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Springsteen Sells Masters and Publishing to Sony for $500M

Bruce Springsteen has sold both his recording masters and his song catalog to Sony Music and Sony Music Publishing, respectively, for $500 million, according to Billboard . He's been with the Columbia label--now owned by Sony--since the launch of … »
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For Better and Worse, Lang Lang Tackles the Goldbergs at the Barbican

Lang Lang has been making the rounds with his distinctive interpretation of Bach’s formidable Goldberg Variations . His recent performance at London’s Barbican met with a decidedly ambivalent response from Martin Kettle in The … »
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Metropolitan Opera Will Require Proof of Booster Vaccine for Entry

As of January 17, the Metropolitan Opera will require all who enter—from front of house to the stage door—to show proof of having received a booster shot if they are eligible. A two-week grace period will allow those who have not to … »
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MA Top Professional of the Year: Lorna Aizlewood

Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel HarrisonParrott When Lorna Aizlewood assumed her top-level post with the venerable London-based artist management firm HarrisonParrott in 2018, she brought impressive experience as a corporate … »
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In San Francisco, Farewell to a Beloved Chorus Director

As he led the San Francisco Opera Chorus through a concert that ran from Charpentier and Bach to Scott Joplin and Leonard Bernstein, Chorus Director Ian Robertson exhibited the sure-handed, self-effacing command that has marked his leadership of … »
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Sydney Symphony CEO Quits Abruptly

In what she calls “a hit job of the highest order,” Emma Dunch has exited her post as chief executive of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Dunch, who once worked as an independent fund raiser in New York City, after a brief tenure with … »
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Afghan Music Institute to Re-emerge in Portugal

On Dec. 13 the long journey to safety begun more than two months ago concluded with the arrival in Lisbon, Portugal, of a charter flight carrying 273 students, faculty, staff and immediate family members associated with the Afghanistan National … »
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Rome Opera Makes a Fresh Start with New Intendant & Music Director

Francesco Giambrone, current intendant of Palermo's Teatro Massimo, is to take the same post with Rome's Teatro dell'Opera. Although his Massimo contract is due to expire next Spring, he may begin in Rome earlier than that—possibly in time … »
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Women Composers Marginalized by Entertainment Biz Males

While the push for gender equity in the entertainment industry is generating headlines in high profile areas such as directing and onscreen representation, the composition of film music has remained a decidedly male preserve. (Unlike the … »
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After Navigating Choppy Waters, the Greek National Opera Enjoys a Rebirth

Exploring the Acropolis or wandering the ancient Athenian agora it’s impossible not to reflect on the vibrant, yet turbulent history of Greece, the country that in many ways has defined Western civilization as we know it. Fast forward 2,500 … »
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