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The late Lewis Allan Reed and the Velvet Underground influenced not only a generation of rock musicians, but also the late Czechoslovakia-cum-Czech Republic president Václav Havel. And that was why Reed got the invite to perform with... -
Classicalite Recording News: The Decca Sound Dead in the U.S. as Universal Music Classics is Born
How to interpret the news that Universal is to drop the Decca company name in the United States? The first thing to say is that it's not as bad as it looks at first glance. The second thing is that, in fact, it might even indicate that... -
Louisville Orchestra's New Music Director is 26-Year-Old Conductor Teddy Abrams
The Louisville Orchestra named Teddy Abrams, 26, as Music Director Designate. Abrams' three-year contract as music director will begin in September 2014... -
DEADLINE: Wagner Society of Santa Fe Wants Your 'Ring' Sequel
Wagnerites, take heed. In celebration of both National Opera Week as well as the composer's ongoing 200th, the Wagner Society of Santa Fe is seeking sequels to Der Ring des Nibelungen--specifically, what happens to Alberich... -
BREAKING: Noted American Conductor Lawrence Leighton Smith Is Dead at Age 77
Lawrence Leighton Smith, emeritus music director of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, passed away on October 25, 2013 after suffering a major heart attack earlier this month. -
Sonia Marie De León de Vega Bringing Classical Music to L.A. Latinos, One Family at a Time
Maestra Sonia Marie De León de Vega takes the stage. She's greeted with enthusiastic applause from an audience of families with young children, teenagers and young adults. About 80 percent of the audience members are Latino... -
John Sinclair's Spoken Word @ CBGB Festival
OK, so, technically, these were shot up and over in Koreatown--at Chris Noth's fancy pants dinner club, The Cutting Room. -
UPDATE: La Scala's Post-Barenboim Conductor is…Fabio Luisi?
UPDATE: Now, Italy's La Reppublica is reporting that Genoese maestro Fabio Luisi--principal conductor of the Met since September 2011 (i.e. from whence James Levine withdrew)--may very well be the preferred candidate. Call it... -
Jaap Blonk's Sound Poetry Primer @ Roulette
Make no mistake, Jaap Blonk remains the world's foremost sound poet. Make no mistake, Jaap Blonk remains the world's foremost sound poet. The Dutch vocalist's brilliant performance of the Stanford-commission Polyphtong--as well as the entirety of Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate, from memory--at Roulette last week more than prove that assertion. -
Is This the End of the Brooklyn Philharmonic?
Radio station WQXR reported some troubling news about the Brooklyn Philharmonic on Friday, adding to the woes of this professional ensemble that has been part of Brooklyn's musical -
Classicalite's Five Worst: Pub Shots
Here at Classicalite, we get deluged by publicity photos every day. Some are wonderful, most are average. And a small percentage are truly bizarre, in bad taste or downright silly... -
TRANSLATION: Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, "Ancient Scent"
Lost in the fire of last year's 'Pierrot' centennial was translation. After all, it was Otto Erich Hartleben's German--translated from the original French of Albert Giraud--that Arnold Schoenberg had set. To wit, over the past 21 weekdays..
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