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MA's Free Guide to (Mostly) Free Streams, Jan. 11-18

January 11, 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
 

Reviews

PROTOTYPE Fest Launches an Explosion of DIY Modules

January 11, 2021 | Clive Paget, Musical America
While some arts organizations struggled to keep their balance when the pandemic struck, others found ways to adapt. Some, like New York’s innovative PROTOTYPE Festival, which opened January 8, even managed to thrive, devising ingenious ways … » Read
 

Industry News

Pandemic Spawns Three New Streaming Platforms

January 11, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Prompted by the pandemic, organizations and artists have sought to stream their performances from their individual platforms, sometimes for a fee, more often, not. While Medici.TV and the Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall have been … » Read
 

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A New Momentum for the 8.8m 'Arts Workers' in the U.S.

January 11, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The pandemic’s devastating impact on the creative arts is lending a long-absent vitality to the concept of an “arts worker.“ The idea that everyone from an orchestra musician to a museum curator, a ballet dancer to a fashion … » Read
 

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Ten Wonderful, Sometimes Wacky Pandemic Pivots

January 8, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Over the last two weeks (thank goodness) of 2020, Musical America ran a series about ten U.S. and U.K. organizations that we felt had pivoted the most gracefully, creatively, and imaginatively during the pandemic. In the tradition of making … » Read
 

People in the News

AFM Names First Woman Prez, of LA Chapter

January 8, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
The American Federation of Musicians’ Local Los Angeles-area chapter 47, representing some 6,000 musicians, has broken with tradition and elected, gasp, a woman to serve as its next president. Stephanie O’Keefe, a professional French … » Read
 

People in the News

SF Ballet Artistic Director to Exit After Nearly Four Decades

January 8, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Helgi Tomasson, artistic director and principal choreographer of San Francisco Ballet (SFB) since 1985, has announced his intention to step aside by June 2022. "Despite or perhaps because of the year we all lived through together, the Company has … » Read
 

People in the News

Andris Is Back in Boston with Beethoven

January 8, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
After nearly a year’s absence, Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Music Director Andris Nelsons is returning to the Symphony Hall podium this month to lead a series of recordings to be released on consecutive Thursdays in February on BSO NOW, … » Read
 

People in the News

Montreal Symphony Taps New Music Director

January 7, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
South American conductor Rafael Payare, an alumnus of Venezuela’s famed El Sistema program and current music director of the San Diego Symphony, is to be the next music director of the Orchestre Symphonique of Montréal (OSM), … » Read
 

Industry News

Huge Chinese Classical Licensing Co. Announces First IPO

January 7, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
On Jan. 6 the Chinese classical music licensing, subscription, and education services company Kuke Music Holding announced terms for its IPO (initial public offering). In 2019, the Beijing-based company, founded in 2017, was China’s largest … » Read
 
 

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