Why, out of every option in the orchestra, did the cello become the instrument of introspection? “It’s the cliche, but it’s probably because the cello comes closest to the human vocal range.” - The Guardian
“During a recent week on the grounds, it felt anxious, angry, combustible. It was impossible to escape the warfare that the Boston Symphony is waging on itself: a crisis that is drowning out the music. Somebody needs to quiet things down before even more serious damage is done.” - The New York Times
Recorded revenues grew about 13 percent to 2.516 billion euros ($2.89 billion), while publishing revenue grew about 8 percent to 616 million euros (about $710 million). - The Hollywood Reporter
The old Art Alliance building near Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square had belonged to the University of the Arts, which abruptly closed in 2024. Curtis bought it in January 2025; it was badly damaged in a fire that July 4. Repairs are underway, and the conservatory will house its vocal/opera department there. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
Violinist Laura Frautschi: “Athletes learn these lessons early... My own kids incorporated these practices from a young age, as they learnt to play soccer and other sports. Somehow this approach is not the norm for musicians. Most of us only learn when we become injured and seek help.” - The Strad
The Aurora Orchestra is performing from memory Mahler’s First Symphony. "If I’d then been told that in the first half of the concert we’d be presenting a new play about Mahler, featuring choreography involving the entire orchestra alongside two actors and a complicated sound design, I’d have laughed." - The Guardian
The companies are calling on the chart companies to introduce new rules that would only allow AI-generated songs to be included if the use of AI is properly authorized and lawful, if the track was substantially human made and if it doesn’t raise concerns of streaming fraud or chart manipulation. - The Hollywood Reporter
The union alleges that Universal and Warner licensed recordings made by its members to the two AI companies “without compensation or credit.” - MusicBusinessWorldwide
Lili Elbe, which gets its US premiere this weekend at Santa Fe Opera, is based on the trans woman whose story was told in the film The Danish Girl. Picker wrote the title role for baritone Lucia Lucas, the first active opera singer to come out as trans. - The New York Times
The venues — Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, the port in the central Amazon basin, and Theatro da Paz (sic) in Belem, the port at the mouth of the river — date from the late 19th-century rubber boom, which made those cities wealthy enough (for a while) to bring in major artists from Europe. - DPA (Yahoo!)
On social media, fans don’t just follow an era – they help bring it to life. Through videos, memes, fashion, conversations and creative interpretations, they shape the meanings that come to define a project and extend an album beyond the music itself. - The Conversation
A coalition of 32 performing arts organizations has unveiled an ambitious vision to create four new and/or substantially renovated performance venues in Downtown Vancouver, with four possible location options identified. - Daily Hive
“The aulos appears throughout Greek art, depicted in military and domestic scenes alike. To modern eyes it looks like two recorders that come together at a player’s mouth, blown at the same time.” - The New York Times
This summer, both musicians and audience members have been wearing red-flower boutonnieres to protest the abrogation of Andris Nelsons’s contract. Now BSO management has instructed staffers to intercept anyone seen carrying multiple red flowers for distribution. - The Boston Globe
Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi, designed by Rome-based practice Studio Fuksas, was built, and nearly completed, between 2010 and 2012 at a cost of €40 million. Work stopped with a change in the national government; the project was abandoned in 2017, and the property was sold to a developer in 2022 for €10 million. - Dezeen
