Policy, Research & Politics
South Korean Kpop Group Red Velvet Performs for North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Un
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- Tuesday, 03 April 2018
Kim Jong-un adjusted his schedule — just to hear Kpop group Red Velvet perform. He was ‘deeply moved’.
Venezuela's famous youth orchestra faces tough times
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- Tuesday, 03 April 2018
Abreu, who died Saturday at age 78, was a consummate musician and astute politician who secured government funding for El Sistema and turned it into one of Venezuela's showpiece government-run programs.
Royal Opera House ruling will have a 'profound impact' on orchestras
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- Tuesday, 03 April 2018
Musicians could be required to wear earplugs "at all times" following a landmark ruling on hearing loss.
Parité en musique : les festivals doivent faire leur part
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- Tuesday, 03 April 2018
Les événements musicaux doivent cesser de simplement refléter les goûts du public et assumer leur responsabilité sociale en mettant davantage de l'avant les talents féminins.
All the Rage: When Is Music a Political Action
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- Sunday, 04 March 2018
Is producing music pointless? Is writing concert music selfish? What does writing and performing concert music do anyway? How does it help people? How does it feed them? How does it fix greed and corruption? How does it prevent an unnecessary war? How does it stop teenagers from fighting in combat and dying?
Same Old Rap: The Grammys' Race Toward Irrelevance
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- Sunday, 04 March 2018
It's time to acknowledge that the Grammy Awards has a real race problem on its hands: It's racing toward total irrelevance.
An Unlikely Youth Revolution at the Paris Opera
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- Sunday, 04 March 2018
According to the company, it had 95,000 audience members younger than 28 last season — more than 10 percent of tickets sold and 30,000 more than just two years before.
East African Women in the Music Industry Sing Out Against Male Domination
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- Sunday, 04 March 2018
“Women in music: We have made ourselves known in the music industry around the world. Yet gender inequality, sexism, and pay gaps persist,” said Carola Kinasha, a Tanzanian-based musician and activist who recently moderated a panel discussion on women in music.
All that jazz: Saudis attend country's first jazz festival
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- Sunday, 04 March 2018
Men and women swayed to music at Saudi Arabia’s first-ever jazz festival on Friday, the second of a three-day outdoor event that showcases the Kingdom’s recent efforts of shedding its conservative image.
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