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CSO Rolls Out New Digital Schedule

February 3, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s (CSO) February digital schedule offers expanded content on both Experience CSO website and CSOtv to mark Black History Month. Detailed information is available here . Front and center will be two episodes of … » Read
 

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John Weaver, Organ Virtuoso and Esteemed Pedagogue, Dies at 83

February 3, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Acclaimed organist John Weaver died on February 1 at age 83. Details were not available from the Curtis Institute, which announced his death, and where he headed the organ department from 1972 to 2003. He joined the Juilliard faculty in the same … » Read
 

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Swed:1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 'Belongs in an Opera House'

February 3, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Was Leonard Bernstein’s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a masterpiece or a flop? Written for the 1976 Bicentennial and sponsored by Coca-Cola to the tune of $900,000, the show closed on Broadway after only seven performances. At the time, the … » Read
 

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2 Conductors on the Move, One Out, One Up

February 2, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
George Manahan will step down as music director of the American Composers Orchestra at the expiration of his contract, on July 1, 2021. He arrived in the post in 2010 as only the third of ACO's music directors; his predecessors were founding ACO … » Read
 

Contests & Awards

Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition Cancelled

February 2, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
For the second consecutive year, the Long-Thibaud-Crespin International Music Competition has been canceled due to the pandemic. Normally, the final rounds of the event are held in November in Paris, after preliminaries in a number of … » Read
 

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Christie's to Sell Hundreds of Caruso's Private Papers

February 2, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
A collection of letters and other documents revealing the tumultuous personal life of Enrico Caruso is being sold in London. “These letters tell a gripping story,” says Thomas Venning, head of Books and Manuscripts at … » Read
 

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A Few Classical Music Social Media Stars

February 2, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Liz Cass, executive director of the nonprofit Armstrong Community Music School in Austin, Texas, tells USA Today that social media is playing a huge role in elevating the profile of young musicians. At the moment, she is following the careers of … » Read
 

Industry News

MA's Free Guide to (Mostly) Free Streams, Feb. 1-8

February 1, 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

New Artist of the Month:
Pianist/Composer Nicolas Namoradze

February 1, 2021 | Clive Paget, Musical America
Nicolas Namoradze was “in retreat”—as he puts it—for several years before his 2018 triumph at the Honens International Piano Competition. “I hadn’t done any competitions and I wasn’t concertizing actively … » Read
 

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Met Opera Begs/Borrows to Keep Fiscal 2020 Losses at $120M

February 1, 2021 | Ronald Blum
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera’s operating revenue dropped by $25 million to $120 million in the fiscal year ending July 31, a season shortened due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but the company avoided an operating loss … » Read
 
 

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