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Crowd of 4,000 Concertgoers Sought for Covid-19 Experiment

July 22, 2020 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
German scientists are readying an experiment in Leipzig to try to determine how to prevent Covid-19 from spreading at large indoor concerts. The Restart-19 project, costing €990,000 ($1.14mn), is recruiting volunteers for a … » Read
 

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Richard Tucker Foundation Fires Racist Board Member

July 21, 2020 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
After he posted several racially charged comments on Facebook over the weekend, David Tucker, son of famed tenor Richard Tucker and board member of the Foundation named for him, set off a social media explosion, condemning his comments and … » Read
 

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On a Stage in Madrid, Flamenco at Its Raunchiest

July 21, 2020 | Rachel Straus, Musical America
MADRID, Spain--The pandemic is wreaking havoc on the performing arts world, but from June 17 to June 28 the Teatros del Canal went forward with the 35 th Madrid Dance Festival. Six recently made full-length works, created and performed by Spanish … » Read
 

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LA Phil Names New CFO

July 21, 2020 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
The Los Angeles Philharmonic has named a new Chief Financial Officer—Karen Sturges, a CPA who will oversee the organization’s finances, information technology, and office administrations. She starts August 10, succeeding Alison … » Read
 

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Barbican Will Live Stream Concerts by LSO et al

July 21, 2020 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Like the rest of the UK’s concert venues, the Barbican has been shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. But on July 20, Huw Humphreys, Barbican’s head of music, announced, “Live music will return to the Barbican this … » Read
 

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Supporting Classical Music Journalism, Part II

July 21, 2020 | Janelle Gelfand, Musical America
Following represents Part II of last week's A Helping Hand for Classical Music Journalism. David Stull, president of the San Francisco Conservatory, which now administers the The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, is a native of Cincinnati and … » Read
 

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MA's Free Guide to Mostly Free Streams, July 20-27

July 20, 2020 | 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
 

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Bayreuth Launches Pay-per-stream

July 20, 2020 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Wagnerians will miss the Bayreuth Festival this year due to the pandemic, but they can enjoy four of the master’s works originally scheduled for this July and August via a series of virtual broadcasts. In a collaboration with Deutsche … » Read
 

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The Shed Makes Major Cuts

July 20, 2020 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
The Shed, which opened with grand fanfare in April 2019 as a hotbed of cutting-edge avant-gardism, is struggling. It was already having trouble before the pandemic, its all brand new offerings occasionally praised by critics, but hardly the stuff … » Read
 

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Met Opera Launches New “Met Stars” Series in Historic Setting

July 20, 2020 | Christopher Corwin, Musical America
Since the lockdown forced it to abandon live performances on March 12, the Metropolitan Opera has been among the most proactive and inventive among performing arts organizations in making its presence felt online worldwide. Its free nightly … » Read
 
 

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