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New Orleans, LA

A couple with a 21-year age gap who are sometimes mistaken to be father and daughter say "age is just a number." Hillary, 35, and her husband, Kris, 57, started dating in 2018 while working for the same Fortune 500 healthcare company in North Carolina. They had both previously been...

Couple with 21-year age gap says ‘age is just a number’

A primary school music teacher in West Yorkshire has been banned from the profession after pupils claimed he touched them on the knee. The teacher, 63, refused to attend the disciplinary hearing, saying some of the children in the class had a vendetta against him. BBC report here.

Music teacher is banned for touching knees

San Francisco, CA

An audience member who held up a rude sign in Finnish during an Esa-Pekka Salonen concert ten days ago has been threatened with disciplinary acction by the orchestra management. Laura Leibowitz brandished the sign below. Loosely translated from the Finnish it means ‘F*ck the board’. Impractical and unpleasant...

San Fran Symphony threatens concertgoer

The divorcing couple found themselves face to face at La Scala. Scherzo has a nuanced review by veteran musicologist Paolo Petazzi. Anna Netrebko’s search for nuances (Turandot) is admirable, as the most interesting vocal interpreter. At her side, Rosa Feola is an intense Liù, but Yusif Eyvazof as Calaf does not go beyond the solid assurance that allows him to sustain some high notes.

Review: Netrebko’s intense, Eyvazov solid, in Scala’s new Turandot

Le Figaro reports that the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg has chosen its next director. Chrysoline Dupont is presently production director at the Opera Comique in Paris. She will succeed Alain Perroux, who is off to run the Grand Théâtre de Genève.

Tip-off: Woman rising on the Rhine

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Academy of Music has chosen veteran programmer Amy Cassello as its Artistic Director. BAM President Gina Duncan said: ‘Amy is a deep thinker who considers the needs of artists and arts workers at every turn. As a longstanding BAM programmer and creative producer, she intimately understands our role in the arts ecosystem. I could not have a better partner in leading BAM’s artistic programming at this pivotal moment.’

BAM picks artistic director

Some leading personalities have added their signatures to a petition to stop the far-right. Among them are the singers Natalie Dessay, Julie Fuchs and Sabine Devieilhe, pianists Alexandre Kantorow (pic) and Alexandre Tharaud, conductors Debora Waldman and Alain Altinoglu, violonists Antoine Tamestit and David Grimal and the composer Philippe Manoury.

500 French classical musicians call for anti-Le Pen front

The death has been announced in Warsaw of Szábolcs Esztényi, a Hungarian-born pianist and composer who influenced generations of students as piano improvisation teacher at the Fryderyk Chopin Secondary School of Music in Warsaw and the Academies of Music in Warsaw and Łódź. Which western...

Death of a noted improviser, 84

During a fascinating TED talk featuring Alex Luebke, co-founder of a startup, a groundbreaking tiny swallowable pill was showcased that wirelessly provides physicians with a live feed of the human body's interior, controlled by a PlayStation 5 controller, demonstrating a potential revolution in medical diagnostics and eliminating the need for traditional endoscopy, with future aspirations to leverage AI for autonomous internal mapping.

Live from Inside: Man Swallows Wireless Camera for a Riveting On-Stage Body Tour

While long hours at a desk come with the territory for journalists, it’s the tools we use that often define our efficiency and comfort at work. A case in point is my switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout back in 2009. By trading QWERTY’s familiar terrain, I found myself typing faster and with greater ease. As I continue to navigate online discourse, this particular change keeps me comfortably connected to a broader community.

How Switching to a Dvorak Keyboard Improved My Typing and Work Efficiency

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The number of relationships and marriages ending because of disloyalty are on the rise. Loyalty plays a key role in strengthening partners’ bond. Yet, some zodiac signs are more loyal than others. They remain committed and faithful to their partners throughout. Loyalty and honesty increases a person’s trust for you.

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are The Most Loyal

Just over a year ago, the Philadelphia music director twice turned round and gave his audience a tongue-lashing for not switching off its phones during Bruckner’s 9th symphony. ‘Can we live without the phone for just one damn hour?’ railed Yannick Nézet-Séguin, to general approval. There...

Yannick’s view on phones in concerts

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will.i.am, renowned global music artist and entrepreneur, has announced the launch of RAiDiO.FYI, an innovative platform that merges the worlds of music, talk radio, and culture through conversational AI. This new service expands the FYI platform, allowing listeners to engage interactively and create personalized radio stations, according to a press release.

will.i.am Unveils RAiDiO.FYI: Revolutionizing Music and Culture Programming with AI

Dallas, TX

The Minnesota Orchestra’s president and CEO has jumped ship. Michelle Miller Burns, who has led the orchestra since 2018 and delivered a smooth change of music director, has been made CEO and president of the Dallas Symphony, where she used to work before. She succeeds Kim Noltemy, who is...

Minnesota Orchestra loses its chief

In the landscape of television comedies, Hulu’s Cloud 9 is a delightful breath of fresh air. This workplace comedy, set in the fake megastore Cloud 9, strikes a perfect balance between humor and in your face social commentary. Created by Emmy Award-winning duo Dave Nelson and Sarah Moore, the show has garnered alot of attention not just for its witty writing but also for its diverse cast.

The Heights of Cloud 9

Four members of Zurich’s internationally renowned Tonhalle Orchestra have got so excited at the prospect of Taylor Swift performances on July 9 and 10 that they have issued an instrumental arrangement of her hit, Anti-Hero. The musicians involed are Ewa Grzywna-Groblewska, Mattia Zappa, Filipe Johnson, Andreas Berger. The video...

Zurich Tonhalle musicians play Taylor Swift

The current issue of Hello! magazine features 12 pages – count them – on a fundraiser Simon Cowell put of for London Music Fund, which puts instruments and tuition in the hands of some of the most deprived children. Did I say 12 pages?. Must have forgotten to...

Simon Cowell sings out for music in kids’ lives

Jacksonville, FL

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Former teacher Jeffrey Clayton, convicted of lewd behavior with a student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, walked briskly up to the Duval County Courthouse on Friday carrying a small backpack.

Former Douglas Anderson teacher sentenced to 10 years

Vyne Dental, a leader in innovative dental practice revenue cycle acceleration solutions, announced an expansion of its services with the Vyne Trellis platform, offering innovative tools and strategies to enhance revenue management and streamline financial operations. Building on its reputation for revolutionizing dental insurance claims processing, Vyne Dental now extends its expertise in comprehensive dental billing, enhancing practice profitability, and patient satisfaction.

Enhance Your Dental Practice’s Financial Performance with Vyne Trellis

The following article was originally published by In-plant Impressions. To read more of their content, subscribe to their newsletter, IPI E-News. Greg Cholmondeley, principal analyst at Keypoint Intelligence, gave a presentation at a recent in-plant event (IPMA 2024) about artificial intelligence (AI) in the printing industry. He updated the audience on how AI has changed and advanced in just the past 12 months and enlightened attendees on surprising advances in robotics.

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String quartet veteran: Grow older, play smarter

The violinist Edward Dusinberre, leader of the renowned Takacs Quartet, has some fascinating tips for Ariane Todes on playing tough stuff when the body says, take...

String quartet veteran: Grow older, play smarter

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