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☆ Review: The Philadelphia Orchestra Revels, and Struggles, in Jazz
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Anastasia Tsioulcas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Much of 20th-century classical music owes a deep thanks to jazz. And while on paper, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s concert at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday night was organized for a festival at the hall, Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice, the subtext was American jazz. All three of the composers on the program (Stravinsky, Weill and Gershwin) loved and, to one extent or another, made references to the style in their music. Weill, who left Europe for the United States after the fall of the Weimar Republic, was also steeped in jazz. The orchestra staked out rhythmic details with crystalline precision and saw each phrase through with patience and a rich sound.

Persons: Stravinsky, Weill, Gershwin, wouldn’t, “, ”, Patrick Williams, Yannick Nézet, Nitzan, Edward Hopper Organizations: Philadelphia, Carnegie Hall Locations: Weimar Republic, Europe, U.S, United States

The hyper-competitive original song and original score categories include nominees from the films “Barbie'' to ”Oppenheimer'' and beyond. Diane Warren, original song nomination for “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot.”Warren describes the song as bringing “a little reggaeton to the Oscars.”"I’m thrilled. Mark Ronson, original song nomination for “I'm Just Ken” from “Barbie”Ronson wrote “I'm Just Ken” with Andrew Wyatt. Thank you.”Academy-award winner Ludwig Göransson, original score nomination for “Oppenheimer”This is Göransson's third nomination. And everyone’s really proud of one another.”Laura Karpman, original score nomination for “American Fiction”This is Karpman's first Oscar nomination.

Persons: Diane Warren, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Billie Eilish, Barbie, ” Oppenheimer, Warren, Ronson, Wyatt, “ I’m, Ken ”, “ Barbie, ” Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson, Scott George, “ Wahzhazhe, Eilish, O’Connell, James Bond, ” Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga, Anthony Rossomando, ” Laura Karpman, Indiana Jones, ” John Williams, ” Robbie Robertson, “ Oppenheimer, ” Ludwig Göransson, Jerskin Fendrix, Karpman, It's, Fendrix —, he's, ”, Dave Mullins, Brad Booker, John, Yoko, ” Warren, I’m, I’ve, It’s, There’s, “ I'm, “ Barbie ” Ronson, “, Ken ’, Greta, Ryan, Gosling, Ken, —, Batiste, Suleika, Finneas O'Connell, Finneas, Ludwig Göransson, Oscar, Chris Nolan, Nolan, Laura Karpman, Martin Scorsese, Robbie Robertson, Mullins, Booker's, MULLINS, BOOKER, Sean, Lennon Organizations: ANGELES, ”, Music, Academy, ” Academy Locations: “

☆ Emma Stone, Billie Eilish and and more react to their Oscar nominations
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Those who were lucky enough to hear their names read among the Oscar nominees on Tuesday morning are expressing their gratitude for the honor. Thank you to Bradley for handing me this gift of a role and an experience.”Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper in "Maestro." Jason McDonald/Netflix“Maestro” creator Bradley Cooper, nominated for best picture, best original screenplay and best actor said, “We are all so grateful to be recognized along all of these incredible works of art this year. Parrish Lewis/NetflixMusician Jon Batiste’s “It Never Went Away” from the film “American Symphony,” that in part chronicles his wife’s battle with cancer, was nominated for best original song. And in a year of so many extraordinary songs - including those from our incredible fellow Barbie contributors,” the statement said.

Persons: Emma Stone, ”, “, Bella, “ Oppenheimer, ” Maestro, “ El Conde, ” Annette Bening, Bening’s, Nyad, Jodie Foster, Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper’s “ Maestro, Bradley, ” Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Jason McDonald, Maestro ”, Jamie, Alex, Nina Bernstein, ” Colman Domingo, “ Rustin ”, BAYARD RUSTIN’s, ” Jeffrey Mackenzie Jordan, Colman Domingo, Rustin, Parrish Lewis, Jon Batiste’s, Suleika, ” Batiste, ” Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Ken ”, “ Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s, Billie Eilish, Finneas, Celine Song, Greta Lee, Jon Pack, we’ve Organizations: CNN, Academy, ” Netflix, Netflix Locations: ”

PARIS (AP) — Paris Men’s Fashion Week, ending Sunday, has witnessed a striking dichotomy of styles. Here are some highlights of fall-winter 2024 men's shows:SACAI’S BOLD WARRIOR CHICAs the sun set on Paris Menswear Week, Sacai, Japan’s commercial juggernaut in the fashion world, delivered imaginatively. This season’s Paris Men’s Fashion Week traveled from the elegantly understated to the boldly expressive. In contrast with this muted luxury, Balmain made a striking comeback to men’s fashion with a lineup that screamed opulence. Menswear week showcased the dual nature of men’s luxury fashion, oscillating between the quietly sophisticated and the unapologetically extravagant.

