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Claire Chase, Pauline Oliveros, and Quantum Listening in LA

December 3, 2024 | Thomas May, Musical America
LOS ANGELES—Since her death eight years ago last month, Pauline Oliveros has been proving her relevance from one crisis to the next. Global performances via Zoom of her group-based work The Tuning Meditation , perhaps the best-known of this … » Read
 

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Music Director Appointment Marks 'Revitalization' in Torino

December 3, 2024 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Andrea Battistoni is to be the new music director of the Teatro Regio di Torino, beginning January 1, 2025 for a term of two years. The 37-year-old native of Verona will be responsible for conducting two operas and several orchestra concerts each … » Read
 

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Big Moves at UMG

December 3, 2024 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Dickon Stainer, chairman of Universal Music Group’s Global Classics & Jazz (GCJ) division, has announced two major personnel moves. Clemens Trautmann [pictured], president of Deutsche Grammophon for the past nine years, will immediately … » Read
 

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The New York Phil's New CEO

December 2, 2024 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
In a much-anticipated move, the New York Philharmonic has announced Matías Tarnopolsky as its next president and CEO as of January 1, 2025. Tarnopolsky, 54, currently holds the same position with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble … » Read
 

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Die Frau: High Point of the Met's Season So Far

December 2, 2024 | George Loomis, Musical America
There is a widely held (if not often proclaimed) view by those who know his operas well that Die Frau ohne Schatten ( The Woman Without a Shadow ) is Richard Strauss’s greatest opera. Its emphasis on the moral imperative of bringing … » Read
 

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Leeds Competition CEO to Exit

December 2, 2024 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Adam Gatehouse has announced his plans to step down as artistic director of The Leeds International Piano Competition in Spring 2025. During his tenure of nearly a decade, he has enhanced The Leeds global standing and reach, ensuring its … » Read
 

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New Artist of the Month: Soprano Madeline Apple Healey

December 1, 2024 | Fred Cohn, Musical America
The voice seems to emanate from the venue itself. We are in the crypt underneath New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine; in the program’s first selection, Madeline Apple Healey sings Hildegarde von Bingen’s “O Vis … » Read
 

Industry News

Strike at La Scala Halts Netrebko, Kaufmann Gala

December 2, 2024 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
A star-studded concert at La Scala commemorating the centenary of Giacomo Puccini’s death on Nov. 29, 1924, became something quite different when the orchestra and chorus decided to strike just as the event was to begin. The sold-out event, … » Read
 

Reviews

New Chamber Music, Part II

December 2, 2024 | Clive Paget, Musical America
Violinist Rachel Lee Priday’s Fluid Dynamics is a collection of works—several newly commissioned—intended to complement videos of underwater phenomena created by Ocean scientist Georgy Manucharyan. For the visuals, which are … » Read
 

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Jolie Trained for 7 Months. So?

December 2, 2024 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
When Maria Callas died in Paris in 1977, she was only 53 and had not appeared in a fully staged opera for a dozen years. But her performances had earned her the sobriquet “La Divina,” and her reputation has only grown over the past … » Read
 
 

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