Why Orchestras Need To Solve The New Music Problem

“With each passing generation, composers fall in and out of fashion, and the core orchestral canon shifts to accommodate changing tastes. But somewhere along the line, we stopped drafting new composers into the mix of regulars, and unless we change that, and soon, it means that when tastes change again, there may not be anything an orchestra can play that will sound remotely interesting to the next generation of listeners.”

Study: People Who Attend Cultural Events Are Less Stressed

“People who go to museums and concerts or create art or play an instrument are more satisfied with their lives, regardless of how educated or rich they are, according to a study. But the link between culture and feeling good about oneself is not quite the same in both sexes, according to the study, published in the British Medical Association’s Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.”

Binoche, Bauhaus, Bausch and Beach (Einstein On The): 2012 Olympic Arts Festival Programme

The Barbican Centre has announced the flagship arts programming planned around the 2012 London Olympics. A few of the highlights: Juliette Binoche playing Strindberg’s Miss Julie, a major Bauhaus retrospective titled Art as Life, a month-long season by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, and the UK premiere of Philip Glass’s Einstein on the Beach.