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Reiner Torheit
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« on: 15:29:09, 04-11-2007 »
Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra have dazzled American audiences...

Another piece from the LA Times.

http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-ca-petersburg4nov04,0,4669601.story?coll=cl-calendar
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« Reply #1 on: 18:19:55, 04-11-2007 »
 Thank you for this lead, Reiner.   It also reflects on the shrinking coverage of the arts in the U.K.

I've been in touch with my MP, this year, on the whole issue of state support for the arts, starting with the closure of the Theatre Museum.    I do not assume that my single voice is worth a row of beans but, as I live in a Conservative constituency, questions do get tabled in Parliamentary Questions on Culture, Media and Sport and this at least ensures a front bench government response.    Minister for the Arts, James Purnell even participated in a debate on the arts. during the recent conference season - a novelty, perhaps, but encouraging nevertheless.

In the past, questions on the arts have invariably been given lip service before business moves on to the 2012 Olympics and soon, I suspect,World Football in 2018.    Slowly but definitely, I sense a ping-pong claim, on all sides, staking a pitch for the arts.   I intend to return to the fray on the need for music education in schools and a repeat of the Dudamel/Simon Bolivar Y.O. Prom over the Festive Season could also be a good time for all and sundry to make their views known.   Surely this issue is much more than tedious party politics?
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« Reply #2 on: 18:35:46, 04-11-2007 »
The Theatre Museum is an interesting question, isn't it?  It was set-up with the best of intentions, but then treated like a rather embarassing illegitimate relation, and allowed to fester until the festering became a good reason for closing it down again Sad
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