Apparently, they never cleared the rights to the title song. Read here.

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The new player-managers of the orchestra, Andreas Großbauer and Harald Krumpöck, have gone on a hometown media offensive ahead of the upcoming New Year’s extravaganza. The pair present themselves as a new generation of leadership, dedicated to openness about the past and equality in the future.

Sample quote:  Social change occurs naturally, even with us. Today, we are much more international than a couple of years ago. And the fact that women play in our orchestra shows that social norms have reached us. Even though it took longer to arrive than anywhere else.

Krumpöck: Gesellschaftliche Veränderungen passieren natürlich auch bei uns. Wir sind heute viel internationaler als noch vor ein paar Jahren. Und dass nun Frauen bei uns im Orchester mitspielen, zeigt, dass die gesellschaftliche Normalität bei uns angekommen ist. Auch wenn es länger gedauert hat als anderswo.

Read full interview here.

 

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photo: Regine Hendrich/Der Standard

Claude Frank, a pianist of timeless values, died today, friends reported. He turned 89 on Christmas Eve.

Nuremberg born, Claude reached the US in 1941. He studied there with Schnabel, his son Karl-Ulrich, and his student Maria Curcio.

He was a towering interpreter of the Beethoven sonatas and often appeared as a piano duo with his wife, Lilian Kalir, who died in 2004. Their daughter, Pamela, is a distinguished violinist and teacher.

Our sympathies to her and the rest of the family.

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A colleague’s memories here.

Claude at his most mischievous here.