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Some classical music artists, it seems, are available for a limited number of cancellations each year. That's a rap that, for awhile, seemed applicable to Yuri Temirkanov, the inspired Russian conductor who served as Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director. He canceled several weeks with the BSO during his final season and several more, as music director emeritus. He likewise canceled engagements with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and others during those years. Explanations included schedule conflicts, health issues and "personal reasons." That left some Temirkanov fans in this country wondering and worried. It seems the conductor is in great health.
Baltimore Sun
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The Recording Academy announced that they were cutting the number of Grammy awards. For classical music recordings, this means that in lieu of 11 potential Grammys, there will be 7. What we’ve lost: the overall Best Classical Album category; Best Chamber Music Performance (Best Small Ensemble Performance remains), one of the two Instrumental Soloist categories (separate awards used to be given for performances with and without orchestra; now, it will go to the Best Classical Instrumental Soloist, period), and — hallelujah — the Best Classical Crossover Album.
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The New York City Opera has suspended plans for next season as it takes a hard look at its business model, including exploring cheaper alternatives to its current home at Lincoln Center. Charles Wall, the opera's new chairman, said he and the board have embarked on an exhaustive review of its finances and won't schedule future programming until reaching a balanced budget. Its projected deficit for the current season is $5 million. Last season's revenue rebounded to $26.2 million from a low of $6 million during the period in which it went dark. Still, revenue hasn't recovered to fiscal year 2008 levels, when it reached $33 million.
Wall Street Journal
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The 6-month-long Detroit Symphony Orchestra strike could be over when the musicians' bargaining team tallies up the ratification votes. Musicians returned to work for rehearsals, though they hadn't yet voted on ratification of the three-year, $36.3million contract; spokesman Greg Bowens said the bargaining team recommended musicians accept the deal. The DSO is about to enter a fragile period of healing. Music director Leonard Slatkin acknowledged there will be an abundance of challenges ahead for both him and the orchestra.
Detroit News
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Start with the economy, mix in the American public's changing taste in music, overly large concert halls, and union-management struggles -- and you have the challenges of symphony orchestras around the country. According to the National Endowment for the Arts, in the last 25 years paid concert attendance at classical music events had a 20 percent drop between 2002 and 2008. "I really don't see this traditional model of the classical orchestra that is now about 130 years old," David Rubin, a former member of the board of the Syracuse Opera said. "But even then I don't see it's going to last forever because this is simply not a music form that Americans are studying anymore in school, and Americans are not playing piano and violins anymore."
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