The report makes it clear that while the company had “adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the forseeable future,” SoundCloud was heavily reliant on “further capital investment” to continue operating in 2015.
Tag: 02.11.16
Leslie Bassett, 93, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer
“A master orchestrator who could coax a vast range of tonal colors from the bits of wood and brass for which he composed, Mr. Bassett wrote works for symphony orchestra, chamber and choral ensembles, solo instruments and voice.” He spent 40 years on the faculty at the University of Michigan.
America’s Orchestra Mid-Life Crisis – A Reinvention More About Repositioning The Deck Furniture?
“The main thrust of orchestral initiatives in the 21st century — in which the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is a national leader — remains not finding new ways to approach the art, but rather new ways to perpetuate the existing tradition — that is, finding new audiences for the same thing.”
Paris’s Grand Palais To Close For Renovations – What Will The Art World Do?
“The Grand Palais in Paris will have to close for at least two years to undergo major renovations, … raising fears about the fate of key culture events held at the site such as major exhibitions, the Monumenta contemporary art commission and Fiac Modern and contemporary art fair.”
TV (Unlike The Movies) Has Figured Out That Diversity Is Smart Business
“TV audiences for everything are smaller now, which means networks aren’t programming each show for an imagined audience of tens of millions of white people. On top of that, there are younger viewers for whom diversity — racial, religious, sexual — is their world. That audience wants authenticity; advertisers want that audience.”
Benjamin Millepied Opens Up About Leaving Paris Opera Ballet
“To face the cultural and economic issues of our time, we need new kinds of organizations, and I’ve realized that it’s too hard to turn this one into what I think is most relevant for ballet today. It’s two and a half years that I’ve worked on this, and I know it’s a short time, but it is long enough to realize this is not something I want to do. They need someone better suited to run this company.”
Paris Opera Ballet Won’t Open Up About Benjamin Millepied
At the end of a two-hour event unveiling the coming season, “[general director Stéphane] Lissner declared the floor open for questions. But, he added: ‘I ask that your questions be about the 2016-17 season, and only about the season. We won’t answer anything else.’ There was a brief silence, then Mr. Lissner rose to his feet. ‘No questions? Well, thank you.'”
English National Opera’s Music Director Publishes Plea To Reverse Cuts In Staff And Pay
Mark Wigglesworth: “ENO’s identity as a team defines its past and will be its greatest asset in protecting its future. Cutting the core of the company – musicians and technicians alike – would damage it irreparably.”
Aaron Sorkin Is Adapting ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ For Broadway
“[Sorkin’s] version will open differently than the novel and will include new dialogue and fleshed-out scenes that are alluded to in the novel but not fully depicted.” Observes the director, Bartlett Sher, “The conversation between Harper Lee and Aaron Sorkin is going to be an interesting one.”
What T.S. Eliot Knew About Himself
“The degree to which a writer shares the prejudices of his family, his class, and his culture is less telling than the degree to which he is ashamed of them. Ezra Pound was defiantly unashamed of his prejudices. Eliot was more than ashamed: he was penitential.”