Policy, Research & Politics
Breaking the Wagner ban in Israel
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- Friday, 06 December 2013
How the Principal Conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra hopes to perform 'forbidden' Wagner operas.
Elton John will perform in Russia despite homophobic protests
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- Monday, 11 November 2013
Russian demonstrators condemn forthcoming concert as 'amoral sabbath' – but singer says he cannot stay at home.
Politics permeating the entertainment industry stays constant
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- Monday, 11 November 2013
Professor of history Michael Morrison said politics and music have been intertwined since the days of Chuck Berry and the Beatles, but today the alignment seems to be more disinclined.
Gergiev's Barbican concert picketed with sparklers
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- Monday, 11 November 2013
Veteran campaigner Peter Tatchell organises protest against conductor's support for anti-gay laws.
Africans For Africa Network Launches Game-Changing North-South Collaboration
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- Friday, 08 November 2013
The collaboration takes the form of a two-week residency programme and two public events taking place at the Emthonjeni Arts in South Africa in December 2013, in partnership with Mali's the Festival au Desert.
Music Against Child Labour
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- Friday, 08 November 2013
The global Music Against Child Labour Initiative was launched in 2013. It links the ILO and its International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) with musicians, conductors and musicians' organizations.
Mercedes Sosa was on the black list
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- Wednesday, 06 November 2013
In Buenos Aires there has been a major discovery of secret documents dating back to the years of military rule in Argentina.
The Tricky Terrain of Post-Digital Discrimination
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- Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Just how much discrimination do women face in a post-digital music industry, one in which male gatekeepers have less power than ever before?
Pianist Lang Lang Chosen as UN Messenger of Peace
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- Tuesday, 29 October 2013
China's superstar pianist Lang Lang became a United Nations Messenger of Peace on Monday, a role he called more important than his music because it can help improve the lives of children around the world through education.
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