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Congratulations to Kirshbaum Associates — our very first website client — on their 40th anniversary today!

40 years ago today I opened my own office. I was incredibly fortunate to have no expectations other than a passionate desire to work for musicians who I believed in. Over the years, the artists I have been privileged to represent have given me pleasure, hope, and inspiration through the beauty of their performances and the joy of working together. The importance of the fact that, early on, a few artists had faith in my abilities cannot be overstated - they saw something that I could not have possibly known at that age. Pinchas Zukerman, Ralph Kirshbaum, Sherrill Milnes, Sir András Schiff and Peter Serkin were pillars of guidance and support. Their generosity, belief in mutual goals, and understanding of what is of value helped shape the direction of our company. I have no regrets, only gratitude to each and every artist and staff member who has graced the company of Kirshbaum Associates Inc. My special enduring thanks go to Peri Stedman and Jason Belz for their enormous contributions to our shared mission for over half of these four decades.

While no one knows what lies ahead in our tumultuous world, I am confident that we will continue to do whatever we can to shape and develop the careers of artists, bringing joy and comfort to audiences of the future, hungry to come together with renewed enthusiasm to experience the profound range of human emotions communicated through live musical performance. - Shirley Kirshbaum

Arts Sector Contributed $763.6 Billion to U.S. Economy—More Than Agriculture or Transportation The data comes as the NEA is facing severe cuts under U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed budget.

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Pleased to launch a new website for conductor Mei-Ann Chen today! https://www.meiannchen.com

Creator of iTrump, a trumpet teaching app, wins legal battle with Donald Trump over trademark.

Watch what happens just before show time at the Met Opera, in 12 rooms you’ll never see. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/30/arts/metropolitan-opera-backstage-ballet.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

5 reasons why talent gets in the way of music. http://www.cmuse.org/reasons-talent-gets-in-music/

Australian Chamber Orchestra's 400-year-old Amati cello to make its debut.
http://www.afr.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/music/take-a-bow-australian-chamber-orchestras-400yearold-cello-to-make-its-debut-20170502-gvxn2p

TONIGHT: Pianist Gavin George plays the Mendelssohn First Piano Concerto with Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. http://www.gavingeorge.com/artist.php?view=cal&cid=29976

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Two Canadian Opera company performers seriously injured in possible hate-crime attack. http://www.musicaltoronto.org/2017/05/03/breaking-two-performers-from-canadian-opera-company-seriously-assaulted-between-performances/

May the fourth be with you. 🎵 Happy to John Williams who created the incredible soundtrack for an iconic movie.

The Google phishing attack: what we know and how it works

Beware of the Google Docs phishing attack circulating on the internet today. https://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/5/3/15534984/google-docs-phishing-hack

www.vox.com Malware will compromise your Google account and send malicious emails to your Gmail contacts.

We’re a few months late, but, congratulations to baritone Michael Chioldi on his marriage in January! http://www.michaelchioldi.com/artist.php?view=news&nid=8283

Music lessons have become increasingly hard to access in schools, now only for the white and the wealthy. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/27/music-lessons-children-white-wealthy

REVIEW: The Pianist Rafal Blechacz in Exciting, if Blaring, Form (by Anthony Tommasini) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/arts/music/the-pianist-rafal-blechacz-in-exciting-if-blaring-form.html?_r=0

Soprano Arianna Zukerman will perform in recital at the National Gallery of Art this afternoon in Washington, DC. http://www.ariannazukerman.com/artist.php?view=cal&cid=33918

Student to run half marathon dressed as a viola in an attempt to break a world record and raise money for charity. http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/world-record-viola/

A valuable violin stolen from a home in Paris was recovered by Serbian police and returned to its owner. http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/serbia-returns-precious-stolen-violin-to-france

TONIGHT: The Emerson String Quartet performs Ravel and Tchaikovsky at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA. http://www.emersonquartet.com/artist.php?view=cal&cid=32850

We’ve lost the man who gave us this utterly sublime clarinet tone. http://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/clarinet/features/gervase-de-peyer-dies/

Kuwait's new $770 million opera house catches on fire. http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/kuwaits-new-770-million-opera-house-catches-fire

10 tips for winning a chamber music competition. http://www.thestrad.com/10-tips-winning-chamber-music-competition/

TONIGHT: The Danish String Quartet plays at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. http://www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?view=cal&cid=32419

CEO of Los Angeles Philharmonic says Trump's travel ban is "a terrible thing for America’s creative community." http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-borda-the-travel-ban-is-a-terrible-thing-for-the-creative-community-20170203-story.html