MUSIC

“The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced that Salonen would be its first creative director, starting in fall 2026. Simultaneously, the Philharmonie de Paris announced that he would hold its inaugural creativity and innovation chair starting in 2027, while taking on the role of principal conductor of the Orchestre de Paris.” - The New York Times

“Musicians have been staging ongoing performances in protest at the Utah State Capitol.” - NPR

“Opera Naples has seen a 71 percent increase in ticket sales over the past two years, and a 310 percent jump in corporate sponsorships.” - WGCU (Fort Myers, FL)

The busy 29-year-old maestro, soon to start music directorships at both the Chicago Symphony and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, will relinquish the post of chief conductor in the Norwegian capital at the end of the coming season. - Moto Perpetuo

Why did this humble tune, first conjured by medieval farmers, capture so many people’s imaginations and even feature in The Addams Family? - BBC

Tim Greiving: “As the recipient of those quotes, I want to try and clear it up. … It’s true that he said to me, ‘I never liked film music very much.’ … In that particular conversation he was specifically talking about the complicated role of putting film music on a concert program.” - The Hollywood Reporter

"No Suno output contains anything like a ‘sample’ from a recording in the training set, so no Suno output can infringe the rights in anything in the training set, as a matter of law.” - Music Business Worldwide

Julian Wachner, who established Trinity Church Wall Street as a dynamic force in New York’s classical music scene, only to be dismissed following an investigation into sexual misconduct, admitted to Indianapolis police that he had downloaded child sex abuse material, though he pled not guilty to charges. - Indianapolis Star

“Film music, however good it can be – and it usually isn’t, other than maybe an eight-minute stretch here and there … The music isn’t there. … Just the idea that film music has the same place in the concert hall as the best music in the canon is a mistaken notion, I think.” - The Guardian

“Over the course of his tenure, Abrams has transformed the mission of the Louisville Orchestra, molding it into what he describes as a ‘public service institution.’” - The Violin Channel

Mr. Gelb undermined his focus on new works with a comically misguided guest essay for The New York Times that managed to antagonize every remaining American classical music critic and informed opera lover. - Parterre

Over the years, “critically acclaimed” came to function as a euphemism for music that was semipopular, or maybe just unpopular. - The New Yorker

It’s AI slop. Sadly, though, "people have been hoodwinked by it.” - BBC

But why? Truly, in - for instance - the Stade de France, with 80,000 other people, how is the moment at all good, musically speaking? - CBC

In 2001, thanks to foot-and-mouth disease, “the Rothbury Highland pipe band embarked on a tour of the Coquet Valley in Northumberland.” And they haven’t ever stopped. - The Guardian (UK)