Labour cuts arts by 5%
Rachel Reeves has lopped 5 percent off the budget of the Department of Culture Media Sport and Digital, amid persistent reports that the entire DCMS is to be dismantled. It’s not clear how the cut […]
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Coming to a theatre near you
From next season’s offers at Battersea Arts Centre, south London: The World Premiere of EXXY by Dan Daw Creative Projects, co-produced with BAC Dan, a queer, crippled artist transports the audience to the Australian outback […]
La Phil calls off concerts amid civil unrest
A sign of our times. The post La Phil calls off concerts amid civil unrest appeared first on Slippedisc.
All concerts and opera are cancelled in Graz
Yesterday’s school shooting, which took 11 lives, has paralysed Austria’s second largest city. All public entertainments have been called off this week, starting with Handel’s Giulio Cesare at the opera. Across the rest of Austria, […]
US musicians fly in for conductor’s 100th birthday
Colonel Arnald Gabriel, a war hero, became conductor of the US Air Force Band. His musicians esteeked him. Watch. The post US musicians fly in for conductor’s 100th birthday appeared first on Slippedisc.
Breaking: ‘Toxic’ Hamburg Ballet chief is fired after a year
New is just in that Hamburg Ballet has terminated its director Demis Volpi amid recent talk of a toxic work environment. Volpi succeeded the long-serving John Neumeier a year ago. Summary dismissal is hiughly unusual […]
Arts Council England drops its pants for smaller bodies
The hopelessly discredited funding body announced a major U-turn today. After years of complaint that it was making arts orgs spend more time on filling forms than making art, it has eased the rules for […]
Boston Symphony upgrades a violinist
Sophie Wang, in her third year with the orchestra, has been promoted to associate concertmaster, effectively number three in the violins. She inherit the seat of Alexander Velinzon who was made first associate concertmaster last […]
Just in: Famed pianist suffers ‘slight stroke’
Portuguese media are reporting that a Maria João Pires concert scheduled for June 18th in Faro has been cancelled due to a ‘slight stroke’, Pires, who turns 81 next month, has also withdrawn from concerts […]
Bach makes salad leafs grow faster
The journal Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture reports that leafy vegetables can be grown larger and faster if you play them classical music. Bach’s Brandenburg concertos yielded the best results, especially with pak-choi plants. Rock […]
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