"But if you weren’t lucky enough to know somebody who knew the real story," she asks, "why would you know that? I didn't know that, until I was an adult. And that shifts your whole view of what we've been told about American music." - Variety
"The opening and closing nights will be led by Dalia Stasevska and Marin Alsop respectively. … Meanwhile, 11 of this year's 21 premieres are by female composers, … and a third of the festival's 84 concerts include works by women." - The Guardian
Universal Music sent letters to Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming platforms asking them to block AI platforms from sifting through their copyrighted material in order to train itself to compose. - Ludwig Van
Effective immediately, Alexander Shelley, a 43-year-old native Londoner who's also Principal Associate Conductor of that city's Royal Philharmonic, has been appointed artistic and music director of the Naples Philharmonic and Artis—Naples. He succeeds Andrey Boreyko, who stepped down last summer. - Naples (Fla.) Daily News
While Apple Music Classical is a step in the right direction, classical music’s streaming problem will not be so easily solved. - MusicBusiness Worldwide
Gelb: "It's not contemporary opera. It's the right contemporary opera." YNS: "Now, composers are more aware of how to appeal to audiences. It's not about tonal versus atonal. It's larger than this." Gelb: "To find the right balance (of contemporary and classic operas), we have to experiment." - The New York Times
First appearing in February 2022 amid a surge of games that used the format of Wordle, which the New York Times bought in January of that year, Heardle plays fleeting moments of a song and challenges users to see how quickly they can guess it. - Toronto Star
We are a long way from understanding the ramifications of having it all available at the click of a button. Still, music will survive. After all, there was plenty of music before Caruso sold a million records in 1903. If the music industry only lasted a century, so be it. - The Nation
That is to say, "the former Beatle debuts on two of Billboard’s dance charts with a new single titled 'Say Say Say'" - his first time on the dance charts in his entire career. - Forbes
Thanks to the Japanese band Radwimps, anime director Makoto Shinkai has made changes to movie narratives - and won over a lot of new fans to the genre. - The New York Times
Traditional channels such as radio and gigging still matter, but the explosive growth of TikTok in particular has given it a disproportionate power over the industry. - The Guardian
“They made a big deal out of supporting the Ukrainians but when it came to giving them visas to play in the UK, they didn’t want to know." - The Guardian
We couldn’t ignore that there were more mental health problems among people who play musical instruments and among people who reach higher levels of music engagement. I wanted to see if it was because they were engaged in music, or because they were born with a package. - Van
"Since 2011, Gianandrea Noseda has quietly amassed an impressive collection of string instruments, and since 2019, he's been covertly feeding those instruments into the orchestra. Currently, eight of Noseda's secret stash are in the hands of NSO players – seven violins and one viola." - MSN (The Washington Post)
