Archive for September, 2017
Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
Just a quick update for those of you wondering about the arts implications of the revised travel ban: Aside from adding North Korea and Venezuela (with the latter not actually be a “real” ban) to the list, everything else is pretty much the same as it was…with everyone in the world regardless of citizenship continuing […]
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Posted in Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Visas | Comments Off on The impact of Trump’s revised travel ban won’t have much impact on the arts!
Sunday, September 24th, 2017
By ANDREW POWELL Published: September 24, 2017 MUNICH — He had to abandon his Munich Philharmonic cycle, a cosmic Fifth being one of its relics, but Christian Thielemann’s Dresden cycle* of the numbered Bruckner symphonies has progressed smoothly to near completion, and with video. Oddly parts of it have been filmed here at the Gasteig […]
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Tags: Anton Bruckner, Bell’Arte, Bruch, C Major, Christian Thielemann, Dresden Staatskapelle, DVD, Gasteig, Münchner Philharmoniker, Munich Philharmonic, Nikolaj Znaider, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Stiftsbasilika St Florian, Valery Gergiev
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2017
By ANDREW POWELL Published: September 23, 2017 BREGENZ — Post is under revision. Photos © Bregenzer Festspiele Related posts: Nitrates In the Canapés Harteros Warms to Tosca Nézet-Séguin: Hit, Miss On Wenlock Edge with MPhil Wagner, Duke of Erl
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Tags: Andrew Foster-Williams, Bregenz, Bregenzer Festspielchor, Bregenzer Festspiele, Es Devlin, Festspielhaus Bregenz, Franck, Georges Bizet, Gérard Korsten, Jordan de Souza, Kasper Holten, Kinderchor der Musik-Mittelschule Bregenz, Lena Belkina, Martin Muehle, Mélissa Petit, Messiaen, Paweł Zalejski, Piotr Szumieł, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Seebühne, Sinfonia concertante, Symphonie-Orchester Vorarlberg, Un sourire, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2017
By ANDREW POWELL Published: September 19, 2017 ELMAU — His website left the program as vague as “Beethoven and Shostakovich” right up until the recital, but Igor Levit knew exactly what he wanted to do Aug. 14 in the timber-framed auditorium of this isolated castle-spa below the Wettersteinwand. An aural onslaught was in the offing. […]
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Tags: Beethoven, Elmau, Igor Levit, Kritik, Opus 87, Piano, Review, Schloss Elmau, Shostakovich, Sony Classical, Waldstein Sonata
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2017
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. We hope everyone had a great summer. Sorry we haven’t posted in a while, but we’ve been a bit “pre-occupied” with in the world of artist visas. It seems something changes every time Trump breaks wind. So, let’s take a break and go address two completely non-visa related questions that […]
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Tags: Contracts, copyright, engagements, license
Posted in Artist Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights | Comments Off on THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A TRIBUTE BAND