The members are asking for their salaries to return to pre-COVID level. According to reports, the Royal Opera House orchestra was asked to make a number of concessions during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to keep the company afloat whilst live performances were halted for public health reasons. - OperaWire
"So" — who begins his term in the fall of 2024 — "isn't a stranger to New Haven. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he attended Yale as an undergraduate, where he studied literature, founded an orchestra and conducted the undergraduate opera company." - New Haven Independent
"It is the embodiment of a set of feelings about the world that are so richly specified in each case as to amount to something like a set of proposals about what a body can be, about how it can move and how or why it might seek expression.” - The Atlantic
Hong Kong officials seem to fear it can, as they are seeking an injunction against a protest anthem called “Glory to Hong Kong.” Officials have asked a court to ban the song from being performed, broadcast, distributed, displayed, sold, printed or published by any means and on any platform. - Washington Post
"Dan Harden's proposal, called the Ravenchord, is shaped like a bird's wing, with strings fanning out from the center. In concert, a pianist would sit in front of the piano facing the audience; viewers would get to see the inner workings of the instrument as the pianist plays." - Fast Company
Pantos joined the summer opera festival as president in February of 2022 — with longtime company chief Pelham Pearce remaining as artistic director. But Pearce resigned abruptly as last summer's season began, and late last year a bitter dispute broke out between management and the musicians' union AGMA. - The Colorado Sun
"The head of Opera Holland Park, James Clutton, … approached Jonathan Dove to compose the music and Alasdair Middleton to write the libretto. The result is (and you can trust me on this) astonishing. An opera that is a thriller is a rare beast." - The Guardian
The Cornwall Youth Noise Orchestra is the brainchild of Matt Ashdown and Liz Howell of Moogie Wonderland, which began as a club night and now bills itself as “a participatory arts organisation”. - The Guardian
Alex Mubert's vision is of an app that will allow people to easily experiment and create music on their own. Because of licensing complications — i.e. AI-generated music does not fall under conventional copyright rules — the music people create using Mubert cannot be released on Spotify or other streamers. - Ludwig Van
From the mid-1950s to the end of the 1960s, Klemperer was among the most prolific conductors on record. Yet around 1950 everyone thought he was finished. His story, thanks to daughter Lotte, is one of the most remarkable music resurrections. - The Critic
"Carnegie Hall's initiative to train the next generation turned 10 this year. After arriving July 1 for intensive instruction ... at suburban Purchase College, performers gathered at America's premier concert hall to play for conductor Andrew Davis in a 2,800-seat auditorium filled with many family members and friends." - AP
Go to any online sales site and you'll find dozens of ads for free pianos — mostly large wooden upright instruments that are around a hundred years old. Some people will even pay you to take their piano. - CBC
"(She's) never played a live gig and is unknown to the music industry. But every day since 2017, Harriet Goldberg's jazzy instrumental, 'My Time to Fly,' has been served up to countless callers put on hold by the customer service lines of businesses large and small." - The New York Times
“To deny tenure to such a gifted musician on the basis of some unsubstantial and, frankly, unconvincing reasons seems highly suspect. Any shortcomings in the ‘management and organization’ area would need to be really egregious to justify such a decision.” - The Pitch KC
