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Tag: 01.21.10
Alberto Vilar Asks For Leniency
“At age 69, I have little to look forward to,” convicted swindler and former Metropolitan Opera philanthropist Alberto Vilar wrote the federal judge due to sentence him Feb. 5. “I am not in good health. I ask your honor to grant me time outside of prison during the few years left to me.”
London’s National TheatreExtends £10 Ticket Program
The cheap ticket plan “has been credited with diversifying the National’s audiences and at the end of last year the National sold its millionth £10 ticket.”
Composer Nico Muhly On The Loose
“The prodigious 28-year-old’s sprawling body of work already extends across classical music — chamber, choral, orchestral — to film soundtracks (his sombre, spare score for Stephen Daldry’s Oscar-winning drama The Reader), ballet scores and arrangements for the cultish pop artists Björk and Antony and the Jonsons. His creative weapons of choice, too, are an omnivore’s.”
Claim: Piracy Kills Local Music
“In a market that is “rigged by piracy” it is non-English language music which suffers the most when the music industry tightens its belt.”
Downsized Architects Improvise Alternative Careers
One laid-off architect gave up on freelance work and is getting a truck-driving license. Another turned her skills to designing and marketing boutique ice cream sandwiches. Then there’s the man who set up an architectural advice booth at a Seattle farmers’ market.
Slumdog Director Danny Boyle Returns To Stage After 15 Years
“He won eight Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire and huge acclaim for such stylish films as Trainspotting, 28 Days Later and Sunshine. But now, … Boyle will make his National Theatre debut next winter, directing an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein.“
NEA Offers $250K Grants For Art-Friendly Urban Design
“NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman told the U.S. Conference of Mayors today that the 15 new grants will aid the planning of arts districts and projects that enhance public buildings, libraries and pedestrian bridges – among other public spaces.”
Long Beach (Cal.) Symphony Season Saved By Union Agreement
“The Long Beach Symphony announced today it has reached an agreement with a musicians’ union that would allow the orchestra to proceed with its current season and avoid canceling the 2010-11 season.” Last week the orchestra’s board “had voted to ax the 2010-11 season unless the two sides could reach an agreement by Jan. 22.”
Avatar, An Education, The Hurt Locker Lead BAFTA Noms
“All three films received eight nominations for awards which will be presented in a month’s time at the Royal Opera House. After that, the most nominations – seven – went to the South African sci-fi film District 9, with Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air receiving six each.”