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Canadian Music Companies Ask Government Not To Treat Streaming Like It’s Radio

Under those rules, streaming services that are not Canadian-owned and have more than CAD $25 million (approx. USD $18.5 million)  in revenue in Canada annually are required to pay 5% of that revenue into funds that subsidize Canadian content and creators. - Music Business Worldwide

This Poor Cellist’s Instrument Was Just Stolen For The Second Time

Ophélie Gaillard's 1737 Francesco Goffriller cello and antique bows were taken at knifepoint in 2018; the thief later returned them, smashing a car window nearby and leaving them inside. This week, a thief broke into her home — while she was there — and made off with the cello and bows. - The Strad

At Stake In Landmark Case: Can You Copyright A Rhythm?

Plaintiffs Clevie and Steely are seeking remuneration for a series of songs that not only sample “Fish Market,” but that interpolate or copy its rhythmic pattern and any of the derivative works that came after “Fish Market.” - Pitchfork

Why I’ve Reset Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” In 20th-Century Ireland

Annilese Miskimmon, English National Opera's artistic director and a native of Northern Ireland, sees enough similarities between the original story (a young 17th-century woman forced into a convent after bearing an out-of-wedlock child) and Ireland's now-notorious Magdalene laundries that the resetting makes perfect sense. - The Guardian

San Francisco Symphony Opening Night Gala Met With Protests About Budget Cuts

Elliott Encarnacion, a Chorus member and AGMA governor, accused the Symphony of “severely mishandling their funds,” particularly regarding the handling of the strike that forced the cancellation of Verdi’s Requiem last week. - San Francisco Chronicle

The Increasingly Hapless West Coast Orchestra And Its Puzzling Real Estate Dreams

The plan for a new recital hall is especially puzzling because, in addition to the building’s own Zellerbach facilities, the Civic Center area is flush with performance venues. - San Francisco Classical Voice

He Came To The Rescue For Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. Now He’s Its Music Director

Last fall, David Hayes stepped in as conductor on 48 hours' notice when then-music director Dirk Brossé ran into visa trouble. So the orchestra asked Hayes (who knows it and the city well) to succeed Brossé at the helm. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Why Have Pop Music Concert Ticket Prices Spiraled Up?

Overall, the average ticket price for the top 100 tours around the world was £101 last year, up from £82 in 2022, according to Pollstar, a trade publication that tracks the concert industry. - BBC

Who Thought It Was A Good Idea To Turn Garth Greenwell’s First Novel Into An Opera? Quite A Few People

First to get the idea was conductor Alan Pierson, a friend of Greenwell's since music-student days at Eastman. Pierson sent the book, What Belongs to You, to composer David T. Little, then they got tenor Karim Sulayman to star and choreographer Mark Morris to direct. - The New York Times

Inside Trimpin’s Sound World

“The kind of idea in my work with music dealing with three parameters — timbre, pitch, and time,” said Trimpin. “But my interest to give it a fourth dimension or parameter — adding space, movement, and motion. - San Francisco Classical Voice

How Do You Get Kids Into Classical Music? The “Wow Factor,” Says Charlotte Symphony’s Kwamé Ryan

Speaking of his own experiences as a child in 1970s Trinidad as well as conducting children's concerts at the BBC Proms in London and in North Carolina in the 2020s, Ryan says the secret is the same. - The Guardian

Why San Diego Symphony’s Concert Hall Needed That $125 Million Renovation

"Audience members had long complained about lousy acoustics under the balcony overhang and bad views from many seats. … Musicians coped with a backstage area that felt like a cramped obstacle course. … Guest performers had to walk out to steel catwalk stairs and down four floors from the artist entrance." - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

In Unanimous Vote, National Symphony Musicians Authorize Strike

"At the core of the dispute is what the union identifies as an unacceptable wage gap between NSO musicians and their peers in orchestras of similar size and stature, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic." - The Washington Post (MSN)

Canadian Pianist Wins Leeds International

Jaeden Izik-Dzurko took home the top prize, along with a cash award of roughly $54,000, following his final performance at St. George's Hall in Bradford, about 325 kilometres northwest of London, on Saturday. - CBC

On Leonard Cohen’s 90th Birthday, One Of His Most Important Collaborators Pays Tribute

“There could be no sweeter-sounding bird on the wire that leads back to Cohen’s 50-year legacy in music than Batalla, who along with Julie Christensen formed the duo that accompanied Cohen during his incredibly fruitful ‘I’m Your Man’ and ‘The Future' period.” - Variety

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