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Most California Entertainment Venues Can Reopen as of 4/15

April 6, 2021 | Adam Beam, Jamie Har
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state’s coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump. After a year-long ban on most indoor seating, the state … » Read
 

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Want a Good Seat at the Kimmel? It'll Cost 'Ya.

April 6, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Depending upon your point of view, the newly announced decision to tack a $1,000 donation on top of subscription fees for nearly 450 of the choicest seats for The Kimmel Center’s Broadway series is either a long-planned strategy to enhance … » Read
 

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Geffen Hall to Reopen by Fall 2022; NY Phil Plans a Full 2021-22 Season

April 5, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
As Lincoln Center prepares for the launch of  Restart Stages on April 7, today it jointly announces with the New York Philharmonic the updated schedule for the David Geffen Hall renovation . There is much good news, including plans to reopen … » Read
 

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Spoleto Fest Announces 45th Season, Nigel Redden's Swan Song

April 5, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
This year’s Spoleto Festival USA, the 45 th annual event, will mark General Director Nigel Redden’s last, after 35 years. Running May 28-June 13, it will offer 70 live performances, mostly out of doors, in four different venues, the … » Read
 

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Enescu Festival to Bring "4700 Artists from Around the World" to Bucharest

April 5, 2021 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
The George Enescu International Festival—Romania’s largest international cultural event—will present 66 concerts between August 28 and September 26, 2021 in the capital city of Bucharest. Over 4,700 artists from around the world … » Read
 

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MA's Free Guide to (Mostly) Free Streams, April 5-12

April 5, 2021 | Clive Paget, Musical America
We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that all times are given in U.S. Eastern Time (ET). To calculate in other time zones or counties, British Summer Time (BST) is currently five hours ahead of ET and Central European Time (CET) is … » Read
 

People in the News

Lady Solti Dies at 83

April 5, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Lady Valerie Solti, wife of the renowned Sir Georg, died on March 31 at her London home. She was 83. During her late husband’s 22-year tenure as music director of the Chicago Symphony, from 1969 to 1991, Mrs. Solti was effectively the first … » Read
 

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Case in Point: Brexit Is a Disaster for the Arts

April 2, 2021 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Nearly everyone predicted that Brexit would wreak havoc with UK musicians attempting to perform in Europe after the UK’s break with the EU became a reality on Jan. 31. Just how bad is only now becoming evident, as demonstrated by the … » Read
 

Reviews

Recordings: American Piano Music, Then & Now

April 2, 2021 | Clive Paget, Musical America
An insightful survey of works by Florence Price is one of four new albums exploring nearly a century of solo piano music by American composers. Born in 1887 in Little Rock, Price trained at the New England Conservatory before migrating to Chicago … » Read
 

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A Curated Trove of African Art Music to Enrich the Canon

April 2, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Seven years ago, cellist Julian Lloyd Webber challenged his former duo partner, the half-Romanian, half-Nigerian pianist Rebeca Omordia to discover African composers of art music. The result is a roster of more than 200, several of whose work has … » Read
 
 

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