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Andrea Marcon Wins Handel Prize

December 10, 2020 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The Handel House Foundation has chosen the Italian conductor, harpsichordist and organist Andrea Marcon as winner of the 2021 Handel Prize of the City of Halle an der Saale. The honorary award recognizes special artistic, academic, or cultural … » Read
 

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Noah Creshevsky: A Personal Remembrance

December 9, 2020 | Stuart Isacoff, Musical America
Noah Creshevsky, a deeply resourceful and imaginative electronic composer, died at his home in New York City on December 3 at the age of 75. He had been suffering from cancer. He leaves behind his husband, David Sachs, and myriad colleagues who … » Read
 

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Key NY Phil Tech Expert Exits for Curtis Institute

December 9, 2020 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Vince Ford, VP of digital strategy and customer experience at the New York Philharmonic, will join the Curtis Institute of Music of February 1, signaling a major step forward in its commitment to media and technology as educational imperatives. … » Read
 

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Philly O Names Principal Guest Conductor; Announces Remaining Digital Programs

December 8, 2020 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
In conjunction with news of its next ten “Digital Stage” performances, the Philadelphia Orchestra has announced that French conductor and contralto Nathalie Stutzmann, 55, has been named principal guest conductor for three years, … » Read
 

Industry News

A New Home for an Historic Venue

December 9, 2020 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
A unique music venue in American musical history—architect Louis Kahn’s floating music barge Point Counterpoint II —has found a permanent home on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Launched in 1976 as a floating concert stage … » Read
 

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Universal Buys Bob Dylan's Entire Catalog

December 9, 2020 | Associated Press
Bob Dylan’s entire catalog of songs, which spans 60 years, is being acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group. The deal covers copyrights to 600 songs, including “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “The Times They Are … » Read
 

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Met Stagehands Locked Out; Gelb Notes 'Other Construction Shops'

December 7, 2020 | Ronald Blum, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The shuttered Metropolitan Opera locked out its stagehands in Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees at midnight on Monday because it has been unable to negotiate wage cuts during the novel … » Read
 

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Kravis Center Hires Ex Segerstrom CEO

December 8, 2020 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, a multi-genre presenting venue in West Palm Beach, FL, has chosen Terrence W. Dwyer, former president of California’s Segerstrom Center, to be its next CEO. He starts January 11, … » Read
 

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Bavarian Artists Say Closing Venues Violates Their Artistic Freedom

December 8, 2020 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
A group of 25 internationally accomplished singers, instrumentalists, and conductors intended to ask the Bavarian Administrative Court to review the legality of closing concert halls and opera houses to combat the pandemic. Scheduled to file the … » Read
 

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The Bolshoi Perseveres, Mostly Maskless

December 8, 2020 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
The Bolshoi Theater has survived a revolution, a world war, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Now the COVID-19 pandemic offers what may well be an even sterner challenge. Russia, already the fifth most-infected country in the world, is … » Read
 
 

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