“At a time when symphony orchestras and opera companies are marching proudly into the brave new electronic future of classical music, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra seems content to dither on the sidelines as the parade passes by… Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the orchestra’s discontinuing its locally and nationally syndicated radio broadcasts because of a lack of funding. That same year, 2001, the CSO and then-music director Daniel Barenboim lost their recording contract with Warner Classics.”
Tag: 10.01.06
Is LA The New American Art Capital?
“New venues have been springing up like some genetically altered mushroom able to thrive in full sunshine. The already decentralized metropolis can now boast of galleries in neighborhoods from Culver City (the current center of buzz, if not always daring cerebration) to Chinatown and Santa Monica.”
I, Superboy
That’s what they call Richard Li, who just gave Ottawa’s National Arts Center $1 million. He’s the son of one of the richest men in the world and a patron of the arts…