Persons: Chitose Abe, Abe’s, WOOYOUNGMI’S, Naomi Campbell, Rick Owens, Owens, Jamie Dornan, Zayn Malik gracing, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Yohji, Wim Wenders, Norman Reedus, Zinédine Zidane Organizations: PARIS, Paris, AMI, Balmain Locations: Paris, Paris Seoul, PARIS

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Filmmaker Yance Ford was in a “Sundance haze” when he took a meeting with Netflix following the premiere of “Strong Island” in 2017. “Strong Island” would go on to get an Oscar nomination, too, as would its Sundance and Netflix peer “Icarus,” which would win best documentary in 2018. “Netflix understood what ‘Strong Island’ was doing and what it could say to a big, broad audience.”Ten years after “The Square,” an acquisition that put Netflix documentaries on the map, the streamer is back at the 40th Sundance Film Festival with an eye towards acquisitions and two very different originals. “We really were the new kids on the block trying to persuade filmmakers that having the reach of the platform was something that was really important,” Del Deo said. “I think it's going to put a lot of smiles on people,” Del Deo said.

Persons: Yance Ford, “, Miss Simone, ” Liz Garbus, Nina Simone, Ford, ” Ford, ’, ”, Bao Nguyen’s, ” Adam Del Deo, Lisa Nishimura, Del Deo, It’s, “ Crip, they’ve, Garbus, John Legend, ” Garbus, ” “, Simone ”, Harry, Meghan ”, Nishimura, Jon Batiste, Barbie ”, —, Lionel Richie, Harry Belafonte, Bruce Springsteen, Smokey Robinson, Cyndi Lauper, Dionne Warwick, Huey Lewis, ” Del Deo, Nguyen, it’s, ” Nguyen Organizations: Netflix, Sundance, Associated Press, Toronto, Eccles Locations: CITY , Utah, America, Park City , Utah, Brazil, France, Garbus, “, Telluride, Vietnam

NEW YORK (AP) — Franz Welser-Möst is back on the Cleveland Orchestra's podium, concentrating again on music instead of his health. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesWelser-Möst had surgery Sept. 1 to remove a cancerous tumor from his bladder and came back to Cleveland to conduct the orchestra's season opener on Sept. 28. Both are very well now, so there’s every reason to be optimistic.”Welser-Möst has been Cleveland's music director since 2002-03 and has appointed 69 musicians, including 52 of the current 105 members. And in those days, of course, I was like: How on earth is he doing that?”Welser-Möst first conducted the Cleveland Orchestra in 1993 and became music director for the 2002-03 season. On the afternoon of his return concert on Jan. 11, he announced he will retire as music director at the end of 2026-27, his 25th season.

Persons: — Franz Welser, “, George Szell, ”, Verdi's, Möst, André Gremillet, Franz Leopold Maria Möst, Baron Andreas von Bennigsen, Herbert von Karajan, Karajan, Albert Moser, Vienna’s, “ I’d, wasn't, “ I’m, Clive Gillinson, he's, Beethoven's, Strauss, “ I’ve, Riccardo Muti, Gustavo Dudamel Organizations: Cleveland, Cleveland's Severance Music Center, Carnegie Hall, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival, Cleveland Orchestra’s, Berlin Philharmonic’s, Karajan, Cleveland Orchestra, Carnegie, ” Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, “ Locations: Austrian, Austria, New York, Naples, West Palm Beach , Florida, Cleveland, Vienna, Linz, Welser, Liechtenstein, Salzburg, Berlin, York, Weimar Republic, Weimar, Zurich, U.S

☆ BAFTA Film Awards nominations 2024: See the full list of nominees
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The nominees for the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards have been announced, with “Oppenheimer” leading the charge with 13 nominations. There were few surprises from the British Academy, with strong awards season favorites faring well, including Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” with 11 nominations and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” with nine. Standing out from the crowd was “The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer’s unique film about the Holocaust, which achieved nine nominations. “Barbie” received nods in five categories, including Margot Robbie for best actress, but did not land a best picture nomination. The awards ceremony, hosted by actor David Tennant, will be held at the Royal Festival Hall, in London, on February 18.

