Leninists are Strange Infoshop News Thus we find economists proclaiming because some economy (like South Korea) is booming it must be neo- classical (when it is not). Thus the NUM must be “democratic centralist” because it was Britain's most radical and militant union. ..
Continue reading...10. July 2011
Injuries and Triumphs Color a Ballet Season New York Times At the end of the season, though, injury felled Mr. Hallberg, the troupe's most superlative classical stylist.
Continue reading...5. July 2011
For the love of life Taipei Times One, 20-year-old Nick from London, is a classical violinist who has loved Bjork since the age of 14. “I wasn't really into pop at all until I heard Medulla,” he says, citing her most challenging album
Continue reading...1. July 2011
New York Times The Science of Song, the Song of Science New York Times Since her own days in music school in the 1970s, before she started making her name in Icelandic punk bands, Bjork had been thinking about music education that would encourage creativity rather than rote and would look beyond classical European models.
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Beer festival set to be the best fundraiser yet Hastings Observer Last night (Thursday) saw the Battle of Hastings Proms take place, with thousands of classical music fans expected to have joined in with the pomp and circumstance. But tonight (Friday) the main festival gets going in earnest, with Hastings jazz legend ..
Continue reading...29. June 2011
Rupert Goold's 'Decade' to Tackle Legacy of 9/11 New York Times (blog) Anthony Tommasini explores the qualities that make a classical composer great, maybe even the best of all time. By PATRICK HEALY The playwright Martin McDonagh and actors from the Druid Theater Company travel to Inishmaan, Ireland, to present “The ... and more
Continue reading...26. June 2011
CEPEDA: The fine line between purity, mass appeal Gwinnettdailypost.com Still, the biggest concern of every classical art venture is the successful cultivation of future audiences who will support, preserve and champion the art. But while putting a classical art form in a unique venue or incorporating uncommon artistic ...
Continue reading...24. June 2011
Annapolis Capital Teen of the Week: Jeff Walter Annapolis Capital "Although Jeffrey is quite skilled in the area of rock, pop and musical theatre, what distinguishes his talent is his ability to sing the classical repertoire. Jeffrey's gorgeous tenor voice has the maturity and expressiveness of a much older singer
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Royal Ballet's New Chief Must Find His Own Role New York Times The Royal, having weathered doldrums in the 1980s and a few later crises, has resumed its place as one of the world's foremost classical -ballet troupes. No company outside of Russia has more authority or tradition in the 19th-century ballet classics, ...
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Ha'aretz A single man Ha'aretz He had a simple room: bed, closet, desk and lots of books and classical music records. "He slept late, smoked and drank and didn't try to hide that he was in deep depression," Hanan Yavin remembers. "He would get up at noon, go by the theater offices, ...
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11. July 2011
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