How Troubled Orchestras Can Bounce Back – And Flourish
Recently, WQXR.org polled listeners on what's needed to help troubled orchestras in several major American cities. Focusing on major symphonies in Atlanta, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, St. Paul and San...
View ArticleLabor Standoffs Silence Orchestras in Minnesota, Indy
The Minnesota Orchestra was called the world's greatest not long ago, welcome recognition for musicians outside a top cultural center. Now its members are locked out of Orchestra Hall, stuck in the...
View ArticleEmbattled Minnesota Orchestra Gets Grammy Nom, Posts Record Deficit
Sign of the times: the locked-out musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra were nominated for a Grammy Award on Thursday, just hours before the orchestra posted an operating deficit of $6 million for...
View ArticleMinnesota Orchestra Music Director Threatens to Quit
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The music director of the Minnesota Orchestra is threatening to quit until a musician lockout is resolved soon.Osmo Vanska says he will resign as music director if the orchestra...
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Nashville Symphony's Near-Foreclosure is a Warning to Orchestras
A symphony orchestra gets a gleaming new concert hall. It’s a symbol of cultural ambition, civic pride and even a centerpiece of urban renewal. Or, is it an albatross and a money pit whose costs...
View ArticleNearly 100 Composers Call for End to Minnesota Orchestra Lockout
The longest labor dispute in U.S. orchestral history witnessed a new salvo on Thursday as 91 composers sent an open letter to the Minnesota Orchestra’s musicians, administrators and board urging a...
View ArticleProtesting or Praising, Classical Music Fans Become Activists Online
Before the Minnesota Orchestra locked out its musicians in a season-long labor dispute, the orchestra's administration had already locked down a larger number of domain names – buying up at least a...
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Embattled Minnesota Orchestra Unveils Renovated Concert Hall
The Minnesota Orchestra unveiled its newly remodeled concert hall to the local news media on Thursday but don't buy your plane tickets to Minneapolis just yet — the orchestra remains silenced by a...
View ArticleMinnesota Orchestra Musicians Reject Latest Proposal as Deadline Nears
The musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra on Saturday unanimously rejected the latest management contract offer, leaving unchanged a lockout that has effectively shuttered the ensemble for nearly a...
View ArticleMinnesota Orchestra Lockout Wipes out Carnegie Dates
MINNEAPOLIS— The Minnesota Orchestra on Monday canceled upcoming performances at Carnegie Hall due to its contract impasse with musicians — a move that could lead to the departure of its Finnish...
View ArticleMinnesota Orchestra Conductor Osmo Vänskä Resigns
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Orchestra conductor Osmo Vänskä resigned Tuesday amid a labor impasse that has dragged on for more than a year as management pushed for deep cuts to musicians'...
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Three Categories to Watch in the Classical Grammy Race
The 2014 Grammy Award nominations were announced on Friday night, resulting (of course) in much second-guessing and prognosticating. Of the 81 categories, eight are devoted exclusively to classical...
View ArticleLocked-out Minnesota Orchestra Players Go Rogue with 10-Concert Season
The locked-out musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra have announced a series of 10 self-produced concerts for the winter and spring, including programs with classical superstars Itzhak Perlman and...
View ArticleMinnesota Orchestra Labor Dispute is Over
The longest labor dispute in the history of American orchestras ended on Tuesday when the Minnesota Orchestra signed a collective bargaining agreement with its unionized musicians, who have been locked...
View ArticleRebounding Minnesota Orchestra is 'Still Mad at Itself'
So, what comes next for the Minnesota Orchestra in the wake of the contract agreement that ended the bitter 15-month lockout and returns the musicians to Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis on Feb. 7?Short...
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Classical Grammy Awards to Minnesota Orchestra, Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Adès
Days after ending a nearly crippling, 15-month labor dispute, the Minnesota Orchestra won the Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance on Sunday for its album of Sibelius’s Symphonies Nos. 1 and...
View ArticleMinnesota Orchestra CEO Michael Henson to Step Down
The Minnesota Orchestra said on Thursday that its president and CEO Michael Henson will resign this August, ending a seven-year tenure that saw both record fundraising and severe labor turmoil,...
View ArticleOsmo Vänskä Returns as Minnesota Orchestra Music Head
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- After quitting last fall amid a protracted lockout of union musicians, Finnish conductor Osmo Vanska is returning as music director of the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra, its...
View ArticleMinnesota Orchestra Announces $13.2 Million in Gifts
The Minnesota Orchestra, emerging from a fractious, 16-month lockout of its musicians, signaled a new step in its recovery on Wednesday when the board said it had received $13.2 million in four...
View ArticleMinnesota Orchestra Conductor Announces Engagement to Concertmaster
Minnesota Orchestra music director Osmo Vänskä and concertmaster Erin Keefe have announced via Facebook that they are engaged.The couple's office romance drew attention during the orchestra's 15-month...
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