"As well as composing, he has done important work as a conductor (of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw amongst others), teacher (his students include Georg Friedrich Haas), musicologist (creating a complete edition of Berg's Lulu) and administrator (Founding Director, in 1958, of the new music ensemble die reihe). - Gramophone
It seems Pensacola Christian College, where the group had sung before without incident, got wind that some members of the sextet are gay. The Singers say, "This is the first time that anything other than bad weather, the pandemic, or war has caused a cancellation in our 55-year history." - Musical America
On Saturday, enraged at her harsh review of his new piece In the Dutch Mountains (get it?), Hannover State Opera ballet director Marco Goecke yelled at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung critic Wiebke Hüster and smeared her face with feces. The theater has barred him from the premises. - The Daily Beast
"The ticketing systems of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. remained hobbled for a fifth day Monday following a cyber attack that struck last week. The arts group was able to set up a temporary website portal Feb. 12 with tickets available for some concerts." - The Philadelphia Inquirer
The expansion of short-term rentals has been pricing out Edinburgh residents for years. But the cost of accommodation for festival performers and visitors has soared even more quickly. "Audiences outside of the wealthy, and young audiences in particular," warn the venues, "will be excluded and the Fringe will wither away." - The Scotsman
"Every single available ticket to see the Rijksmuseum's Johannes Vermeer retrospective is already gone, the Amsterdam institution said over the weekend, dashing the hopes of many far and wide who had hoped to see the unprecedented show." - ARTnews
Of course, every Dickinson poem reflects her intention to create meaning. When ChatGPT puts words together, it does not intend anything. Some argue that writings by LLMs therefore have no meaning, only the appearance of it. - Washington Post
It’s clear that despite her status, in purely commercial terms Beyoncé is not a dominating presence in the music industry, with many artists selling and streaming at considerably higher levels. - The Conversation
Music, ephemeral in its power over our emotions, is a notoriously demanding discipline, so this film presents exciting possibilities for an exploration of the dark sides of the “cult of genius.” - The Conversation
Forty years ago, Peter Brooks produced a pathbreaking study, Reading for the Plot, which was part of the so-called narrative turn in literary criticism. Narratology, as it became known, spread swiftly to other disciplines: law, psychology, philosophy, religion, anthropology and so on. - London Review of Books
There will always be a need for genuine community and human connection, which can be aided by tools like this. We see chatbots being used in fun and innovative ways to complement community and human connection — not replace it.” - The Verge
Freedom of expression is a hot potato—freedom for whom and for what, and who decides? The last English writer before the late 20th century to have totally free rein was Geoffrey Chaucer. Few then could read, and books were hand-lettered and very expensive. - The Atlantic
Learning to write is about more than learning to write. For one thing, it’s about learning to turn a loose assemblage of thoughts into a clear line of reasoning—a skill that is useful for everyone, not just those who enjoy writing or need to do a lot of it for work. - The Atlantic
There is growing evidence from neuroscience and careful experiments that the United States has adopted reading strategies that just don’t work very well and that we haven’t relied enough on a simple starting point — helping kids learn to sound out words with phonics. - The New York Times
The defection of Gustavo Dudamel from L.A. to conduct the New York Philharmonic reflects more than a switch in energy and show business muscle; the Venezuela-born conductor, many feel, also embodies inclusion at an inspirational level. - Deadline