Persons: “ Oppenheimer ”, Martin Scorsese’s, Jonathan Glazer’s, “ Barbie ”, Margot Robbie, “, ”, Lily Gladstone, David Tennant, “ Oppenheimer, Napoleon ” “, Wonka, Michael J, Andrew Haigh, Justine Triet, Alexander Payne, ” Bradley Cooper, “ Maestro ” Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Glazer, Cord Jefferson, ” Christopher Nolan, Tony McNamara, Arthur Harari, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, “ Barbie ” David Hemingson, Josh Singer, “ Maestro ” Celine Song, Barry Keoghan, Saltburn ” Bradley Cooper, “ Maestro ” Cillian Murphy, “ Oppenheimer ” Colman Domingo, “ Rustin ” Paul Giamatti, ” Teo Yoo, Carey Mulligan, “ Maestro ” Emma Stone, “ Barbie ” Sandra Hüller, Vivian Oparah, Dominic Sessa, Jacob Elordi, Saltburn, Paul Mescal, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr, “ Oppenheimer ” Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Danielle Brooks, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Emily Blunt, Rosamund Pike, Sandra Hüller, Robbie Robertson, Ludwig Göransson, Jerskin, ” Anthony Willis, “ Saltburn ” Daniel Pemberton, Jacqueline Durran, “ Barbie ” Jacqueline West, Dave Crossman, Janty Yates, “ Napoleon ” Ellen Mirojnick, Holly Waddington, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer, “ Barbie, Jack Fisk, Adam Willis, Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman, Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa, Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś, Katarzyna Sikora, Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper, Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Alex Wuttke, Henry Badgett, Charley Henley, Ewen Martin, “ Napoleon ” Simon Hughes, Hair Kay Georgiou, Thomas Nellen, Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy, Bell, “ Maestro ” Jana Carboni, Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber, Julia Vernon, “ Napoleon ” Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston, Laurent Sénéchal, Thelma Schoonmaker, Jennifer Lame, Yorgos, ” Paul Watts, Rodrigo Prieto, Matthew Libatique, Maestro ” Hoyte van, Robbie Ryan, Kahleen Crawford, Susan Shopmaker, Isabella Odoffin, Ellen Lewis, Rene Haynes, Angelo Bonanni, Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff, Bernard Weiser, “ Ferrari ” Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, Dean Zupancic, Maestro ” Chris Burdon, James H, Mather, Chris Munro, Mark Taylor, Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Gary A, Rizzo, Johnnie Burn, ” “ Gorka, Phoebe Dynevor Ayo, Jacob Elordi Mia Mckenna, Bruce Sophie Wilde Organizations: CNN, British Academy, Royal Festival Hall, “ Society, Fox, “ Guardians, “ Locations: London, British, “

However strange it sounds, that contradiction fits snugly in explanations of what climate change is doing to Earth, scientists said. But when the polar vortex weakens, the arms start flailing out, the skater slips and “all the cold air then gets released away from the center of the polar vortex," Cohen said. The current cold outbreak is consistent with Arctic change and the polar vortex, Cohen said. Cohen and others have done studies that show the polar vortex outbreaks have become more frequent in recent decades. But another polar vortex looks like it's coming at the end of the month, though not as strong as this one, they said.

