Deborah Borda On Her Life In Music
"Decades ago, I was offered and accepted the top post at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; then Lorin Maazel, its music director, objected, saying that a woman...
This Year’s Theatre Olympics Are Especially Fraught, Shot Through With Europe’s War And Tensions
"At the heart of the 10th festival stands the divisive figure of Attila Vidnyánszky, artistic director of the Theatre Olympics and director of the...
Japan’s Hot Young Kabuki Prodigy Is … French
This may be surprising in a genre that's both deeply Japanese and family-based — but it's less surprising than you might think. Maholo Terajima...
Why Are More And More Americans Watching TV — Even When It’s In English...
It drives writer Devin Gordon nuts, but he learns that people have good reasons for doing it. (At least one of those reasons is...
The Australian Ballet’s Dancers Are Preparing For A Strike
"The sticking point is management’s refusal to maintain a clause in the dancers' contract that guarantees pay will keep pace with inflation, a guarantee...
Mike Bloomberg Gave $130 Million To Get The Ground Zero Performing Arts Center Finished
It's called the Perelman Performing Arts Center because Ron Perelman gave the $75 million that finally got the building started in 2016, but the...
Pianist George Winston, 73
"Selling more than 15 million albums worldwide, Winston became synonymous with a distinctive, highly imitated flavor of solo piano: warm, melodic and pastoral. His...
West Virginia Symphony Appoints A New Music Director
Maurice Cohn, a 27-year-old native of rural Illinois and an Oberlin graduate who's currently assistant conductor (to Fabio Luisi) at the Dallas Symphony, begins...
AI Is Going To Change Music. Until Then, We Have Issues…
“How do you search? Who are the creators? How do you attribute labels to them? What do those revenue splits look like?” he says....
The Problem With Thinking About Misinformation As A Virus
We do not actually have an immune system for misinformation, and there is good reason for this. Unlike viruses, there is nothing inherent in...
Quiet Tragedy: Sale Of The Whitney Breuer Building To Sotheby’s
There is an important difference between a building that is “open to the public” and a public building, and that distinction may explain the...
Annie Ernaux: Winning The Nobel Ruined Me
“So I’m going to be brutal and say that I obtained a prize I never wanted. The Nobel prize fell upon me. It fell...
Measuring “Wellbeing” After Visiting A Museum
According to the final technical report, more than 95% of participants reported some benefits to their well-being after visiting a museum and 85% indicated positive...
When Adrienne Kennedy Turned John Lennon’s Book Into A Play For Olivier’s National Theatre
The Black American playwright was inspired to adapt Lennon's In His Own Write by her son's Beatlemania. To her initial surprise, Kenneth Tynan picked...
Sorting Out What The Research Says On The Benefits Of Music On The Brain
In recent decades, numerous studies have shown that kids who study music outperform their peers in a variety of realms. The problem is it is...
Insults Through History (They’ve Changed Less Than You Might Think)
"Despite the different time periods and languages used, the content of insults hasn't evolved: They're still highly personal barbs about people's courage (or lack...
How Actors’ AI-Generated “Digital Doubles” Are Already Being Used
"So are we on the cusp of major studios forcing Meryl Streep into a sequel by casting her digital double? Not quite. It's not...
The Artists Rebuilding Beirut
The Lebanese creative scene has never been more prosperous and vibrant: it has kept on blooming like an unlikely flower on a volcano’s crater....
“Nobody Dances In Prison.” But In This One, They Do.
Dance is far rarer than other art forms in prison arts programs: it "goes against prison-culture codes of masculine behavior." But two inmates decided...
Italian Court Rules Against Magazine For Using Image Of Michelangelo’s David Without Permission
An Italian court has ruled in favor of Florence’s Gallerie dell’Accademia in its lawsuit against the publishing house Edizioni Conde Nast, which used an...
A Safeway Blasted Classical Music At Top Volume Nonstop For Days, Driving The Neighbors...
A Safeway in San Francisco has been playing classical music from a speaker in a parking lot security tower for months in order to...
The Job Of A Museum Director Has Changed Enormously
In addition to knowing art history and being a good administrator and fundraiser, a museum director these days may have to address diversifying her...
London’s Donmar Warehouse Names A New Artistic Director
"Tim Sheader …, who currently runs Regent's Park Open Air theatre, will take over from Michael Longhurst in March 2024 and will also be...
A Big, Multicolored Outdoor Artwork Near San Francisco Bay Has Vanished
"A colorful collection of wooden slats woven into a fence along the Richmond Parkway near the Chevron refinery, titled 'Fencelines: A Collective Monument to...
Lincoln Center Plans To Renovate Its Western Edge So It No Longer Looks Like...
The Amsterdam Avenue façade of the campus has always seemed sterile and forbidding, the tall, blank walls of the building giving the feeling of...
