By ANDREW POWELL Published: October 31, 2014 SALZBURG — Alexander Pereira is now gone from the main festival here, and two tenuous summers are in the offing before Markus Hinterhäuser replaces him as Intendant in 2017. His exit, under a cloud, ends a budget tempest but threatens reversals of worthy initiatives he took: lengthening the […]
Read the rest of this article »By Sedgwick Clark That’s a deliberately provocative question, of course. But when the best one can say about Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala is that the scaffolding has been removed after three years, there’s a problem. The building’s elegant façade, glistening proudly in its new exterior lighting, looks simply gorgeous. It’s a necessary reminder that […]
Read the rest of this article »By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I’m dealing with a presenter who wants to cancel two weeks out due to poor ticket sales. While it’s not a huge engagement fee, my artist has already contracted its performers and paid out expenses for the date as its part of a bigger tour. […]
Read the rest of this article »Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors interview international prize-winning pianists (and husband-and-wife) Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee, founders of the concert series Music by the Glass. Kate and Ran discuss their reasons for wanting to be a not-for-profit organization. They explain, step-by-step, how and why they came to their decision and why it seemed […]
Read the rest of this article »By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: My artist has an O-1 visa which expires in April 2015. We want to add a new engagement in May 2015. Can we just file for a “visa extension” or do we have to file a whole new petition? Your question contains the implication that […]
Read the rest of this article »Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors interview Elizabeth Weisser, violist and Alex Lipowski, percussionist, of Talea Ensemble. Committed to promoting new, groundbreaking music by commissioning and programming progressive works, Talea Ensemble allows audiences to gain exposure to new composers and to explore cutting edge music. Percussionist Alex Lipowski is the Executive Director and […]
Read the rest of this article »By James Conlon The following post is adapted from James Conlon’s Keynote Address at the symposium “Music, Censorship and Meaning in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union: Echoes and Consequences” on August 9, 2014 presented by the Ziering-Conlon Initiative at the Colburn school with the cooperation of the Orel Foundation. A public cannot clamor for […]
Read the rest of this article »Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson of Noted Endeavors interview Matthew Duvall and Lisa Kaplan of the acclaimed new music ensemble, eighth blackbird. Combining “the finesse of a string quartet and the energy of a rock band,” this ensemble will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2015. The three-time Grammy Award-winning group commissions new works from composers […]
Read the rest of this article »By Rebecca Schmid “This is not a minimalist piece,” announced Cameron Carpenter in onstage discussion of Terry Riley’s At the Royal Majestic, an organ concerto which made its German premiere with the Deutsches-Symphonie Orchester Berlin (DSO) at the Philharmonie on Oct.9. His feet laced up in knee-high converse sneakers, Carpenter proceeded to play an excerpt […]
Read the rest of this article »Helene Davis, of Helene Davis PR, was good enough to send this short film, featuring Ashley Laracey and Harrison Coll in an excerpt from Dear and Blackbirds by Troy Schumacher. The excerpt appears to be shot in Colorado, or thereabouts… Ah, mountains, prairie and dark cumulous clouds. The statuesque dancers’ serious yet delicate interchanges mysteriously harmonize with the monumental landscape.
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