Persons: turvy, ”, Jennifer Francis, Judah Cohen, Cohen, Steve Vavrus, It's, Francis, Marshall Shepherd, “, Victor Gensini, Gensini, ___ Read, Seth Borenstein Organizations: North Dakota, NFL, Amplification, Atmospheric Environmental Research, University of Wisconsin, University of Georgia, Northern Illinois University, Associated Press Locations: United States, Asia, Africa, East, South America, North, Miami, Kansas City, Melbourne, Aruba, Curacao, Argentina, Oman, Iran, Texas, Boston, Madison, Chicago, Denver, Lincoln, Omaha , Oklahoma City, Dallas, Houston, AP.org

☆ In the Dream Orchestra, many musicians never played an instrument before joining
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

I think they thought I was crazy.”Many of the Dream Orchestra’s members had never played an instrument before they joined. Ron Davis Álvarez, Dream Orchestra founder and artistic directorThe small ensemble rehearsed on Fridays and Saturdays. He'd never played an instrument before joining the Dream Orchestra. Mushtaq Khorsand asked to join the Dream Orchestra after seeing how joyful his friends were during a performance. So if I wasn’t part of Dream Orchestra and (hadn’t) met Ron, I don’t where I would be,” he says.

Persons: Ron Davis Álvarez, He’d, ” Álvarez, hadn’t, they’d, Álvarez, Venezuela’s, he’d, It’s, Gustavo Bandres, “, Mostafa, ” Kazemi, Kazemi, —, –, Mostafa Kazemi, He'd, ”, Ron, Mushtaq Khorsand, ” Khorsand, Khorsand, He's, Rey, He’s, he’s, Carlos Medrano y Ritmos Ciganos Carlos Garcia, isn’t, it’s, Johan Nilsson, Tymofii Slakva, Tim, Slakva, ” Slakva, Azra Avci, Andrea Spehar, Anna Svanberg, they’ve, ‘, hasn’t, Scheherazade, Richard Meyer Organizations: CNN, Volunteers, El, El Sistema, Sistema, Orchestra, Dream Orchestra, Dream, Gothenburg Symphony, Training, YouTube, University of Gothenburg, ” Locations: Stockholm, Venezuelan, Sweden, Syria, Afghanistan, El Sistema Sweden, Gothenburg, It’s, El, Caracas, Eritrea, Albania, Malmo, Swedish, Ukraine, France, Álvarez, United Kingdom, Lebanon

REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, no longer welcome in Western concert halls since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was named on Friday as director of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. After performing for decades on the world's biggest classical stages, Gergiev has been shunned in the West since the start of the war in February 2022. The following month he was fired as chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra after the city's mayor said Gergiev had declined to "clearly and unambiguously" distance himself from the invasion. Gergiev, also a former principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, has long been controversial outside Russia because of his support for President Vladimir Putin. He spoke out in favour of Russia's invasion of Crimea in 2014.

Persons: Valery Gergiev, Lisi Niesner, Gergiev, Vladimir Urin, Urin, Vladimir Putin, Putin, we're, we've, Mark Trevelyan, Kevin Liffey Organizations: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, REUTERS, Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre, Munich, Orchestra, Bolshoi, London Symphony Orchestra, Islamic, Thomson Locations: Russian, Vienna, Austria, Ukraine, St Petersburg, West, Russia, Crimea, Palmyra, Syria, Islamic State, China

1977: The band releases “Love Gun” and a second live album, “Alive II.” The Gallup Poll names Kiss the most popular band in America. 1981: The band releases “Music From The Elder,” a concept album that evokes “Harry Potter” 20 years before that phenomenon began. 1984-1990: Kiss releases the albums “Animalize,” “Asylum,” “Crazy Nights” and “Hot In The Shade” as MTV embraces their new look. The band releases “Alive IV” with a symphony orchestra in 2003. 2009-2012: Kiss releases “Sonic Boom” and “Monster,” their final studio albums.

Persons: Yorkers, Gene Simmons, cabbie Paul Stanley, Elvis Presley, he'd, Wicked Lester, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Simmons, Stanley, Criss, Beth ”, “ Beth ”, ”, “, Kaskets, Eric Carr, Harry Potter ”, “ The, Vinnie Vincent, Mark St, John, Vincent, Bruce Kulick, Carr, Eric Singer, Alice Cooper, Lita Ford, Paul Stanley's, — Stanley, Kulick, Singer —, Frehley, telegraphing, Kiss, Tommy Thayer, Singer, Wayne Parry Organizations: Garden, Associated Press, Detroit, “, York, NBC, MTV, Kiss, Hall of Fame, Madison Locations: New York, Madison, Detroit Rock City, America

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter will receive her final farewells Wednesday in the same tiny town where she was born and that served as a home base as she and her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, climbed to the White House and spent four decades thereafter as global humanitarians. Coming from that town of about 600 — then and now — Rosalynn Carter became a global figure whose “effort changed lives,” her grandson said. But there is a wooden cross that Jimmy Carter fashioned in his woodshop and offering plates that he turned on his lathe. Church members, who are included in the invitation-only congregation, rarely talk of ”President Carter” or “Mrs. Her hearse will pass Plains Methodist Church where she married young Navy Lt. Jimmy Carter in 1946.

