“I realised there was a growing audience of people who grew up on club music who were used to listening to music for timbre and texture, rather than vocals, who were listening to music for the experience, who could graduate from Aphex Twin to this. That’s taken a long time, maybe 10 years.”
Tag: 09.20.16
Kendall Jenner, Ballerina? (Not Hardly)
For a recent shoot Vogue España elected to dress the model in a variety of ballet-adjacent outfits and to film her sashaying around a dance studio. And when the ballet world caught wind of the video, it was not pleased.
The World’s Longest Documented Family Tree, 78 Generations And Counting, Belongs To Confucius
“There are a lot of groups that trace their origins. But there are few that can actually point to genealogical records from the Song [Dynasty] that are then kept up and recompiled pretty continuously up to the present.”
Is Your Kid Too Aggressive? Study Says Music Lessons Can Help
Researchers looked at two groups of students, “ — one taking music lessons, the other studying the natural sciences — for a year and a half. The study found that the budding scientists were more likely to respond to provocation with aggression as they grew older. In contrast, the young musicians were not.”
Late Degas Wasn’t So Bad After All, Goes The New Consensus
“‘One had to apologise for the late work,’ [Museum of Fine Arts, Houston director Gary Tinterow] says. ‘It was thought to be that of an old man who could no longer draw, or a reflection of frustration and a loss of manual dexterity.’ [Curator Henri] Loyrette is even more blunt: ‘People said Degas was a blind man.’ It took time and scholarship and subsequent exhibitions, but that feeling has largely dissipated.”
Bette Midler ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Revival Smashes Broadway Sales Record
“More than $9m was spent in the first 24 hours on tickets to the musical, which will be staged at the Shubert Theatre from April next year. The theatre’s owners declared themselves ‘thrilled’ with the response. Tickets for the show range from $79 to $189.”
Curtis Hanson, 71, Director Of ‘L.A. Confidential’, ‘The Hand That Rocks The Cradle’, ‘8 Mile’
“Throughout his career, Hanson strived to re-create the level of actor-director intimacy and trust that he felt [Humphrey] Bogart and [Nicholas] Ray enjoyed, and which produced such raw on-screen emotion. As a result, Hanson developed a reputation among actors as a director who was particularly intuitive.”
More Concerts Canceled By Fort Worth Symphony As Strike Continues
“The cancellations include three concerts scheduled Sept. 30-Oct. 2 that featured pianist Stephen Hough performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1. … The musicians went on strike Sept. 8 after rejecting a proposed contract that included pay cuts and higher costs for health insurance. The orchestra association has since canceled three weekends of concerts.”
‘Dance’ Magazine And Its Siblings Acquired By Wall Street Exec/Dance Patron
“Wall Street dealmaker Frederic Seegal has acquired five titles of Dance Media from Macfadden Communications. Seegal, the one-time CEO of Wasserstein Perella and current vice chairman of Peter J. Solomon Co., … has been a longtime patron of the arts, serving as past president of the American Ballet Theater’s board of trustees and as a trustee for the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Opera.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.20.16
Some Of Our Orchestras Seem To Be Thriving – Is This A New Trend?
There’s been a change in the news coming out of symphony orchestras over the past summer. Usually there’s a background drumbeat of struggle as orchestras fight to stay alive. But for months now, the beat has shifted, and we’re hearing about orchestras that are not only surviving but thriving. … read more
AJBlog: diacritical/Douglas McLennan Published 2016-09-20
What Makes A Good Collector? And What Is Craft vs. Art? Two Stories
Usually, the most noteworthy collectors – aside from those, like J. Paul Getty, with the wherewithal to buy anything they want – are the ones that go their own way, that collect a field that’s out-of-fashion but full of worth artworks. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2016-09-20
Adulated Adjaye: Acclaimed in DC, Under-the-Radar in NYC (with video)
While there’s been widespread critical acclaim for David Adjaye‘s $540-million National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, few New Yorkers have heard of, let alone visited, his $84.7-million, 13-story Sugar Hill Project in Harlem … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-09-20
The Art of Relevance
I purchased my copy of Nina Simon’s The Art of Relevance on the first day it was available. I am only now posting comments about it because, frankly, I know more people are paying attention in September … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2016-09-20
Monday Recommendation: Ken Peplowski
Ken Peplowski, Enrapture (Capri) Despite a playlist that seems to represent a grab bag of music, there is nothing scattershot about Ken Peplowski’s eclecticism. The clarinetist and tenor saxophonist with the capacious tone and imagination … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-09-20
[ssba_hide]