Tim Greiving: “As the recipient of those quotes, I want to try and clear it up. … It’s true that he said to me, ‘I never liked film music very much.’ … In that particular conversation he was specifically talking about the complicated role of putting film music on a concert program.” - The Hollywood Reporter
"No Suno output contains anything like a ‘sample’ from a recording in the training set, so no Suno output can infringe the rights in anything in the training set, as a matter of law.” - Music Business Worldwide
Julian Wachner, who established Trinity Church Wall Street as a dynamic force in New York’s classical music scene, only to be dismissed following an investigation into sexual misconduct, admitted to Indianapolis police that he had downloaded child sex abuse material, though he pled not guilty to charges. - Indianapolis Star
“Film music, however good it can be – and it usually isn’t, other than maybe an eight-minute stretch here and there … The music isn’t there. … Just the idea that film music has the same place in the concert hall as the best music in the canon is a mistaken notion, I think.” - The Guardian
“Over the course of his tenure, Abrams has transformed the mission of the Louisville Orchestra, molding it into what he describes as a ‘public service institution.’” - The Violin Channel
Mr. Gelb undermined his focus on new works with a comically misguided guest essay for The New York Times that managed to antagonize every remaining American classical music critic and informed opera lover. - Parterre
In 2001, thanks to foot-and-mouth disease, “the Rothbury Highland pipe band embarked on a tour of the Coquet Valley in Northumberland.” And they haven’t ever stopped. - The Guardian (UK)
Notably, the researchers found that the ongoing debate about copyright in AI-generated music is one of the major reasons why some artists are creating datasets from their own music for AI to play with. - Music Business Worldwide
Michael Andor Brodeur: “Self-reflection on the matter leads me to believe that my allergy to concert-hall disruption is a direct product of my own anxieties, and the lengths I’ve gone to manage them in service of etiquette. … (Increasingly) I find my frustration sharing an armrest with an unlikely companion, compassion.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
The 38-year-old native of Verona is currently chief conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic and, as of the start of 2025, music director of Turin’s Teatro Regio. He will keep those jobs as he spends three months each season in Sydney and Melbourne starting in 2026. - Moto Perpetuo
That’s a big worry for musicians as well as luthiers, and not just because the supply of wood could dry up. Touring musicians could wind up having to show paperwork demonstrating a bow’s provenance every time they cross a border, whether the bow was made 200 years or two months ago. - The Strad
