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Lang Lang Appointed United Nations Messenger of Peace by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Daniel Barenboim to Desert La Scala Post Come 2015
Well, this might be the least surprising news story of the week. As Italian newspapers report, variously, that Riccardo Chailly or Fabio Luisi will be taking over at La Scala, Daniel Barenboim has announced that he will be leaving Italy's preeminent opera house early. He will now be stepping down at the start of 2015. Wynton Marsalis Named Director of Jazz Studies at Juilliard, Effective July 2014
The (very) earthly pursuits of Rev. Calvin O. Butts, III aside, Wynton Marsalis--noted jazz trumpeter, jazz composer and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center--will also become director of jazz studies at the Juilliard School beginning July 1, 2014.