Persons: — Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, ”, Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter's, Rosalynn, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Carter ”, Mrs, Carter, Mr, Jimmy ” Organizations: White, Maranatha Baptist Church, The Carter Center, Glenn Memorial Church, Maranatha, Methodist, Secret Service Locations: Ga, Plains, Americus, Atlanta, America, U.S, Methodist Church, American

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago. The find, announced Wednesday, can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way galaxy came to be. The six found so far are roughly two to three times the size of Earth, but with densities closer to the gas giants in our own solar system. This solar system is unique because all six planets move similar to a perfectly synchronized symphony, scientists said. All solar systems, including our own, are thought to have started out like this one, according to the scientists.

Persons: Tess, —, Adrien Leleu, they're, ”, Enric Palle, Palle, University of Bern’s Hugh Osborn Organizations: —, University of Geneva, of Astrophysics, University of Bern’s, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, Canary

Jimmy Carter’s participation in the events has been a day-by-day question; he is 10 months into home hospice care. Rosalynn Carter has been praised for a half-century of advocacy for better mental health care in America and reducing stigma attached to mental illness. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter confirmed they voted in the 2016 Georgia Democratic presidential primary for Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. Jimmy Carter also rankled some of his successors with criticism of their foreign and military policy, especially George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq. Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived president; Rosalynn Carter was the second-longest lived first lady, trailing only Bess Truman, who died at 97.

Persons: — Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Melania Trump, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Brian Kemp, Marty Kemp, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W, Bush, Jimmy Carter’s, Rosalynn Carter, “, ”, Jason Carter, she’s, reconvenes, Biden, Carter, Ronald Reagan, Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Trump, Carter “, He’s, Gerald, Betty Ford, George H, Barbara Bush, Bess Truman, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Rosalynn Organizations: ATLANTA, U.S, Memorial Church, Jimmy Carter Presidential Center, Georgia Gov, Carter Center, Service, Georgia Southwestern State University, Associated Press, White, Club ”, Democratic, Georgia Democratic, Trump, Republican, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Habitat, Humanity, Maranatha Baptist Church Locations: Atlanta, Plains , Georgia, Sumter County, alma mater, Georgia, Americus, America, Washington, inaugurations, Iraq, North Korea, Plains

☆ Google, Symphony unveil AI JV to help banks manage voice calls compliance risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The logo of Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in New York City, U.S., January 20, 2023. Symphony, which counts banks like Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and JPMorgan (JPM.N) among its 1,000-strong client base, will use Google Cloud's generative artificial intelligence platform, Vertex AI, to enhance its Cloud9 voice product with more sophisticated speech-to-text and natural language processing (NLP) capabilities. Phil Moyer, VP of Google Cloud's Global AI Business, said the platform would make compliance more "ambient". So there's 180 zettabytes of data on the planet Earth right now, 90% of which has been created in the last two years." And so tools like these transformers and generative AI are really helping to manage that massive data that's being created," Moyer said.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, Goldman Sachs, Zac Maufe, Brad Levy, Phil Moyer, Moyer, Sinead Cruise, David Evans Organizations: Google, Chelsea, REUTERS, Reuters, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, JPMorgan, Communications, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S

☆ A Tragedy, a Symphony, a Love Story
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Mattie Kahn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The credits roll, but there is no neat ending for Ms. Jaouad and Mr. Batiste. “None of us know if we’re going to exist in the future, but I have a heightened fear of not existing in the future,” Ms. Jaouad said. Mr. Jones, who introduces himself to her as “Lil GQ,” read her columns while on death row. “It was unbelievable because we were talking in the future tense, knowing that the future wasn’t going to come to pass,” Ms. Jaouad said. A few weeks ago, Ms. Jaouad traveled to Seattle and was walking outside, suddenly under a torrential rain.

