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Tag: 11.21.08
Cincinnati Symphony Gets New President
Trey Devey, a strategy consultant for Boston Consulting Group, a global consulting firm with 66 offices in 38 countries, will assume his new post on Jan. 20. He succeeds Steven Monder, who retired in June after holding the job for 31 years.
Worst Sex Writing Of The Year
“Britain’s Literary Review has picked its candidates for the worst erotic writing of the year and centred out such literary luminaries as Alastair Campbell, John Updike and Simon Sebag Montefiore.”
Paul Taylor Company Finds A New Home
The company, which lost its lease in a building in Soho, said it had found new quarters in a Grand Street auditorium that belongs to the East River Houses, a cooperative complex. It said it would move in next year after renovations that would create two studios with 20-foot ceilings.
Europe Launches Massive Digital Library, Is Swamped By 10 Million Users/Hour
The European Union has “launched the prototype of Europeana, its bold project to digitise millions of books, artworks, manuscripts, maps, objects and films from the most important libraries, museums and archives, and provide them free to download from one website. The EU commission’s head, José Manuel Barroso, called it a Renaissance moment, as Europe plans to outdo commercial search engines in the staggering scope of its collection.”
How Dance Could Use Technology
“Borrowing a page from indie-rock bands that have little means for marketing or distribution, Chris Elam envisions Web sites with streaming video of rehearsals and viewer comments; live video chats with dancers and audiences; and user profiles that are maintained in a database. The aim is to nurture a following that can view the course of creating a show, virtually, and even help direct it as well as comment on it afterward.”
The Arts Under Obama?
How will the arts do in the Age of Obama? The larger societal changes related to the economy and dissemination of culture might make more of an impact…
Will Digital Movies Everywhere Kill The Movie Theatre?
“What will happen, in the age of iPod, DVR, VOD, YouTube and BitTorrent, to the experience of moviegoing, to say nothing of the art of cinema? The answer does not seem to be that people will stop going to the movies.”
Italian Museums For Fun (And Profit?)
“The art world here is in an uproar over suggestions from Italy’s culture minister, Sandro Bondi, that the country should think of its state museums and archaeological sites as generators of revenue.”
The Planet’s Best Orchestras? Let The Debate Begin.
Gramophone’s poll of music critics names the world’s top 20 orchestras. “Seven American orchestras, four German and three Russian make the list, which is topped by the Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam. The mighty Berlin Philharmonic and the refined Vienna Philharmonic are second and third respectively.”