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Robot conductors could take the baton from us

There's more to leading an orchestra than simply beating time, but how long will it be before Honda and co make a robot that can understand music too? Can technology ever replace humans when it comes to making music? The debate - one that has raged on since the first introduction of the gramophone - kicked off once again this Tuesday when Honda's flagship robot Asimo led the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the Honda signature tune, Impossible Dream. (18/05) More

Keyword(s) : Orchestra, Symphony

Ruben Vartanyan; Conductor Defected From Soviet Union

Washington post | 11/05/08

Ruben Vartanyan, an orchestra conductor who defected from the Soviet Union in 1988 and spent the past 20 years in Northern Virginia, leading the Arlington ... More

The orchestra that is saving children's lives

Telegraph | 06/09/07

A 12-year-old boy is on the streets, hanging out in derelict tenement blocks next to a motorway. At 13, he's hooked on crack cocaine, carrying a gun and ... Read

A symphony for Kazakhstan

The Telegraph | 01/05/07

After Kazakhstan's outraged official response to Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat movie - which included a summit meeting with George Bush in Washington and ... Read

Goth queen Siouxsie rocks with orchestra

Signonsandiego.com | 30/03/07

Long before Madonna, Siouxsie Sioux mastered the formidable art of style over substance. Never a great singer but always a riveting performer, the Londoner ... Read

Mashayekhi to test John Cage's unusual music in Iran

Mehrnews.com | 06/03/07

Tehran Symphony Orchestra conductor Nader Mashayekhi plans to test Iranian tastes for the unusual music of U.S. avant-garde composer John Milton Cage, ... Read

Violinist Hits the Streets on a Mission of Musi

The New York Times | 19/10/07

Walking briskly past Lincoln Center with a violin case in hand and a suitcase in tow, David Juritz looked like a busy orchestral musician arriving in the ... Read

Ella Fitzgerald's Never Before Released Recordings

jazz news | 08/05/07

To celebrate what would have been Ella Fitzgerald's 90th birthday, Starbucks Entertainment and Concord Records are co-releasing Love Letters From Ella, ... Read

UK orchestra 'pioneers' podcasts

BBC | 12/09/06

The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is to produce a monthly podcast, claiming a first for a major ensemble. Ex-BBC Radio 3 presenter Tommy Pearson will ... Read

The Rise of a Musical Superpower

Le Courrier International | 10/04/07

Mahler's Eighth may or may not be the greatest symphony ever composed, but it's surely the loudest: at its premiere in Munich in 1910, the impresario ... Read

Concerto for drill and software

The Guardian | 14/11/06

Most amateur orchestras expect their players to be able to scrape or blow a few notes to order. But no such restrictive demands are made on those wanting ... Read

When he takes the stage, anything can happen

The Denver Post | 10/11/06

A few weeks ago, Boulder pianist David Koorevaar talked to a Chicago colleague who mentioned that the once-heralded Ivo Pogorelich was coming for a recital. ... Read

Symphony of Millions

The New-Yorker | 30/06/08

n March, Chen Qigang, a Chinese composer who is supervising the music program for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, received a National ... More