The Cincinnati World Piano Competition has reversed its dismissal of Awadagin Pratt. 

In a confusing press release, they state that the dismissal was not authorized or recognized by the board of directors. 

Might I ask, who did?

You can read a local story here.

Robinson Meyer of The Atlantic does a good job here of delineating the problems of getting classical music through iTunes.

He says it so well I'll simply give you a link to the article here.

Given the sale of Classical South Florida, Miami and surrounding cities are left with no classical radio outlet.  What happens now?

Lawrence A. Johnson of the South Florida Classical Review shares his thoughts on the situation here.

The oldest known existing cello is a 16th century Amati, held by the National Music Museum, but currently on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.

There's a nice article about the exhibit and the history of this particular instrument here.

After years of deficits and difficult negotiations before the beginning of this season, the Atlanta Symphony is turning around.  They project a surplus in revenue this year, and have pulled in millions in a campaign to build an endowment fund.

You can read the entire story here.

Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 9 has often been referred to as the "Jeunehomme" concerto--jeune homme, or "young man" being a reference to Mozart himself since the true dedicatee was unknown.

Little did I know--until a few minutes ago--that said individual's identity was discovered about a decade ago.  The woman for whom the concerto was composed was one Victoire Jenamy, a daughter of one of Mozart's friends.  Musicologist Michael Lorenz made the discovery.

Here's more on the topic.

After serving three years as Artistic Director of the Cincinnati World Piano Festival, pianist Awadagin Pratt has been relieved of his duties.

He was notified of his dismissal by e-mail, with no prior indication that the board sufficiently dissatisfied with his work that they might take such a step.  Three other board members--including the chairman--have also resigned.

You can read a local report here.

The Pittsburgh Symphony--already suffering financially--thought it could balance the budget by cutting expenses and raising ticket prices.  But the higher ticket prices have resulted in fewer ticket sales.

Mark Kanny writes about it here.



There was a time when south Florida had no classical radio outlet.  That changed in 2007 when American Public Media purchased a station, filling the day with its Classical 24 service.  They thereafter added two other stations, covering West Palm Beach and Fort Myers in addition to the Miami area. 

I'd heard rumors of some internal issues a few years ago, but nothing since, so I assumed all was well with what was called Classical South Florida.  Evidently I was wrong.

The service has been losing money, and so now APM is selling the group to a religious broadcaster.  South Florida will once again be without a classical service.

You can read more about it in Current by clicking here.