http://standpointmag.co.uk/taxonomy/term/26 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://standpointmag.co.uk/music-january-february-12-just-say-no-to-state-funding-nprman-lebrecht-subsidy-cuts-good-for-arts-valentina-lisitsa <p><b>Author:</b>Norman Lebrecht</p><p style="text-align: justify"> <br />Populist pianist: Valentina Lisitsa is an online sensation (Sam Jones) </p><p style="text-align: justify">What on earth was I going to tell the Dutch? On a long train ride to Amsterdam I had to think of something to bring cheer to a culture that was being politically gutted.</p><p style="text-align: justify">A right-wing government planned cuts of up to 60 per cent in arts budgets, threatening the abolition of Holland's oldest opera company, several orchestras, any number of theatres and galleries and — as it happened — the organisation that had invited me to keynote its conference, the Dutch Classical Music Meeting (DCMM), which every two years showcases creative innovation.</p><p><a href="http://standpointmag.co.uk/music-january-february-12-just-say-no-to-state-funding-nprman-lebrecht-subsidy-cuts-good-for-arts-valentina-lisitsa"><span>read more</span></a></p> http://standpointmag.co.uk/music-january-february-12-just-say-no-to-state-funding-nprman-lebrecht-subsidy-cuts-good-for-arts-valentina-lisitsa#comments Arts Council Government Arts Cuts Music Music Valentina Lisitsa Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:00:33 +0000 Frances Weaver 4275 at http://standpointmag.co.uk