead Wrong Now Playing: New York Times, Sat, 27 May 2006 9:26 AM PDT Topic: BUSINESS
For all the hand-wringing, there is immensely more classical music on
offer now than there was in what nostalgists think of as the golden era
of classics in America.
...LINK to complete story
Topic: BUSINESS
The Viola del Crocifisso was recovered by police in a barn outside Milan, Italy -- 26 years after it was stolen from outside the La Scala opera house....LINK
Thursday, 25 May 2006
Topic: BUSINESS
Pinchas Zukerman, music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, said in a radio interview that the NAC needs a new concert hall in downtown Ottawa, as the current location is too small, reports CBC News....LINK
Tuesday, 23 May 2006
Topic: BUSINESS
Musicians of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra ratified a five-year contract with the company that will restore pay cuts made during the previous contract.
...LINK
Thursday, 18 May 2006
Topic: BUSINESS
An anonymous buyer has shelled out 3.5 million dollars for a Stradivarius violin known as the "Hammer" ...LINK to complete story
Monday, 15 May 2006
Topic: BUSINESS
Christie's will auction the Stradivarius violin known as "The Hammer" tomorrow in New York, in a sale that could set a record for a musical instrument.
...LINK to complete story
Topic: BUSINESS
Conductors Marin Alsop and Mark Elder, mezzo Joyce DiDonato, and violinist Anthony Marwood were among those presented with Royal Philharmonic Society awards last night at a ceremony at London's Dorchester Hotel. ...LINK to complete story
Friday, 5 May 2006
BRIT Classical Awards Topic: BUSINESS
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has picked up two prizes at the annual Classical Brit Awards in London ...LINK to complete story
The Takacs Quartet, countertenor Andreas Scholl, tenor Placido Domingo, and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes won top prizes in the 2006 Classical Brit Awards, presented yesterday at a ceremony at London's Royal Albert Hall. ...LINK to complete story
Thursday, 27 April 2006
Topic: BUSINESS
The gloom merchants keep predicting the demise of the classical music industry. But, as the 112th Proms programme is launched, the season’s controller Nicholas Kenyon argues that the sector is still vital, innovative – and flourishing ...LINK to complete story
Wednesday, 26 April 2006
Topic: BUSINESS
Warner, EMI to Consider Merger (Again)
Two music majors to pick up where they left off six years ago.
Thursday, 20 April 2006
Topic: BUSINESS
Spotlight: The Yundi Li-Lang Lang 'Rivalry'; Cover Girl Anna Netrebko; a Classical Celebrity Encounter ...LINK to complete story
Tuesday, 18 April 2006
Topic: BUSINESS
In an article published in yesterday's Washington Post, influential critic Tim Page surveys some possible candidates for the National Symphony Orchestra's music director post and concludes that fans shouldn't set their sights too high. link to complete news story
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