John La Bouchardiere

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Directs #opera, #film and things in between. Brit abroad, despite #Brexit, enjoying a life in #France. Oddly interested in #hedges and, less oddly, in #sailing.
Websitewww.johnlabouchardiere.com
Show threadJohn La BouchardiereJul 2, 2023
@davidpnice I think it will depend on how frustrated people get with Twitter. I hadn't logged in here for months but I bet many people are reviving their accounts at the moment.
John La BouchardiereMar 14, 2023
#artsfunding #classicalmusic #bbc
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/14/classical-music-bbc-orchestras-singers?
There is no one with power to fight for classical music at the BBC now. It’s as if Herod runs the creche

Savage cuts suggest a cadre of bosses has forgotten what public service broadcasting is, says Paul Hughes, former director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the BBC Singers

The Guardian
John La BouchardiereMar 13, 2023
#artsfunding #bbc #bbcsingers
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/13/bbc-chief-draws-ire-of-700-composers-with-devastating-plan-to-axe-choir?
BBC chief draws ire of 700 composers with ‘devastating’ plan to axe choir

Closure of BBC Singers was announced last week along with 20% cut to salaried positions in BBC orchestras

The Guardian
John La BouchardiereMar 9, 2023
#classicalmusic #bbc #bbcsingers #artsfunding
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/09/axing-bbc-singers-vandalism-comment-brindley-sherratt?
No one can match the BBC Singers. Axing them is an act of vandalism

The ensemble is lauded across the classical world. The BBC Singers inspire, educate and entertain, and their closure matters to us all. Here is why

The Guardian
John La BouchardiereMar 9, 2023
#classicalmusic #bbcsingers #bbc #artsfunding
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/f501baa0-bdc9-11ed-b52d-512231a0c9aa?
Axing the BBC Singers is a gross miscalculation — heads should roll

It “prioritises quality, agility and impact”, the BBC says about its new strategy for classical music, unveiled this week. Well, a third of that claim is certai

The Times
John La BouchardiereMar 7, 2023
Outrage doesn't even come close. #classicalmusic #artsfunding #Musicians
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/07/bbc-singers-choir-to-close-as-part-of-corporations-major-review-of-classical-music
BBC Singers to close in corporation’s ‘major review of classical music’

Reductions also made to the BBC’s three England-based orchestras as part of plan to ensure the long-term future of organisation’s remaining performing groups

The Guardian
Show threadJohn La BouchardiereMar 5, 2023
@TimAshAsh Thank you posting this, Tim. I have been meaning to watch it for ages, and now would be very timely.
John La BouchardiereFeb 26, 2023
#musiceducation
#artseducation #artsed
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/wigmore-hall-director-john-gilhooly-how-to-save-music-788f93rvk
Wigmore Hall director John Gilhooly: how to save music

If John Gilhooly ever decided to give up the day job, he could have a serious career in crisis management. Immaculate in pinstripes, the director of the Wigmore

The Sunday Times
John La BouchardiereFeb 26, 2023
#opera #sustainability
https://www.fastcompany.com/90851230/how-the-finnish-national-opera-used-vr-to-stage-a-century-old-production
John La BouchardiereFeb 20, 2023
#artsfunding #opera https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/20/opera-defund-top-companies-funds-politics-artists
If we defund opera saying it is for toffs, then only the toffs will go. Where’s the sense in that?

It is painful to see our top companies starved of funds and strangled by politics, while our best artists head abroad, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian