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More Chicago Concerts Canceled

April 1, 2019 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) has cancelled all concerts through April 9, as the musicians’ strike enters week four with no further negotiations scheduled. On the CSO website , President Jeff Alexander explains that the two … » Read
 

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LA Phil and KUSC Radio Announce 2019 Programs

April 1, 2019 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Southern Californian broadcaster Classical KUSC continue their annual radio broadcast partnership starting in April. The 13 concerts recorded across the orchestra's  2018/19 Centennial … » Read
 

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Bard’s 30th Festival Promises More Gold Than Corn

March 29, 2019 | Clive Paget, Musical America
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON—The Bard Music Festival has announced that its 30 th Anniversary Season will explore the life and times of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the onetime Viennese boy wonder who went on to become the musical architect of the … » Read
 

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Boston Symphony Orchestra to Celebrate Nelsons’s Fifth

March 29, 2019 | Clive Paget, Musical America
BOSTON—The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2019/20 season with a plan to celebrate Music Director Andris Nelsons’s fifth anniversary at the orchestra’s helm. Highlights include Jonas Kaufmann returning to … » Read
 

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NJ Attorney General Throws Wrench in Works of Westminster College Sale

March 29, 2019 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
PRINCETON—New Jersey’s Attorney General has thrown several wrenches in the works of Rider University’s controversial attempt to sell Westminster Choir College to a Chinese for-profit company. The opinion comes hot on the heels … » Read
 

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Edinburgh Bags European Premiere of Adams’s Devil

March 28, 2019 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
The Edinburgh International Festival has announced its program for summer 2019, which includes the prestigious European premiere of John Adams’s new piano concerto, Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? The Los Angeles Philharmonic, who … » Read
 

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Honens Announces Line-Up Of Artists For 2019 Festival

March 27, 2019 | Patricia Price, 8VA Music Consultancy
The award-winning Honens Festival returns September 5 to 8, 2019 with four days of extraordinary piano and chamber music. Highlight performances include the Miró Quartet (with Calgary native William Fedkenheuer), award-winning Polish piano … » Read
 

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Judge Dismisses Some of Levine’s Claims Against Met Opera

March 27, 2019 | Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP)—A New York judge on Tuesday dismissed portions of a lawsuit filed by former Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine against the company last year. Levine was the Met’s music or artistic director from 1976-2016, … » Read
 

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Westminster College Sale Opponents Claim to Have Found Smoking Gun

March 27, 2019 | Clive Paget, Musical America
Rider University’s controversial $40 million deal to sell Westminster Choir College to a Chinese company has hit a new hurdle according to opponents of the plan. The latest revelations suggest that the terms of the contract would allow … » Read
 

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Detroit Symphony Re-Partner for Return to Interlochen

March 27, 2019 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
DETROIT—The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Interlochen Center for the Arts announced Monday that they would revive the classic DSO summer residency for the first time since 2006. This year’s events, which take place from July 24 to … » Read
 
 

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