Mahler and Beethoven left several tantalizing blueprints of their 10th Symphonies behind. Now, computer scientists are developing algorithms for artificial intelligence (AI) to lift the “curse of the ninth” and complete the unfinished works of these classical masters. - Mental Floss
An experienced stage director as well as a renowned administrator, Audi doesn’t just work on grand strategy and schmooze with donors. He also gets into the details of craft, closely overseeing rehearsals. - The New York Times
The big-firm plaintiffs' brief accuses the Internet Archive of "mass-scale copyright infringement" and giving away "full-text digital bootlegs for free." (The Archive's Open Library does the same limited-time lending that public libraries do.) The companies seem really to want to legally establish ebooks as completely different from print books. - The Nation
When you’ve basically got as many subscribers as you can currently, you need your competitors (linear TV, YouTube, TikTok, the great outdoors, etc.) to do worse. So yes, of course, Hastings wants linear TV to kick the bucket. - The Verge
"The award-winning British comedian Tom Parry ... led facilitators in Athens and Lesbos in teaching the infamously nerve-racking art of standup comedy. Speaking to migrants and non-migrants alike, he told them over Zoom that 'you don't need to be funny, you just have to be interesting'." - The Guardian
Greg Lundgren said that he heard “loud and clear” that the exhibition was not the way to have a conversation “around art, wealth and the future cultural landscape of our city” and that “big tech should not be viewed as the underwriters of our future health and vibrancy.” - Geekwire
In number of subscribers, Vox is fourth, behind the BBC, ABC News, and CNN. But in average number of views per video, Vox racks up more than 2 million, four times the tally of the runner-up, The Economist (and more than 14 times that of Fox News). - Press Gazette (UK)
"That beauty is subjective and all of our interests are conflicted. What if we replaced this arbitrary system that we pretend is rational, with a true lottery? One that embraces the chaos of distributing a small pool of resources to a vast ocean of creativity." - The Big Idea (New Zealand)
“They don't care if Kate Bush was big 30 years ago, they're just like, this is the first time we've heard this and it's dope. They don’t care if they’re listening to Debussy, or Max Richter, or John Williams, and they don't care what year it’s from. - ClassicFM
Popular new opera? Well, yes: the Met did four main-stage contemporary works just last season. (Also, we're talking the likes of Jake Heggie, not Harrison Birtwistle.) Here are readers' top choices, from Kaija Saariaho's L'Amour de loin (2000) to Tobias Picker's Awakenings (2022). - San Francisco Classical Voice
Archaeologists have announced that they've discovered rock layers from the quarry whose granite was used to build the Byzantine Emperor Constantine's original church in the 4th century CE. Some loose pieces from the church's original mosaics have also been found. - Hyperallergic
The 17th-century Shah Mosque in Isfahan, widely considered one of the country's most beautiful buildings, has suffered damage to the tiling and shape of its dome, likely due to the weight of the scaffolding erected around it for the restoration project. - Yahoo! (AFP)
Last week, when Panahi went to Tehran's Evin Prison to inquire about a colleague who'd just been arrested, he was taken into custody himself and ordered to serve a six-year sentence for "propaganda against the system" that he had received following the mass protests after the disputed 2009 election. - BBC
"The new role is slated to begin in the 2025/2026 season. Assuming (he) isn't renewing his contract with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, he is scheduled to end his tenure (there) in 2025. The Spanish dynamo (recently) completed his second season as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra." - Ludwig Van
