Some news to start your week! It was announced earlier this year that the coming Cabrillo Festival will be Marin Alsop’s last. NewMusicBox has a great piece on how the festival has evolved during Alsop’s tenure – read more here. The Meet the...
Catch up on the news from the weekend: The Guardian asked composer Anna Clyne (among others) to put together a Classical Music for Beginners list. She includes works by Kaija Saariaho and Caroline Shaw – read, and listen, here. NPR did a great piece on the life...
Some links to start your week: Earlier this month Kaija Saariaho was interviewed by the San Francisco Classical Voice discussing her role not only as a composer, but as an educator. Read the full interview here. Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra has been...
Here are some headlines worth paying attention to: Though the LA Philharmonic didn’t promote Saariaho’s world premiere, it received an excellent review in the LA Times: The performance was strong. Dudamel remained constantly attuned to Saariaho’s...
Every year the League of American Orchestras releases statistics on the repertoire that is performed by member ensembles. The information is collected and painstakingly compiled so that arts administrators, musicians, and academics can take notice of trends and...
