Monthly Archives: May 2015

A summer itinerary of contemporary music

Photo : R.R. Jones/Cabrillo Festival Are you making a trip this summer? If so, journalist Tom Huizenga has prepared a list of contemporary music festival you must attend.     […]

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Le piano-interprète

Ce nouveau modèle de piano peut à lui seul reproduire impeccablement l’interprétation d’une musique. Il est possible de questionner l’intérêt, si ce n’est purement technologique, de voir un piano se […]

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Do you have perfect pitch ?

Find out by testing your skills with these musical extracts! Article : http://www.classicfm.com/discover/music/perfect-pitch-test/#z24dgtRUzrdveB5L.97Author : Daniel Ros

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Orchestra in parking lot

The ensemble Multi-Story is determined to reach new audiences, with their unusual approach of playing Shostakovich, Brahms and Sibelius in a parking lot. Discover more about the project here. Article […]

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Music influences wine tasting

If you believe the only factor in wine tasting is the chemicals on your taste buds, you’re in for a surprise! According to this article, the music playing while tasting […]

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Opera in Venise : a new Disneyland?

According to Cristiano Chariot, director of the ensemble La Fenice, Venetian opera needs a change of pace. To survive, it should adopt lucrative, audience-oriented strategies, which may mean, for example, […]

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How do music festivals fare?

According to journalist Shaun Tandon, Generation Y is more concerned with purchasing experiences than music itself. This articles explain why music festivals are a flourishing part of the music business […]

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Does clapping make audiences anxious ?

This article is a helpful guideline for music lovers, new audiences, and even condutors! The author wonders if the fear of clapping at the wrong moment of the concert makes […]

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Celebrity worship in Classical Music ?

Christophe Huss claims that Classical Music has developed an unhealthy veneration of “stars”, arguing that celebrity status should not be a way for performers to increase their audiences, especially if […]

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Are digital music sales more important than we think ?

If we tend to believe that music CD revenue is more important than its digital equivalent, this articles shows a different angle. Indeed, for the first time, digital music revenue […]

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