Here, at the WQXR offices, we read about, watch and listen to a lot of classical music. We created The Whole Note as a place to share content that has captivated us from around the web. We hope they will interest you, too, and inspire you to tell us what is capturing your attention in the comments below.
The Rhapsody Philharmonic, an ensemble based in Hanoi, Vietnam, stops traffic with a pop-up performance in the streets. (Inquisitr)
Australia’s Classic FM station faces cutbacks. (Limelight)
The City of Lights is also a city filled with music. (New Yorker)
The National Youth Orchestra, which performs at Carnegie Hall on July 14, is at the forefront of the movement to increase diversity in classical music. (The New York Times)
How Finland’s Sibelius Academy is minting the next generation of maestros. (The Economist)
Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann will be reunited with the "Lady Inchiquin" Stradivarius, which he played for 13 years before the bank that owned it went broke and sold it. (The Strad)
Who knew? Stephen Colbert met his wife at a production of Philip Glass’s chamber opera, Hydrogen Jukebox. (Los Angeles Times)
Tim Page, who is the subject of a new documentary film, writes about how he recovered from a traumatic brain injury. (San Francisco Classical Voice)
Michael Cooper takes in John Luther Adams’s Soundwalk 9:09, which Q2 Music helped produce. (The New York Times)