This may be surprising in a genre that's both deeply Japanese and family-based — but it's less surprising than you might think. Maholo Terajima Ghnassia's father is French, but his mother is well-known actress Shinobu Terajima, and his grandfather is the current leader of an eminent Kabuki dynasty. - AP
It drives writer Devin Gordon nuts, but he learns that people have good reasons for doing it. (At least one of those reasons is the fault of streaming studios.) - MSN (The Atlantic)
"The sticking point is management’s refusal to maintain a clause in the dancers' contract that guarantees pay will keep pace with inflation, a guarantee that has been in place for more than 20 years, to recognise dancers' comparatively short career span." - The Guardian
It's called the Perelman Performing Arts Center because Ron Perelman gave the $75 million that finally got the building started in 2016, but the gift from the former mayor, now the Center's board chair, got it completed. And he gave another $130 million to The Shed. - The New York Times
"Selling more than 15 million albums worldwide, Winston became synonymous with a distinctive, highly imitated flavor of solo piano: warm, melodic and pastoral. His reputation was largely built on a series of blockbuster instrumental albums for the pioneering new age label Windham Hill Records." - NPR
Maurice Cohn, a 27-year-old native of rural Illinois and an Oberlin graduate who's currently assistant conductor (to Fabio Luisi) at the Dallas Symphony, begins his term immediately. - Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail
“How do you search? Who are the creators? How do you attribute labels to them? What do those revenue splits look like?” he says. “And how does that even work, when you can make a hundred remixes of the same song?” - Wired
We do not actually have an immune system for misinformation, and there is good reason for this. Unlike viruses, there is nothing inherent in false information that ought automatically to trigger any sort of natural response on the part of the brain. - Washington Post
There is an important difference between a building that is “open to the public” and a public building, and that distinction may explain the palpable sadness among art lovers on social media after news of the sale broke. - Washington Post
“So I’m going to be brutal and say that I obtained a prize I never wanted. The Nobel prize fell upon me. It fell into my life like a bomb. It was an enormous disruption; since winning it, I cannot write and the act of the writing was always my future." - The Guardian
According to the final technical report, more than 95% of participants reported some benefits to their well-being after visiting a museum and 85% indicated positive effects in all four areas. - The Art Newspaper
The Black American playwright was inspired to adapt Lennon's In His Own Write by her son's Beatlemania. To her initial surprise, Kenneth Tynan picked up the play, and she watched the first performance next to Olivier, her hero. Most of the rest of the experience, though, was more dispiriting. - The Guardian
In recent decades, numerous studies have shown that kids who study music outperform their peers in a variety of realms. The problem is it is difficult to discern whether these benefits are the result of the lessons themselves or if kids who choose to study music are simply sharper than their nonmusical schoolmates. - San Francisco Classical Voice
"Despite the different time periods and languages used, the content of insults hasn't evolved: They're still highly personal barbs about people's courage (or lack thereof), status, competence, appearance, hygiene, sexual prowess and lineage." - The New York Times
"So are we on the cusp of major studios forcing Meryl Streep into a sequel by casting her digital double? Not quite. It's not that studios wouldn't want to. But, unions aside, A.I. can't replicate top-notch acting from scratch. Just yet." But here are four things it's already doing. - Slate
