La Scala To Return €3 Million Of Saudi Money
"The Teatro alla Scala in Milan on Monday decided to return more than three million euros in funding to Saudi Arabia, amid growing criticism that Italy's premier temple of music should not a…
"The Teatro alla Scala in Milan on Monday decided to return more than three million euros in funding to Saudi Arabia, amid growing criticism that Italy's premier temple of music should not a…
The Theme of the 2019 Summit, which took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was Mobile Minds: Culture, Knowledge and Change. And the panel on which I spoke was listed as a provocation called: …
I've been away for a few weeks, but I don't want you to miss notice of an excellent exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum: The Lure of Dresden: Bellotto at the Court of Saxony, which runs unt…
Is it mere coincidence that First Lady Melania Trump tweeted a shoutout to the National Endowment for the Arts on the same day that her husband released a FY2020 budget proposal that would e…
Keith Patchel, a New York-based composer and producer, has created a free online/mobile application called Plinkout, which he is touting as "the easiest way to teach anyone," especially kids…
Oh yes, there is such a thing: it's run by Science magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. And this year's winner, Superconductivity: The Musical! by (and starr…
"For the past 15 years, [Jason Eagan] has been the remarkably well-connected, stealthily low-profile, principal creative force shaping the innovative Off-Broadway incubator Ars Nova. … He'…
Says Alexander Neef, general director of Canadian Opera Company, about Christine Goerke, "People can't get over the sheer power of the voice " and I don't mean only the volume. … It's not …
"In this extended interview, [Laura] Lippman discusses her transition from reporter to writer of such novels as What the Dead Know and Sunburn, how women over 60 make the best spies, and why…
"Improv may still skew white, but things are changing. … The following folks are currently working to alter perceptions and expectations about improv. Some are longtime warriors, others ar…
"[They] faced discrimination and harassment from their fellow staff members. They remained in the same lowly jobs as their counterparts were promoted. They watched their pitches get ignored …
The ensemble Zohra, named for the ancient Persian goddess of music, was created five years ago for the female students at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, itself founded only in …
"Pack was host of KUER's classical-music programming from 1960, when the station went on the air, to March 2001, when the station's midday format was changed from classical music to all news…
"The new streamer, [called PBS Living and] costing $2.99 per month after a seven-day free trial, will offer classic PBS series like The French Chef, This Old House and Antiques Roadshow, alo…
"The 83-person staff of Gimlet Media, a podcasting startup acquired by music streaming service Spotify for $230 million in February, is unionizing with the Writers Guild of America, East (WG…
"The Smithsonian Institution has canceled this summer's 10-day Folklife Festival celebrating the music and culture of Benin and Brazil and will replace it with a smaller event." Instead, "[t…
"[Her] curiosity about people's lives, inspired by the artistry of photographers like Dorothea Lange, Helen Levitt and Paul Strand, brought her to the city's streets to take finely observed …
"The company, led by Tamara Rojo, has hired Andy Reynolds in the new role, which will see him lead a team comprising a company doctor, physiotherapist, and a masseur and acupuncturist. Reyno…
Joanna Payne, founder and director of the London club called Marguerite: "In an ideal world, we wouldn't need all-female spaces of any kind … But [for] all the time that the 'ideal world' …
"The culture ministers of Germany's 16 states agreed to create conditions for the repatriation of artifacts in public collections that were taken 'in ways that are legally or morally unjusti…
With well over half a million books in Arabic and more than one million antique maps, documents, and other materials (including a 9th-century Quran), the library was one of the most importan…
"There is no indication at the site what the figures are or where they might go. There is no indication that a museum is in the offing. Just painted bronze figures in suits and beachwear sta…
Philipp Gerschlauer, David Fiuczunski: MikroJazz! (Rare Noise Records)This exploratory venture is subtitled, "Neue Expressionistiche Music," and the music is, indeed, expressionistic. Ears a…
"After spending years behind the scenes as an artistic and executive director of various arts organizations, Kristy Edmunds will take center stage on March 25 in Chicago to receive the inaug…
"Keith C. Elder, whose career as a performing arts administrator has included stints with such prestigious organizations as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Eastman School of Music, has…