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Here’s The Story Of That Other Classical Music Organization In San Antonio

Over the past few years, as the San Antonio Symphony slowly fell apart and the new San Antonio Philharmonic was born, firefighter-turned-administrator Paul Montalvo has gradually built the Classical Music Institute, whose chamber orchestra quickly grabbed the contract to accompany opera and ballet when the Symphony closed. - San Antonio Report

A City’s Nearly 40 Public Sculptures Get Their Yearly Baths

"Zach Tatti, an art conservator, (has) made his annual trek to Philadelphia to clean and restore sculptures throughout the city. It's been a tradition for Tatti's family business since the 1980s, through an agreement with his father, Steve, and the (city's) Association for Public Art." - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

The Resurrected MoviePass Has Now Launched Across The U.S.

"(The $10-monthly) Basic level gets you one to three movies a month. ... A $40 Pro account will get 30 movies a month — (roughly) a movie a day, depending on the month. The company says its $20 tier is the most popular, at three to seven a month." - TechCrunch

Broadway’s “Here Lies Love” Plans To Use Recorded Instrumentals. The Musicians’ Union Says That’s Breach Of Contract.

The producers say the immersive musical, about Imelda Marcos, is based in karaoke (near-mandatory for Philippine politicians) and that recorded instrumental tracks are integral to the show's concept. The AFM says the contract with the theater the show's playing in requires 19 musicians, period. - The New York Times

Ex-Staffer Leads Lawsuit Against Met Opera Over Last Year’s Computer System Hack

"The Metropolitan Opera failed to properly safeguard the credit card numbers and other personal information of more than 45,000 patrons and employees compromised in a massive computer hack during 2022, says a class action lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court." - New York Daily News

Bookstores, Publishers, And Libraries Join Together To Sue Arkansas Over Law That Could Criminalize Librarians

"Seventeen plaintiffs — including the ALA's Freedom to Read Foundation, the Association of American Publishers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Authors Guild — will file a federal lawsuit over a recently passed law in Arkansas ... which exposes librarians to criminal liability for making allegedly 'obscene' books available to minors." - Publishers Weekly

Composer Hans Pfitzner — Lessons From A Conservative Artist In A Time Of Enormous Change

It was an era of artistic manifestos, and in 1917 Pfitzner outlined his views in a pamphlet titled The Danger of the Futurists. It was written as a reply to Ferruccio Busoni, who argued in a futurist spirit that music should be liberated from all rules and conventions. - New Criterion

The Inexplicable Survival Of The Guinness Book Of Records

Even now, in the age of YouTube and TikTok, when you can catapult yourself into fame, riches and recognition for feats of all kinds with nothing more complicated than your phone, the Guinness Book of Records continues, somewhat incredibly, to exist.  - The Guardian

Vandals Who Attacked Degas In DC’s National Gallery Are Charged

If convicted, Martin and Smith face a maximum sentence of five years in prison as well as a fine of up to $250,000. - ARTnews

One Of Van Gogh’s Last Paintings Has Gone Missing (We Think)

For a century after van Gogh gathered flowers and placed them in an earthen vase to paint, the artwork’s provenance could be easily traced, and the piece was often exhibited in museums for visitors to admire. Now the painting has vanished from public view, its whereabouts unknown. - The New York Times

The Latest Young Star Conductor

Things are happening quickly — Thomas Guggeis starts as the general music director of the Frankfurt Opera this fall — but he is trying to maintain a steady development that some of his peers have abandoned in favor of peripatetic celebrity. - The New York Times

Using Medieval Tools And Techniques To Rebuild Notre-Dame’s Medieval Roof

"The use of hand tools to rebuild the roof that flames turned into ashes in 2019 is a deliberate, considered choice, especially since power tools would undoubtedly have done the work more quickly. The aim is … to ensure that the centuries-old art of hand-fashioning wood lives on." - AP

Technology’s Vision For An AI-Driven Hollywood

Tech industry players have been selling the promise of a future in which AI is an essential tool for every part of Hollywood production, from budgeting and concept art, to script development, to producing a first cut of a feature film with a single press of a button. - The Guardian

In Lagos, Making Classical Genuinely Nigerian

"At a Lagos cultural centre, a rapt audience listened to baritone John Onosolease perform an operatic song in the Yoruba language about a hapless soldier being admonished for his failure to cook a flavoursome dish of beans." - Reuters

The First AI-Generated Dance

Now it’s ballet’s turn, and a subversive new performance will become the world’s first AI ballet, using generative AI to inspire all aspects of the composition; from the concept to the score and the set design. - Wallpaper

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