Andrew Norman was named composer of the year; the bass-baritone Eric Owens, vocalist of the year; and Eighth Blackbird, the new-music sextet currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, ensemble of the year.
Tag: 10.18.16
He Stumbled On Grandpa’s Old Reel-To-Reel Tapes – And Found A Motherlode Of His Country’s Endangered Folk Music
“When Daniel Lofredo Rota began clearing out the apartment of his dead grandfather here in April 2014, he found several tons of newspaper, stacks of letters, broken typewriters and about 300 magnetic reel-to-reel tapes, almost perfectly preserved after 45 years in a cool, dry place. … It was a cultural time capsule carrying a vital chapter of Ecuador’s musical history.”
MoMA Gets A Collection, And A Research Institute, Of Latin American Art
“Before Lygia Clark was getting major museum retrospectives; before Adriana Varejão was represented by leading galleries; before Beatriz Milhazes was achieving high prices at auction, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros was collecting Latin American art … Over the last 16 years, Ms. Cisneros and her husband, Gustavo A. Cisneros, have donated 40 of these pieces to the Museum of Modern Art, where she has served on the board since 1992. Now, they are giving 102 more and establishing a research institute at the museum for the study of Latin American art.”
Pittsburgh Symphony Cancels Yet More Concerts; No Negotiations With Striking Musicians Scheduled
“The Pittsburgh Symphony canceled all orchestra events through Nov. 18 in the wake of the musicians’ strike, the organization announced Monday. … As a result, at least four of the 20 core classical concert weekends and two of the orchestra’s seven pops programs scheduled for this season will not take place.”
Columbia’s New Doctoral Program In Dance Education Will Train Teachers Of Teachers
“As the decline of arts education in recent decades has increasingly alarmed cultural institutions, a new $4.36 million gift aims to bolster dance education by taking a different approach. The gift, from Jody Gottfried Arnhold and her husband, John, will allow Teachers College at Columbia University to establish a new doctoral program to train those who train dance teachers.”
Uffizi Gallery Overhauls Display Of Old Masters
“The new layout drastically modifies how the museum’s sizable collection of Botticelli paintings and works by Pollaiolo, Hugo van der Goes, Rogier van der Weyden and Domenico Ghirlandaio are exhibited, giving all the works sufficient space to shine.”