Persons: Jaouad, “, ” Ms, ”, Batiste, Quintin Jones, Jones, Lil, ’, I’ll Organizations: Telluride Film Locations: Seattle, New York

☆ Jon Batiste says documentary became a 'symphony of life'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Sarah Mills | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] An undated handout production still of musician Jon Batiste in documentary "American Symphony". 2023/Handout via REUTERS/ File photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - He planned to make a film about composing his first symphony but in late 2021, award-winning musician Jon Batiste was nominated for 11 Grammy awards and his partner's long-dormant cancer returned, so the movie became more a "symphony of life". But everything is put in proper perspective when life is giving you this sort of moment," he said. It did just that, and it also showed Jaouad going through a second bone marrow transplant while Batiste was winning awards. Batiste has recently been nominated for another five Grammy Awards, and this time around the couple expect to attend the event in 2024 together.

Persons: Jon Batiste, Batiste, Suleika Jaouad, Matthew Heineman, Heineman, Jaouad, Nick Macfie Organizations: Netflix, REUTERS, New, Carnegie Hall, Thomson Locations: London

☆ Boom Supersonic says it will conduct the first test flight of its ultra-speedy 'baby boom' prototype aircraft later this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Colorado startup Boom Supersonic is developing a faster-than-sound jet called Overture. Boom hopes to conduct its first XB-1 flight by the end of this year. The engines on Boom's XB-1 supersonic test plane. To prepare for its first XB-1 flight, Boom said its test pilots had completed hundreds of hours of flight training in a simulator and a trainer aircraft. AdvertisementA pilot sitting in the cockpit of the Boom Supersonic experimental aircraft.

Persons: —, Blake Scholl, Henry Harteveldt, Boom, Charles, Chuck, Yeager, Doc, Shoemaker Organizations: Service, Federal Aviation Administration, eventual, FAA, Business, Boom's, United Airlines, American Airlines, Electric, Pratt & Whitney, GE, Honeywell, Safran Aircraft, Royce, CFM International, Atmosphere Research, Mojave Air, Space Port Locations: Colorado

In 2019, Yu, worried that the stories of Jewish refugees in his hometown were being forgotten, came up with the idea for the piece. He approached the New York Philharmonic, which has had a partnership with the Shanghai Symphony since 2014, about commissioning the work together. Yu said he never expected the oratorio to premiere in wartime but hoped that its message would still resonate. Yu has long known Zigman, who has composed more than 60 Hollywood scores, including “The Notebook,” and he and Thibaudet suggested the idea for a tango concerto. “Our project is really about bridging cultures and humanity and love, hope, loss and tragedy,” Zigman said.

Persons: Yu, ”, Jean, Yves Thibaudet, Thibaudet, ” Zigman Organizations: New York Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony, Shanghai, Hollywood Locations: Asia, Europe, Nanjing

☆ Shanghai's Jewish refugee history takes centre stage in new oratorio
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Casey Hall | Thomson Reuters | Casey Has Reported On China'S Consumer Culture Her Base In Shanghai For More Than A Decade | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Musicians perform onstage at the debut performance of Emigre at the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall in Shanghai, China November 17, 2023. A collaboration between the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic as well as choirs from the U.S. and China, the work premiered on Nov. 17. Composer Aaron Zigman, known best for his movie scores, said he was approached by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra's maestro Long Yu in 2019 with the idea for a piece telling the story of Shanghai's Jewish refugee history. In the late 1930s, as World War Two was about to break out, Shanghai was one of the few places in the world open to Jewish refugees, as many countries restricted visa access. Chen Jian, curator of the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, was in the audience for Emigre's global premiere at the Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall in downtown Shanghai.

Persons: Nicoco Chan, Aaron Zigman, Long Yu, Zigman, Mark Campbell, Chen Jian, Casey Hall, Sonali Paul Organizations: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall, REUTERS, Rights, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Shanghai, Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, Jaguar Shanghai, Orchestra Hall, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China, U.S, Nazi Germany, Europe, Japan, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, New York

☆ Making Sweet, and Bittersweet, Music Together
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Tammy Lagorce | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

By the time he had reached his early 20s, another of his select few passions was consuming him: his relationship with his girlfriend, Vanessa Rodrigues Moody. Six months later, when she was a senior and he had graduated and moved to Baltimore to start a doctoral degree in music, neither was sure what would become of their budding romance. “I was terrified,” Dr. Repper said. “But I was also all in.”Dr. Repper grew up in Laguna Niguel, Calif., with a younger sister, Danielle. His mother, Dr. Claudia Repper, is an emergency room doctor.

