FEATURE
Biden to celebrate diversity at inauguration
Aldianews: Natalia Puretas Cavero
With the participation of famous artists such as Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Eva Longoria, Foo Fighters and Demi Lovato, the organization seeks to have a line-up that represents the cultural plurality that is part of the country and contributes to its construction.
Brighter days for arts forecast in Biden administration
The Harvard GazetteManisha Aggarwal-Schifellite and Colleen Walsh
Experts say cultural resources may help heal battered nation after brutal 2020
A Biden Cabinet Secretary For Arts? Advocates Are Hopeful
NPR: Elizabeth Blair
Arts and culture make up a huge, $877 billion industry that generates more than five million jobs across the country.
The Arts Are in Crisis. Here’s How Biden Can Help.
NY Times: Jason Farago
The pandemic has decimated the livelihoods of those who work in the arts. How can the new administration intervene and make sure it doesn’t happen again?
What Will the Biden Administration Do to Protect the Performing Arts?
Jazz Times: David Stern
Yes, a bailout is in order, but the situation is far more complicated than that.
RESEARCH AND OPINION
For Diversity Leaders in the Arts, Getting Hired Is Just the First Step
NY Times: Robin Pogrebin
Cultural institutions are recruiting people of color to direct their transformation efforts. But bringing in one manager doesn’t mean the work is done.
The pandemic forced live events to go virtual. It may change access to entertainment forever.
The Washington Post: Emily Yahr
During the pandemic, millions of people suddenly have access to entertainment options (from concerts to book talks to festivals) that they never did before.
Hear what Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ would sound like in a post-climate-change world
Fast Company: Adele Peters
The weather-inspired classical music piece has been upgraded to reflect how the climate will be in the future, with everything from violent storms to wildfires to complete silence when rising sea levels drown cities.
The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll
NPR News: Francis Davis
We’re again including a capsule review of each album in the Top 10 by a critic who voted for that album as the year’s best. And as a bonus, we’ve added capsule reviews of a few solitary No. 1s: albums appearing only on a single ballot, but as that critic’s top pick, plus capsules on a pair of albums that finished outside the Top 10 but received an impressive amount of No. 1 votes.
How to break out of your Spotify feedback loop and find new music
Wired: Victoria Turk
Does the algorithm know you too well? Here’s how to shake up your recommendations for a more diverse listening experience.
NATIONAL
Vowing to bring live entertainment back, Gov. Cuomo announces a ‘New York Arts Revival’
The Washington Post: Peter Marks
Accelerating the effort to restore a devastated arts landscape, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) announced a statewide program of indoor and outdoor shows over the coming months that will feature upward of 150 performers.
Former Columbia Artists Staff Launch New New York Management Agency
The Violin Channel
Arabella Arts, founded by Stefana Atlas and Samantha Scully, will launch a roster of established and up–and–coming artists.
Riccardo Muti in ‘disbelief’ that Met Opera Orchestra is in danger of disappearing
Classic FM: Maddy Shaw Roberts
Italian maestro speaks up for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, who say they have been unpaid since April, and claim to be being “replaced” at gigs with cheaper, non-union musicians.
How a $970,000 award represents hope and change for a Black L.A. dance company
LA Times: Makeda Easter
A grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has become a ray of hope for L.A.-based Lula Washington Dance Theatre and signals a breakthrough for a Black arts group historically passed over for foundation funding of this magnitude.
Winner Announced at 2021 Getting to Carnegie Competition
The Violin Channel
18–year–old violinist VC Young Artist María Dueñas has been awarded 1st prize at the 2021 Getting to Carnegie Competition.
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Cancels Spring Performances
The Violin Channel
The ensemble suspended the concert programming it had previously planned for the Spring 2021 season.
Violinist Midori to Receive Kennedy Center Honor
The Violin Channel
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington D.C., announced the five honorees to receive the 43rd Kennedy Center Honors for their lifetime artistic achievements.
Dallas Symphony Extends Music Director Fabio Luisi’s Tenure
Art Seek: Miguel Perez
The five-year contract extension comes amid Luisi’s first full season as artistic head of the orchestra. He succeeded longtime director Jaap van Zweden as music director designate in the 2019/20 season.
Twoset Violin Announce their Return
The Violin Channel
Due to a health issues with Brett Yang, the duo took an extended time off in December for the first time in their five-year career.
The National Repertory Orchestra Announces Music Director
The Violin Channel
Conductor Michael Stern will be its third music director in the organization’s 61–year history.
INTERNATIONAL
The University of Toronto Names New Music Dean
The Violin Channel
Music scholar Ellie Hisama will begin a five–year term in July, 2021 as the Dean of the Faculty of Music.
UK ‘rejected offer’ of visa-free tours by musicians in EU, despite blaming Brussels for permit blow
Independent: Rob Merrick
‘Standard’ proposal to exempt performers for 90 days was proposed, but ‘the UK said no.’
Simon Rattle is leaving London. Is this a taste of the capital’s future?
The Guardian: Charlotte Higgins
A new role for the conductor in Germany means a planned ‘world-class concert hall’ has lost its champion.
Beyond blackface: Paris Opera tackles race cliches in repertoire
AFP: Rana Moussaoui
The director of Paris Opera, home also to France’s top ballet company, has been accused of political correctness “gone mad” for appearing to suggest he will no longer stage classical ballets that perpetuate racial stereotypes.
Maxim Vengerov Launches New Education Initiative
The Violin Channel
The online music education website will allow the celebrated violinist to share his teaching expertise to students across the globe.
Viano String Quartet — Banff Quartet Competition 1st Prize Winners
The Violin Channel
The Colburn School-based Viano String Quartet is gaining international recognition as an exceptional ensemble praised for their “huge range of dynamics, massive sound and spontaneity”.
Leipzig’s Bach Medal Awarded to Two Musicologists
The Violin Channel
Awarded by the city of Leipzig, the 2021 Prize goes to Professors Christophe Wolff and Hans-Joachum Schulze.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Aaron Dworkin — With Toronto Symphony CEO Matthew Loden
The Violin Channel
Aaron Dworkin sits down with Matthew Loden, CEO of the Toronto Symphony, to discuss the underlying mission of orchestras.
Sonos on where streaming music is going next
Engadget: Nathan Ingraham
A conversation with Sonos Radio GM Ryan Taylor.
OFF THE BEATEN TRAIL
“Nessun Dorma… alla Corona”
The Violin Channel
Vocalist Daniel Emmet performs his own 2021 edition in lockdown.
The Delights of Sea-Chantey TikTok
The New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich
After nearly a year of solitude and crushing restrictions, chanteys are providing a glimpse into a more exciting way of life, a world of sea air and pirates, of people singing in unison.
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