“Melodiya” record firm celebrated the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven – December 16, 2020 – with the release of three digital albums by the renowned composer. These included all the piano concertos as well as the “triple” concerto; all sonatas for cello and piano (recorded in 2020); fragments from symphonies, sonatas,…
The Kulturomania journal has analyzed how the pandemic affected the musicians’ earnings. It turned out that digitalization has led to an ambiguous result: the highest earnings are among the promoted singers with the most unpretentious performance technique and lyrics. Performers of complex academic music cannot compete with them, which is very clearly demonstrated by the…
Spotify has applied for a patent on a new technology that can detect plagiarism in music and inform authors about it. Thus, the authors of plagiarism will be able to protect themselves against lawsuits, points out Srsly.ru. Users of the service will be able to check the uniqueness of tracks created by them even before…
Nine albums released by Melodiya recording company were included in the long list of the prestigious International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). The winners of the Award will be announced on January 20, 2021. Nine discs are the largest number of Melodiya nominated releases for the entire period of participation in the ICMA competition. Among the…
In Russia, the Federation of Creative Industries is being founded to form a full-fledged creative segment of the national economy and its integration into the global market. The initiative was discussed at the forum “Strong Ideas for the New Reality” simultaneously with the presentation of the study entitled “100 Most Creative Russians”, which named the…
Melodiya released a gramophone disc with recordings of the 1960s – 1980s to commemorate Muslim Magomayev. The famous singer Magomaev, as they called him the “voice of eras”, performs songs by Arno Babadzhanyan, Polad Bulbul Oglu, Mark Fradkin, Arkady Ostrovsky and other Soviet composers, as well as the most famous song of his own composition…
Andrey Krichevsky, President of the IPChain Association, spoke at “Global Digital Content Market” international conference hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Authors’ perspectives in the independent management of rights and their receipt of royalties for the use of works, as well as the possibility of interaction of various digital information databases on rights…
“Melodiya” recording company has published in digital format the sound track of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Solemn Mass”, which was recorded in 1988 in Moscow with the participation of musicians from different countries as part of the campaign for nuclear disarmament. The concert in the capital was then part of a tour organized by the international…
Elon Musk, a businessman from the USA, announced the development of the Neuralink chip, which is capable of transmitting music directly to the human brain. Elon Musk informed on his Twitter account that his new invention will help eliminate many brain and spinal injuries, and will also be used in the symbiosis of artificial intelligence.…