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Soviet and Russian conductor and composer (1928-2017)
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ArtsJournal: music
2018-02-02 20:01:12
Grammys In The Crosshairs After Last Week's Malethon
Having apparently learned nothing from the many men forced to walk back tone-deaf commentary during the #MeToo movement, Recording Academy President Neil Portnow almost immediately made things worse. He responded to the hashtag by urging women to "step up."
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ArtsJournal: music
2018-02-02 20:00:14
Female Recording Execs Demand Grammys Boss Step Down
The letter, signed by over a dozen female execs, calls Neil Portnow's comments "spectacularly wrong" and says he is "oblivious to the vast body of work created by and with women." The letter goes on to list statistics of gender discrepancy in the recording industry, as well as at the Grammys themselves.
2016-02-18 00:49:29
[…] in conversation with Citizen editor Andrew Potter. The topic was ostensibly a discussion of the “death” of classical music. It is a refrain that is often heard muttered in the green rooms of opera houses and symphony halls whenever declining audience numbers and shrinking funding lead to the end of orchestras and opera companies. Nor is classical music alone in worrying about its future. During the Grammys, the head of the Recording Academy, Neil Portnow, slammed the lack of royalties paid to performers by streaming services. But clearly The Music is not dead. New works are constantly being written by people as diverse as Canterbury High School grad Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire and Kelly-Marie Murphy, who makes her living here in Ottawa, and by Nico Muhly, the New York-based composer whose Viola Concerto is being played this week at the NAC. Music today is as diverse […]
2015-09-19 19:17:19
In light of the death of conductor Sir David Willcocks, Recording Academy president and CEO Neil Portnow has issued a statement expressing the Academy's sorrow for the loss of this artist. GRAMMY Award winner Sir David Willcocks was a colossal talent and a true mastermind of choral music.
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