AI-generated music is already an innovative enough concept, but Riffusion takes it to another level with a clever, weird approach that produces weird and compelling music using not audio but images of audio. - TechCrunch
Gail Samuel, who came to the BSO from the Los Angeles Philharmonic in June 2021, will formally leave the orchestra on Jan. 3 — an abrupt end to a brief tenure. No reason was given for Samuel’s departure. - Boston Globe
A committee of Cardiff's city council has approved in principle an operating lease of St. David's Hall — which hosts the BBC National Symphony of Wales and the Cardiff Singer of the World competition — to Academy Music Group, which manages rock concert venues. - BBC
"The website was restored at around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, and ticket sales have resumed after more than a week of chaos. Met Opera on Demand, the company's popular subscription streaming platform, has also been restored. ... The Met Opera normally processes more than $200,000 worth of tickets each day." - Gothamist/WNYC
The Orion quartet was formed in 1987 by violinists Daniel Phillips and Todd Phillips, brothers who share the first violin chair equally, and cellist Timothy Eddy with the original violist Catherine Metz. - The Strad
A week after the cyberattack which has paralyzed its ticketing and payroll operations, the company has not missed a single performance. And with its offer of any unsold seat for $50, fans come flocking. The resulting scene is, despite the difficulties and necessary improvisation, rather orderly. - The New York Times
Following the stern directive from Arts Council England, the government funder, to leave the capital, "(Stuart) Murphy said he had been contacted by MPs or mayors in about 10 locations to express an interest in hosting the ENO's new headquarters, but declined to reveal where they are." - BBC
It’s a sobering reality that few of the great artists of the past would be well equipped for the role of a music director working in America today. The door is open for us to redefine our understanding of the artistic leadership we need today. - Symphony
"According to union leaders, the musicians have been trying to negotiate contract commitments with Philly Pops management since August without success. They learned on Nov. 16, the same day as the rest of the city, that Pops owner Encore Series Inc. planned to end their productions." - The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Apple Music plans to launch a dedicated classical music app next year combining Primephonic's classical user interface," said an Apple Newsroom press release shared last year. Apple has not publicly addressed the plans since and did not respond to our requests for comment over the past month. - MacRumors
According to a 2020 survey conducted by the school, 11 percent of respondents indicated knowledge of a sexual assault that took place in a Juilliard-related context. Four percent of respondents said they had been a victim of sexual harassment at a Juilliard program or activity. - Van
Did it have to die? The cause of death, in this coroner’s verdict, is a prolonged failure to address reality. Take opera in English, a founding act of faith. In the vast Coliseum the words were hard to hear, so subtitles were screened above the stage. - The Critic
In October, he announced that he was cancelling his performances indefinitely in order to deal with "a serious neurological condition." But he will make at least a brief comeback for the Berlin State Opera's performances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. - OperaWire
In fact, there's mainly one big difference between them and any other pop group you might know - all 11 members are virtual characters. Non-humans, hyper-real avatars made with artificial intelligence. - BBC
“People often think about taste as being really individual,. But in the social sciences we say: ‘Ah, that’s not really true.’ Your tastes are part of a broader social patterning that extends beyond you.” - The Guardian
