Thomas Søndergård Makes His Mark On The Minnesota Orchestra
Since succeeding Osmo Vänskä as music director in the fall of 2023, he has shown a flair for programming, thrown himself into community engagement...
For Musicians, How Old Is Too Old?
Since the elimination of mandatory retirement in symphony orchestras and with union protections making it difficult to fire older players, many orchestras include members...
Controversy Over Two Oscar Contenders’ Use Of AI On Actors’ Voices
The re-recording mixer for Emilia Pérez said that AI software was used to extend the vocal range of star Karla Sofía Gascón to reach...
Why Scotland’s Government And Its Arts Funding Agency Are Like A “Dysfunctional Divorcing Couple”
Alan Cumming, who made the comparison, provides a good example: he was hired in September to run the Pitlochry Festival Theatre and "invite the...
KERA, Dallas’s Public Radio & TV Outlet, Announces $100 Million Expansion
"The station, which began broadcasting on television in 1960 and recently celebrated its 50th anniversary in radio, is expected to move out of its...
The British Museum And Its 8 Million Objects, 6 Million Annual Visitors, Hundreds Of...
"It is a sprawling, chaotic reflection of Britain’s psyche over 300 years: its voracious curiosity and cultural relativism; its pugnacious superiority complex; its restless...
Large Ancient Bathhouse/Spa Uncovered In Pompeii
"The newly unearthed spa complex comprises the classic Roman trio of thermal rooms — calidarium (hot), tepidarium (warm), and frigidarium (cold) — alongside a...
Britain Should Offer Tax Deductions For Corporate Arts Philanthropy As France Does
"Introduced in 2003 by then culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon, this policy incentivises corporate philanthropy for arts and charities by offering a 60 per cent...
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer, 95
"The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and children’s book author was one of the most humorously neurotic literary voices of his generation. … (He)...
We’ve Always Been Worried About Distraction (So What’s The Crisis?)
Haven’t critics freaked out about the brain-scrambling power of everything from pianofortes to brightly colored posters? Isn’t there, in fact, a long section in...
CEO Of Music AI Company: Making Music The Traditional Way Sucks
“It’s not really enjoyable to make music now. It takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of practice, you need to get...
Warning: Hollywood Screen Music Production Is Endangered
Los Angeles is facing a loss of artists, producers and executives ranging from sound to visual effects. Musicians, and the players behind them, are a...
Is Netflix Deliberately Dumbing Down TV For The Internet Generation?
Is it inherently bad to cater to people who may prefer their viewing on the more casual side? Is it snobbery to believe that...
Classical Music’s Identity Crisis: Political Music Under Biden
Classical music has long been wandering in the desert of its own identity crisis, and 2016 was an unexpected checkpoint. Overnight, it seemed that...
Data’s In: What And How We Read Last Year
About 63 percent of us read at least one book last year, an improvement from the 54 percent we saw in 2023.Other sources don’t...
Study: LLM AI’s Aren’t Very Good At History Yet
“The main takeaway from this study is that LLMs, while impressive, still lack the depth of understanding required for advanced history. They’re great for...
Is The TikTok Battle A Chance To Reimagine How The Internet Works?
Broadly, Project Liberty is part of the movement toward a decentralized social Internet, where no single network controls users’ data and users can instead...
The Director Claims His Movie About The Munich Olympics Isn’t Political
But not everyone agrees. “Workers at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema collected just over 1,000 signatures in an ongoing petition requesting the theatre chain pull the...
Naomi Watts Was Once Told That She’d Be Finished Acting Once She Turned 40
"Now 56, she is fresh off a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Babe Paley in Feud: Capote vs. the Swans. In March,...
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Who Choreographed Footloose And Brought Dance To A Wide Audience, Has Died...
The choreographer of exuberant musicals said, “My goal as a dancer and choreographer is to be understood. … Dance should not be a cerebral...
Andrew Lloyd Webber Will Teach These Soccer Fans To Sing Opera
No, this is not The Onion: “A group of Bradford City fans will go from singing on the terraces to performing as a choir...
The Thriving Publishing Renaissance In Africa
The continent doesn’t need the West to “discover” writers. Instead, “a radical shift is underway, transforming the region’s literary landscape from within and opening...
Without Reality TV, We’d Never Have Arrived At Today’s Inauguration
“The idea that blandly macho host would become one of the most influential figures in American life would have seemed as ridiculous as,...
How Did Popcorn Become Such A Movie Staple?
You can praise (or blame) a saleswoman in Kansas City who "built a concession empire in the middle of the Great Depression.” - and...
Playwright, Director, And Composer Claire Van Kampen Has Died At 71
Van Kampen, married to actor Mark Rylance, not only "was the first female musical director at both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National...
