“The Moscow film company behind some of the greatest classics of Soviet cinema on Wednesday said it had agreed to make dozens of its best-known movies freely available on YouTube. The agreement between Mosfilm and YouTube means that an initial batch of 50 films that still have legendary status in Russia but are little known outside will for the first time find a wide foreign audience.”
Tag: 04.27.11
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Berlin Philharmonic
“The Philharmonie has a capacity of 2,400 seats and the BPO enjoys average attendance of 98%. Audience are diverse, ranging from core subscribers aged fifty-plus to a young audience twenty to thirty years old who descend upon the Orchestra for unusual contemporary programs.”
With The Rise Of Ebooks, Are Print Books Just Souvenirs?
“Anecdotally I am sensing a market shift that threatens the continuing wide spread distribution of hardcover and paperback books that currently dominate our bookshelves. Will printed books become gifts and souvenirs?”
Turmoil For Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
“The Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (OSB) nearly half of its musicians after they refused to take part in assessment auditions as required by conductor Roberto Minczuk, the organization said Wednesday.”
Gay Indian Film, Rejected By Bollywood, Gets Funding Via Facebook
“Indian studios had refused to provide financial backing” to the director Onir for his film I Am “due to the movie’s controversial subject matter. Not to be put off, the film-maker took to Facebook and pulled in donations from as far afield as the US and Australia.”
It’s Not Easy Making Ballet To Pop Songs, Says Calgary Ballet Director
Jean Grand-Maitre: “They’re easier to make relevant. But … [when] you’re working with a song by Elton John, say, like ‘Rocket Man,’ that people have heard for decades and have their own images of what they ‘see’ to it, then the real challenge is how to take this music and make people ‘see’ it in a different way.”
Vienna State Opera Ballet To Try Something New: Touring
“After a first season rich in premieres, the Vienna Ballet under director Manuel Legris will pack its bags next season for a couple of tours to build up its name on the international stage. So far, two tours are planned: to Monte Carlo in December for two evenings, and to Japan in April 2012.”
Ideas On The Rise? (The New Intellectualism)
“So why this blossoming interest in intellectualism? According to philosopher and School of Life co-founder Mark Vernon: “We live in a period when we’ve never been materially richer, but we appear to be over-consuming ourselves and the planet.Out of the sense of impending crisis comes the desire to ask again what it is to be human, and how we might live.”
Univ. Of Sydney To Auction Picasso Portrait Of Marie-Therese
“A fabulously vibrant Picasso painting of his young lover Marie-Thérèse Walter that has not been seen in public for 60 years is to be auctioned in London. Christie’s said it was selling Jeune fille endormie on behalf of the University of Sydney, which will put the £10m-plus it is expected to make towards scientific and medical research.”
With $6M Deficit, NY City Ballet Faces Tough Contract Negotiations
“A federal mediator has been brought in to help with the talks, which have grown unusually acrimonious over issues like salary increases, overtime, sick-pay policies and dancers’ participation in small off-season tours.”