Opera
Nico Muhly’s Internet Opera, Two Boys, Gets Live Metropolitan Opera Release via Nonesuch Records on September 30
Baby Booming: Berlin Philharmonic Appoints Youngest Trumpeter to Date, Florian Pichler, at 18 Years Old
If appointing musicians to orchestras was like the NFL draft, then perhaps the Berlin Philharmonic just lucked out on a first-round rookie with it's new 18 year-old Austrian trumpeter, Florian Pichler. Raising Awareness: Classical Musicians Commissioned for Little to No Pay as Industry Lowballs Their Talents
Being a musician is commonly known to be a daunting career choice. Maintaining an art form, actually, of any medium, and sustaining oneself is harder than anyone can truly imagine--and this now endangers classical musicians trying to make a buck with their original compositions.
