Jazz/Blues
BRIEFS: Meryl Streep-Maria Callas Masterclass, John Adams to Peter Gelb, Hartford's Digital Wagner, MC5 Jazz?, Opera Cabal’s Sideboob Tape!
EXCLUSIVE: Classicalite Q&A with Australian "String Quartet" FourPlay
With an upcoming tour through the States and England--with Neil Gaiman at Carnegie Hall, no less--Classicalite caught up with the string-benders to get some notes on their sound, what's to come for the band, etc. LINKS: Per Norgard Wins $200K, Ornette Coleman Tribute, Broadway's Honeymoon in Vegas, Bounden Dance App, Saving Recorded Sound
The New York Philharmonic's Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music is presented every two years, Per Nørgård being the second recipient after the late French composer Henri Dutilleux.