September 20, 2013   |
| | | Thought of the Day | "Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power." --Lao Tzu |
| Quote of the Week | | "Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." --Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| | Juilliard Orchestra Opens the 2013-14 Season with Enigma Variations | | ADVERTISEMENT  Praised by the St. Louis Post Dispatch for "effortlessly communicating his delight in the music he leads," internationally acclaimed British conductor Nicholas McGegan leads the Juilliard Orchestra's 2013-14 season opener with Britten's folksong-inspired An American Overture, Ibert's widely celebrated Flute Concerto, and Elgar's brilliant Enigma Variations on Saturday, September 28 in The Juilliard School's Peter Jay Sharp Theater. Tickets $20, Senior/Student $10.
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More Changes at IMG Artists | |  Stefana Atlas [pictured], longtime manager and deputy to Kurt Masur, has joined IMG Artists as senior vice president of directors/conductors and instrumentalists out of the New York office. This bodes well for her new employer, but indicates that Masur has wound down his professional activities almost entirely.
Another senior vice president of conductors and instrumentalists, Sara Hunt, in the London office, has resigned.
Matthew Horner, with the company since 2000, is now promoted to senior VP and director of the vocal division. He succeeds Alec Treuhaft, who abruptly quit in April.
The turnover since Jerry Inzerillo was installed as president in April 2012 shows no signs of abating.
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| | | Denise Ann Pineau, longtime artist manager with Columbia Artists Management Inc. (CAMI) died Friday, Sept. 13 in Riverdale, NY, according to her former employer. She was 59 and had suffered for 21 months from ovarian cancer.
Ms. Pineau, who trained as a singer, started her business career with Barnes & Noble, and eventually became manager of all of the chain's music departments. She had been with CAMI for 16 years, the last eight of them as a vice president.
Among the artists she managed at one time or another were mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne and pianists Claude Frank, Olga Kern, and Valentina Lisitsa.
"Denise will be remembered not only for her exceptional musical talent and business acumen" said CAMI in its statement, "but by family, friends, and colleagues, for her dedication and work ethic, loyalty and compassion, independence and bravery, her zest for life, and her distinctive and always contagious laugh."
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| | | | At the LA Phil, Everything's Coming up Roses |
 The Los Angeles Philharmonic is a virtual font of good news these days, a refreshing change of pace from the endless thrust and parry exercises in Minnesota. Yesterday, the California orchestra announced a new four-year contract with its musicians, one that will bring their salaries from the current base of $148,700 to $154,336 at the end of four years.
In comments, both sides noted the Philharmonic's sense of shared commitment and collegial spirit. Much credit goes to Deborah Borda, president and CEO since 2000, and perhaps the savviest orchestra administrator on the planet. She brought the 2011-12 books to a close with the tenth surplus in 11 years--$5.9 million to be exact. Fundraising was a major factor, rising from $33.1 million in 2010-11 to $38.9 million--the biggest fundraising year since the lead-up to the Disney Hall opening in Oct. 2003. It certainly doesn't hurt that the orchestra is now based in one of the city's major tourist attractions.
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For Netrebko, the Third Time's the Charm | |  NEW YORK -- Anna Netrebko is about to claim a new title at the Metropolitan Opera: "three-ma" donna.
When the Russian diva launches the Met season on Sept. 23 in Eugene Onegin, it will mark her third consecutive opening night, a milestone no soprano has ever reached before in leading roles.
The streak began in 2011 in Donizetti's tragic Anna Bolena and continued last year with a comedy by the same composer, L'Elisir d'Amore. In Onegin, she will be returning to her Russian roots.
Tatiana, the heroine of Onegin, seems an ideal fit for Netrebko's large, luscious voice, glamorous looks, and luminous stage presence. But Tatiana has proved an acting challenge. "I'm a girl from the 21st century, and I would do everything opposite," Netrebko said in an interview last week.
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| Carl St. Clair to Costa Rica National Symphony | |  Carl St. Clair, music director of the Pacific Symphony for 24 years, has accepted a one-year position as music director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, beginning in 2014. He has led that orchestra as a guest in recent seasons.
He succeeds Indian conductor Daniel Nazareth, who either resigned or was fired in 2011, depending on whose story one chooses to believe. At the time, the country's vice culture minister indicated the latter in an interview with the daily La Nación, commenting on the conductor's "disrespectful and destructive attitude."
St. Clair, who will maintain his California post, is contracted to lead six concerts in the NSO's season, plus tours and special events. He also aims to launch a conducting master class and mentoring program. MA.com subscribers read the full story |
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100 Years Ago...in Musical America: 4 October 1913 | | 
$5,000 A NIGHT FOR CARUSO That Is What Vienna Pays Him This Season--Johann Strauss's Life and Music to Be Reproduced on Latest Edison Invention--American Pianist in Vienna |
| Back to Work |  From A Rich Possession by James Conlon Done! My convalescence officially came to an end last Thursday when I started rehearsing Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Metropolitan Opera. Having recently come through surgery to correct damage from repeated bouts of diverticulitis, the fragility of life is on my mind. In general, I write rarely about myself but want to publicly thank the many friends and fans who have sent me good wishes. "What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger" is a rough translation of a famous adage of Nietzsche. A crisis can disrupt and then create a new and better equilibrium. I have come through the operation and recovery reinvigorated and determined to live every day to its fullest. I hadn't realized until after the operation that I had had a close call. From this experience, I have learned not to ignore the body's messages. Recuperating from surgery has given me an opportunity to reflect deeply and re-order priorities. I am thankful to be alive; indebted to the excellent medical care I received from my doctors (both in Italy and New York) and New York Presbyterian Hospital. I am grateful to my wife, daughters and friends, all of whom took great care of me afterwards. Now, except for the predictable post-surgery soreness, I feel better than I have in years. |
| Thanks for All the Trouble, But I Made Other Plans | | 
From Law and Disorder by Brian Taylor Goldstein Dear Law and Disorder I work for a venue that engaged an artist for a concert. I agreed to pay for hotel and travel. After the engagement, the artist told me that she decided to stay with friends and drive. I can't get my money back. Can I deduct my losses from her fee? |
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