“Scottish Ballet’s artistic director Ashley Page yesterday angrily made clear that when he leaves the company in 2012 it will be against his wishes.”
Tag: 11.09.10
St. Louis Museum Lands Major Trove of Japanese Art
“Charles and Rosalyn Lowenhaupt have donated their entire collection of 1,357 Japanese prints, hanging scrolls, six-panel folding screens, and other related works of art,” most dating from the Meiji era (1868-1912).
Rich Americans Are Still Giving to the Arts
A Merrill Lynch study “found that households with incomes of $200,000 or more, or net worths of at least $1 million (not counting a primary home’s value) devoted 7.5 cents out of their charitable dollar to the arts during 2009, compared to a penny for the population at large.”
More Detroit Symphony Concerts Cancelled Due to Strike
“The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has canceled three additional weeks of concerts due to the musicians strike, beginning with four classical performances Thursday through Sunday that were to have been conducted by music director Leonard Slatkin.”
Met Museum to Redesign Its Plaza
Museum director Thomas Campbell “said that the need to replace the museum’s two fountains, which have been turned off for several years, led to a broader discussion of the plaza’s layout. … Apart from the steps, he said, the rest of the space, including the fountains, would be completely rethought.”
High-Tech, Interactive, Unpredictable – ‘Theatre of the Nerd’
“A new media studio in Bristol has commissioned six theatre companies “to explore working with ‘pervasive media’ – basically defined as mobile- or sensor-activated technology, from text messaging to the RFID chips used in Oyster cards on London’s public transport.”
Another Musician Forgets His Million-Dollar Violin
An unnamed (due to embarrassment?) German violinist left his $1.4 million 1748 violin on the train when he got home to Munich from an Asian tour. Railway staff promptly found and returned the instrument, whose owner needed medical attention for a panic attack.
This Year’s Musical America Honorees
“Heading the group of five distinguished artists is violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, who this season celebrates her 35th anniversary as a performer, starting as Herbert von Karajan’s violin soloist of choice in his late recordings of the concerto repertoire.”
New Appreciation For Ancient American Culture
“Prior to modern archaeological research, the ancient history of the Americas was framed within a greatly foreshortened and unrealistic timescale; only recently have we learned to appreciate that the rise of civilisation on this side of the globe broadly parallels advances elsewhere in the world, albeit with its own distinctive character.”
Study: My Favorite Device On Which To Read An eBook Is…
“Laptops only slightly trump the Kindle, 35 percent to 32 percent. Coming in third was the iPhone, with 15 percent, followed by a Sony e-reader (12 percent), netbooks (10 percent) and the Barnes & Noble Nook (9 percent). Also at 9 percent was the iPad.”