FEATURE: THE AMAZING ANDRÉ WATTS
The Perseverance of André Watts
The New York Times: Susan Gubar
Putting physical disability on view in the highly competitive arena of classical music takes grit; playing with invisible disease seemed even more terrifying to me.
ARTISTS REACT TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD
- Death Of George Floyd: Beyoncé, Cardi B, Justin Bieber, Madonna And Other Celebrities Speak Out—Brands Must Act Too
- Artists Create a Mural Honoring George Floyd at the Site of His Murder
- ‘My emotions were so raw’: The people creating art to remember George Floyd
- Taylor Swift Blasts Trump for “Shooting” Tweet: “We Will Vote You Out in November”
RESEARCH AND OPINION
The Perplexing Upside of Coronavirus’s impact on Music
San Francisco Classical Voice: Janos Gereben
One thing is clear: music is engaging more people right now than most other art forms.
Arvo Pärt: The coronavirus has shown us in a painful way that humanity is a single organism
Estonian World
The Estonian composer gave a rare interview to the Spanish newspaper ABC.
Prince Charles issues warning on the arts
BBC: Mark Savage
The Prince of Wales has raised concerns about how orchestras and theatres will survive the coronavirus crisis.
Meet VC Artist Matthew Lipman’s Hero: Violist Heidi Castleman
The Violin Channel
In this, the first episode of ‘VC Heroes’, violist VC Artist Matthew Lipman sits down with his hero … eminent viola pedagogue, Ms Heidi Castleman.
A Plan to Pay Artists, Encourage Competition, and Promote Free Expression
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Cory Doctorow
We’d like to suggest that our legislators start focusing on a concrete solution that builds on and learns from decades of copyright policy: blanket licensing.
NATIONAL
Arts groups in distress call on a former Kennedy Center president for help
Washington Post: Peter Marks
Former president of the Kennedy Center, Keiser is now chairman of the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland. In March, the institute sent an invitation to arts groups for pro bono assessments. More than 400 organizations signed up.
As European and Asian Classical Music Reemerges, American Orchestras Take Note
The Observer: Cristina Schreil
In the United States, internet performances seem the only sure option for the foreseeable future
NYO musicians invite performers for socially-distanced ‘Jupiter’ performance
The Strad
Musicians from the National Youth Orchestra are inviting performers of all standards for a socially-distanced performance of ‘Jupiter’ from Holst’s The Planets.
Metropolitan Opera conductor Joel Revzen dies of coronavirus
The Strad
The conductor, who joined the conducting staff of the Metropolitan Opera 20 years ago, has died of coronavirus aged 74.
INTERNATIONAL
BBC Proms 2020 to hold virtual first night Beethoven tribute and live last night celebrations
London Indoors: Zoe Paskett
The BBC Proms will have a “virtual” opening and a live last night designed to “bring the nation together”.
Academy of St Martin in the Fields to broadcast monthly archive concerts for free
The Strad
Beginning on 28 June, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields is to broadcast concerts once a month.
Orchestre national de France’s Music Director Emmanuel Krivine To Step Down
The Violin Channel
The Orchestre national de France has announced that French conductor Emmanuel Krivine has stepped down as Music Director.
Vienna Philharmonic To Resume Live Performances On June 5th
The Violin Channel
The Vienna Philharmonic has announced it will resume live performances for live audiences at the Musikverein Concert Hall on June 5th.
Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie plans to reopen in September 2020
The Strad
The Hamburg-based Elbphilharmonie is planning to reopen in September, with tickets sold on the basis of ’Book now, pay later’.
Verão Classico Festival and Academy in Lisbon to go ahead this summer
The Strad
The team behind the Verao Classico Festival and Academy in Lisbon has announced that its 6th edition will go ahead as planned from 26 July to 4 August.
La Scala would lose €50,000 a day if it reopened
Gramilano
The opera house’s new intendant, Dominique Meyer, will present the administration’s calculations to the theatre’s board meeting on Thursday. As of now, Meyer estimates that the coronavirus lockdown has cost the theatre €20 million since it was closed on 25 February.
Southbank Centre warns it may have to stay closed until spring 2021
The Strad
With a predicted best-case scenario of a £5m loss by the end of the 20/21 financial year, the Southbank Centre warns it may have to remain closed until April 2021.
Tenor Andrea Bocelli Has Announced He Tested Positive for COVID-19
The Violin Channel
Superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli has today announced that he has made a full recovery from COVID-19 that he and his family suffered from in March.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
How One Music Producer Turned an 11-Year Prison Sentence Into a Mixtape to Help Inmates
Rolling Stone: Elias Leight
David Jassy masterminded ‘San Quentin Mixtape Vol. 1,’ featuring prisoners who channeled life experiences into potent verses
How a Pianist Salvaged His Lost Carnegie Hall Debut
The New York Times: Joshua Barone
Once the coronavirus pandemic canceled concerts around the world, Timo Andres decided to reconstruct his recital as a series of YouTube videos.
How Artists Are Building their Fan Funnel Using Instagram
Astan.substack.com
As more and more artists embrace Instagram to communicate with their audience how can they leverage their platform to turn followers into fans?
Philadelphia Orchestra channel gives Penn hospitals a new soundtrack
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Peter Dobrin
Patients and health-care workers at Penn Medicine’s six sites can now access a service that brings them archived performance videos of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Beethoven and Mahler symphonies, as well as chamber pieces, are among the works now available on screens throughout the hospital system.
OFF THE BEATEN TRAIL
The Woman at the Heart of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata
The New York Times: Patricia Morrisroe
A coming novel tells the story of the piano student who was the dedicatee of one of classical music’s most famous works.
Cooking With – Lincoln Trio’s David Cunliffe [NEW SERIES]
The Violin Channel
In this the first episode of ‘VC Fiddler’s Favorites’, cellist David Cunliffe walks us through his quick-and-easy home baked bread recipe.
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