One example is cellist Kristin Ostling, “of Chicago-based string quartet Carpe Diem, was ‘bullied and rudely questioned for eight hours’ before being sent back to the US. She was told that she was taking work from British musicians even though the three recitals she was to take part in were unpaid.”
Tag: 03.21.11
Bolshoi Ballet Finds New Artistic Director
“After more than a week of turmoil surrounding leadership of its renowned ballet troupe,” Russia’s flagship theater has turned to a former principal dancer, Sergei Filin, who has revitalized the ballet company at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater over the past three seasons.
The Poetry Of Catastrophe: A Brief New York Times Anthology
Sam Tanenhaus: “Don’t run away. It’s not as depressing as it sounds. One of the enduring paradoxes of great apocalyptic writing is that it consoles even as it alarms.”
The Music Critic Who Went Back To Being A Musician
I remember one particularly discouraging morning when, after sending around a flurry of pitches and queries, I noticed it was only 10:30. Now what?
What Happened To The TV Show Premise?
Call it “post-premise comedy.” We know now, because we have grown sophisticated, that the early episodes or even seasons of a series are often just a sort of booster rocket to deliver the actual, less obviously dramatic but also less predictable payload into orbit.
Two Weeks After Musicians Offer To Mediate, Still No Talks In Detroit Symphony Strike
“Representatives for the DSO musicians and management have continued to communicate during the past two weeks, but there have been no face-to-face meetings since mid-February, when management suspended the rest of the season in the wake of the musicians’ rejection of its final offer.”