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Gramophone Awards 2023: Fabio Luisi’s Nielsen Symphonies Named Record Of The Year
The DG recording of Nielsen's 4th and 5th with the Danish National Symphony also took the Orchestral award; among other winners are the London...
Playwright/Author Jon Fosse Wins 2023 Nobel Prize For Literature
The committee awarded the 11 million Swedish kronor ($1 million) prize for the 64-year-old Norwegian writer's "innovative plays and prose, which give voice to...
The Guys Behind One Of The Funniest Movies Ever Made Share Some Oral History
David Zucker: "We saw what was out there at the time, Woody Allen and Mel Brooks, and they were great, and we thought we...
Conductor Gianandrea Noseda’s “Conceptual Virtuosity”
"In general, Noseda is a servant of the ‘big idea’ – overarching themes that unify a series of concerts, galvanise audiences, empower musicians and...
Pritzker Winner Shigeru Ban Designs Temporary Shelter For Victims Of Morocco Earthquake
"The structure is the latest iteration of Ban's Paper Log House model, which he developed as a quick-to-construct and affordable shelter for victims of...
Why Ruth Essel Founded The Pointe Black Ballet School Of London
She said she was motivated to create what she calls a "safe space" for young Black dancers because "when she was a child, teachers...
National Theatre Wales Says It Will Close In Six Months If Its 100% Funding...
In an overhaul of its priorities last month, Arts Council of Wales (the national funder) eliminated its entire £1.6 million annual grant to the...
After More Than 140 Years Of Construction, Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia In Barcelona Is Nearly...
Well, that depends on what exactly one means by "nearly." And, for that matter, what exactly one means by "finished." - The New York...
Will Banksy’s Identity Finally Be Revealed — Thanks To A Greeting Card Company?
"British greeting card company Full Colour Black and its owner Andrew Gallagher have filed a libel claim against anonymous artist Banksy in the Queen’s...
Malcolm Gladwell’s Podcasting Company Lays Off Almost A Third Of Its Staff
"Pushkin Industries is laying off over 30% of its staff and shaking up its leadership team as the broader podcast industry continues to recalibrate...
Chicago Performing Arts Venues, Still Struggling, Ask The City For A New Stream Of...
"Claire Rice, executive director of Arts Alliance Illinois, ... is asking (Mayor) Johnson to tap the city’s corporate fund for nearly 35% of the...
James Jorden, Opera Critic And Founder Of The Blog Parterre Box, Is Dead At...
He went from self-publishing a renegade gay-oriented opera fanzine, mimeographed and distributed by hand to — under the identity La Cieca — operating what...
National Book Awards Finalists For 2023
The five nominees each for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people's literature, and literature in translation were revealed on Tuesday. Winners will be announced at...
“The Miller’s Daughter And The Deadbeat Dad” — A Deep Dive Into “Rumpelstiltskin”
"There is plenty to uncover in this fairy-tale-noir story of illicit sex, betrayal, obsession, and suicide, but you have to believe it is worth...
What Do You Get When You Cross African Dance With Arab Dabke?
Palestinian choreographer Sharaf DarZaid decided to find out after befriending a Cameroonian dancer while studying in Paris. Now he performs and teaches Afro-Dabke in...
One of Turkey’s Major Film Festivals Is Canceled After Directors And Jury Protest The...
"'I regret to inform filmgoers that we canceled this year’s Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival… due to events beyond our control,' Muhittin Bocek, Antalya’s...
One Of Russia’s Greatest Living Stage Directors Found Himself Marooned In The US. He...
Dmitri Krymov had nine different shows running in Moscow when he left for Philadelphia to stage The Cherry Orchard. Then Putin invaded Ukraine, and...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Says That Social Media-Driven Sanctimony Is Stifling Today’s Literature
"You can see that even in the small space of a workshop — I constantly have to say to people, 'It’s okay. You can...
Pianist Russell Sherman, 93
"(He) was a pianist of arresting insight, majestic technique, and transfiguring grace. In his prime, he was compared with 20th-century luminaries such as Maurizio...
NFL Game Radio Broadcasts Dominate Audience Figures Like They Do On Television
"New data from Nielsen shows that NFL games broadcast on the radio attract audiences so large that they outperform the top-rated stations in many...
Chicago’s Arts Scene, Post-Pandemic, Is In Genuine “Crisis,” Says New Research Report
"The findings paint a picture of a cultural arts landscape plagued by: dwindling audiences and subscriptions; increased costs and shrinking budgets; declines in private...
“It Was Probably One Of The Most Stressful Work Experiences I’ve Ever Had”: Allegations...
"In roughly 20 interviews with the Globe, former museum employees and board members described a stressful workplace, characterizing (director Matthias) Waschek as an 'intimidating'...
Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Reject Management’s Contract Offer; Strike Is Possible
"A union official said that it would seek continued intervention by a federal mediator and continue negotiations, but that a strike was possible. In...
Ed Fancher, Co-Founder Of The Village Voice, Is Dead At 100
"(He started) the nationally known alternative weekly newspaper with two partners" — editor Dan Wolf and writer Norman Mailer, who stormed off after a...
This Promising African Novelist’s Career Evaporated When He Was Accused Of Plagiarism. But Is...
Yambo Ouologuem insisted he had done nothing wrong in writing his 1968 novel Le Devoir de violence (Bound to Violence). But he refused to...
