Fans wonder if the latest Carnegie Hall concert was her last. – Financial Times
Author: Douglas McLennan
WORLD MUSIC
A report from the Oslo contemporary music festival. Some Brits, the usual Americans and lots of mysticism. – Financial Times
AFTER A 35 YEAR PARTNERSHIP –
– the Guarneri String Quartet says goodbye to one of its own with a farewell tour. – Los Angeles Times
IVO PLAYS THE BOOS?
Pianist Ivo Pogorelich played an all-time slow Rachmaninoff concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra last week to a chorus of boos. Then he canceled his performance with the orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Just the latest in a series of unhappy incidents. – The Philadelphia Inquirer
ECCENTRIC’S DISEASE
Eighteen years after Glenn Gould died, an expert makes a case that he suffered from Asperger’s Syndrome – that would explain the pianist’s eccentricities, he claims. – The Sydney Morning Herald
DANCEABLE OPERA
The Australian Ballet goes to New York with a “Madame Butterfly” dance. Neither opera nor Miss Saigon, there aren’t any helicopters landing onstage either. – The New York Times
OWNING THE AIR
When the New Zealand government wanted to auction off part of the wireless transmission spectrum earlier this year, the indigenous Maori claimed it as property granted them under 19th Century treaties with settlers. The government rejects those claims. Wired
PIRACY PRESCRIPTION
Russia – where copyright piracy is rampant – agrees to align its copyright laws with the European Union. Variety.com
WRESTLING MARTHA STEWART
The doyenne of do-it-yourself and the World Wrestling Federation venture onto the floor of the stock market with initial public stock offerings. Variety.com
OWNING THE AIR
When the New Zealand government wanted to auction off part of the wireless transmission spectrum earlier this year, the indigenous Maori claimed it as property granted them under 19th Century treaties with settlers. The government rejects those claims. Wired