Persons: Michael Eric Repper’s, Vanessa Rodrigues Moody, Repper, Moody, Paul, Weiss, Garrison, “, ”, Dr, Danielle, Claudia Repper, David Repper, Marilyn Smith Organizations: Stanford, Pacific Symphony Locations: American, Rifkind, Wharton, Baltimore, Laguna Niguel, Calif, Costa Mesa

☆ Opinion | Cultural Diplomacy May Seem Pointless. That Won’t Stop Me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Matías Tarnopolsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In early 2008, I was working on the New York Philharmonic’s concert in Pyongyang, a project conceived to enhance the atmosphere of the six-party talks on the denuclearization of North Korea. At the time, observers and even many of the musicians themselves questioned whether any potential good would come of the effort. I think the end of the North Korea story is not yet written. Mr. Barenboim formed the orchestra with his longtime friend and intellectual partner, the Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said, who died in 2003. I arranged the first U.S. visit of the orchestra, which brings young Israeli, Palestinian and other Arab musicians together to make music.

Persons: Madeleine Albright’s, Dvorak, Gershwin, reminisced, Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Barenboim, Barenboim, Edward Said Organizations: York, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Divan, Mr Locations: Pyongyang, North Korea, North Koreans, Soviet Union, Korea, Buenos Aires, London, United States, West, Palestinian, U.S

☆ Bradley Cooper practiced six years to do six minutes of conducting in ‘Maestro’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Cooper broke down a scene in which Bernstein famously conducted the 1976 London Symphony Orchestra in Ely Cathedral. “That was the London Symphony Orchestra. And I spent six years learning how to conduct six minutes and 21 seconds of music.”Whew. Cooper, who also directed the film and co-wrote the script, said he watched raw footage of Bernstein conducting at the event to replicate it as authentically as possible. “Maestro” will have a limited theatrical release on Nov. 22 before it starts streaming on Netflix in December.

Persons: Bradley Cooper, Leonard Bernstein, “ Maestro, ”, IndieWire, “ Hamilton ” Tony, Lin, Manuel Miranda, Cooper, Bernstein, ” Cooper, Maestro ” Organizations: CNN, Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Netflix Locations: Los Angeles, Ely Cathedral

☆ She Broke Barriers in Music. But She’s Uneasy About the Attention.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Javier C. Hernández | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For decades, the New York Philharmonic, the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, was an all-male bastion. Often described as the first woman to become a permanent member of the Philharmonic, O’Brien was part of a pioneering group of female artists who opened doors for other women. O’Brien, who retired from the Philharmonic in 2021 after a 55-year career, has resisted speaking publicly about her life in music, preferring to stay in the background. But a new documentary short, “The Only Girl in the Orchestra,” directed by her niece, the filmmaker Molly O’Brien, looks at her struggles and achievements. (The film premiered last week at DOC NYC, a festival that celebrates documentary film.)

Persons: Orin O’Brien, O’Brien, ”, Molly O’Brien Organizations: New York Philharmonic, Philharmonic, Orchestra Locations: United States

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jon Batiste, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning musician and former bandleader for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will embark on his first North American headlining tour in support of his latest album. The expansive “World Music Radio,” featuring his signature rich blend of R&B, hip-hop, swing, jazz and pop, was released earlier this summer. The “Uneasy Tour: Purifying the Airwaves for the People” will kick off Feb. 16 in Portland, Oregon, and take Batiste across the U.S. and Canada. “I’m into numbers, so: 20 theaters and 24 performances to bless the pivotal year 2024. It will hit theaters on Nov. 24 and Netflix on Nov. 29.

Persons: — Jon Batiste, “, Stephen Colbert ”, ”, he'll, Batiste, Presales, Suleika Jaouad Organizations: ANGELES, North, Associated Press, Netflix Locations: North American, Portland , Oregon, Canada, Miramar Beach , Florida, Seattle, San Francisco, Detroit, Philadelphia , New York, Atlanta

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