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Financial results at the troubled Minnesota Orchestra are much stronger than might have been expected, say upbeat board. Hits, yes, but lots of relatively good news on which to build. -
READ: It’s Time for Musicians to Form a New Minnesota Orchestra
Attorney Lee Henderson, a member of the community-based group “SOS: Save Osmo," wrote an editorial urging the musicians and community to work together towards establishing a new symphony orchestra. Here’s an excerpt from his editorial that appeared in the Minneapolis... -
Osmo Vänskä’s Emotional Farewell Speech to His Minnesota Orchestra
A recording has emerged of one of the most devastating speeches from a concert hall--Osmo Vänskä's farewell to the Minnesota Orchestra, ravaged by industrial dispute. -
Five Quickies: Ballet Star and Son Stabbed, Classical's Hell Week, John Zorn at the Met, Graphic Scores, Stevie Nicks of Thrones
So, in an effort to keep all you Classicalites abreast of each and every situation, we'll be trawling the web for the best headlines--those stories, those people making the biggest waves. -
READ: Aaron Jay Kernis Resigns as Director of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute
Composer Aaron Jay Kernis resigned on Tuesday after 15 years as the director of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute. -
Osmo Vänskä Conducting Farewell Concerts with Minnesota Orchestra Musicians
Although he resigned as music director on October 1, Osmo Vänskä will lead the musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra one more time (in two concerts) scheduled for this Friday and Saturday. -
Five Quickies: Stream Joyce DiDonato at Juilliard, 13 Scariest Pieces, Classical Music Imperiled?, Nazi Gold in Score?, Fake Operatic Orgasms?
And with the world's best musicians, singers, dancers and actors going back to repertory work after their summer stocks, there's more good news happening now than there was, say, back in September... -
Osmo Vänskä Walks, It's All Over for Minnesota Orchestra
It's all over in Minnesota, at least as far as their distinguished Finnish conductor is concerned. The thing that many locals had dreaded has come to pass: Osmo Vänskä has resigned as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra... -
Could New Minnesota Orchestra Contract Offer be Last Chance Saloon?
More from the turmoil at the Minnesota Orchestra. A press release has gone out announcing a fourth contract proposal for musicians from management. They--both sides presumably--will be earnestly hoping that this gets them back to work... -
Dallas Symphony Win New Terms, Lexington Philharmonic Agree Temporarily...Minnesota Orchestra Players Rumored to Go it Alone
Three perspectives on the current, sometimes tragic, woes hitting orchestras and their managements in North America: One has agreed new terms, another temporary terms, and the third, with agreement still not in sight, might perform on its -
Five Quickies: Gov. Dayton on Minnesota Orchestra, Zubin Mehta in Kashmir, Charlie Parker Jazz Fest, Stockhausen Tasting Menu, Roger Federer's Violin
Here, then, is today's news. -
Aspen President Alan Fletcher Tells It Like It is in Minnesota Keynote [TRANSCRIPT]
"I know from intense personal experience how hard that will be. I had to sit at a table, over and over again, with people who had wanted me to be fired." -- Alan Fletcher, CEO of Aspen Music Festival and School... -
LONGREADS: Minnesota Composer Institute Alumni's Full Letter to All of Minnesota
A proposal by vaunted Northern Ireland and Middle East peace negotiator, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, that the Minnesota Orchestra end its 11-month lockout was just shot down by both board and management... -
Glass, Corigliano, Lang, Puts and Muhly: Composer Institute Alums Call for End of Minnesota Orchestra Lockout
"The Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute has been a beacon in the field, and had substantially enriched the Minnesota Orchestra’s stature as a forward-thinking cultural institution." -- Philip Glass, John Corigliano, David Lang, Kevin... -
BREAKING: Minnesota Orchestra Cancels Summer, Too
Musicians from the Minnesota Orchestra have been locked out in salary disputes that recently passed the 10-month mark, becoming the longest of any U.S. symphony in decades. Sorry, Alfred Che Newman; it appears there will be no sounds...
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