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Louis Bell photographed on June 3, 2019 in West Hollywood, Calif.  Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has acquired songwriter and producer Louis Bells back catalog through early 2019. Bell also signed a global admin agreement with the company for both catalog and future works. Bell’s lucrative catalog includes hits for artists such as Post Malone (“Rockstar,” “Better Now” and “Sunflower” feat. Swae Lee), Camila Cabello (“Havana”), the Jonas Brothers (“Sucker”) and H...

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Sony/ATV Music Publishing Today, Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK announced it has signed award-winning singer, songwriter, jazz musician, and radio broadcaster Jamie Cullum to a global publishing agreement. Jamie Cullum is one of the UKs top jazz artists/songwriters, known for crafting hit songs across genres and collaborating with prominent talent including Paul McCartney, Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar, Lang Lang, and Clint Eastwood. Jamies signing is an exciting return ...

Streams of dreams Share CLOSE Traditional Chinese art forms take on a fresh look at Bilibilis year-end gala show. Highlights include Qiu Jirongs performance of traditional operas. [Photo provided to China Daily] The video site Bilibili presents a New Year gala that appeals to younger viewers, Chen Nan reports.  Many people just wanted to say goodbye to 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. And many celebrated New Years Eve by watching galas online or on TV from the comf...

“ALL roads lead to Leeds and all roads lead from Leeds:” The legendary Leeds piano teacher who died last month, delivered her strapline to a glittering audience at the Finals of the 14th Leeds International Piano Competition. One summer night in 1961, Fanny Waterman discussed with husband Dr Geoffrey de Keyser her audacious proposal for a world class piano competition in the city. The popular Morley family doctor with an encyclopedic knowledge of piano music, was at first dismissive: �...

Eight new radio services have launched today by the Children’s radio station Fun Kids. They include a classical music radio station for children, Fun Kids Classical, with pianist Lang Lang as Ambassador. The other stations are Fun Kids Animals, Fun Kids Silly, Fun Kids Party, Fun Kids Pop Hits, Fun Kids Naps, Fun Kids Classics and Fun Kids Soundtracks. These will join the existing stations Fun Kids and Fun Kids Junior. Matt Deegan, Station Manager at Fun Kids, says, “We know how much childr...

Region 4 COVID-19 testing locations, times for next week Louisiana Department of Health and last updated 2021-01-07 20:17:14-05 The Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Army National Guard have announced drive-thru COVID-19 testing locations and times for the week of January 11-15, 2021. 1/11-1/15 - LAFAYETTE PARISH Lafayette Parish Health Unit St. Martin Parish Health Unit 303 W Port St. 1/12 - IBERIA PARISH New Iberia Testing is conducted from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. and is available fo...

Virtual classes help piano players hit the right notes By CHENG YU | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-02 08:46 Share CLOSE A 7-year-old girl from Shanghai learns to play the piano using an AI-enabled online piano tutor tool. CHINA DAILY Practice was often an ordeal for 9-year-old Wang Lingyi, an aspiring piano student from Qingdao, East Chinas Shandong province, as no amount of hard work was helping her hit the right notes. But things ar...

He said: “She was an avid fan of Michael Jackson and then Ed Sheehan. “She fell in love with the music of our friend Celine Dion and currently we are re-discovering Abba’s repertoire from Mamma Mia to Dancing Queen.  “Virginia is also a fan of Lang Lang the piano player, and listens to him for hours, with a particular fondness for Paganini-Liszt’s The Bell.” Trending Asked if his son Matteo joins in when at home, Bocelli replied: “It happens a lot, yes. Matteo hasn’t been with ...

2020-12-29 23:35:27 GMT2020-12-30 07:35:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Tributes have been pouring in for Shirley Young, a legendary business leader and long-time advocate for China-U.S. exchanges, who died on Saturday at the age of 85. BRIDGE BUILDER Young was an outstanding lady, who not only had great business achievements, but also devoted her lifetime to advocating for the interests of Chinese Americans and the mutual understanding between Chinese and...

Fou Tsong acknowledges a Guangzhou audience in 2009. LI QINGENG/FOR CHINA DAILY Internationally celebrated pianist Fou Tsong has died in Britain at the age of 86, prompting tributes from the music world. Complications from COVID-19 caused the death of the maestro on Monday, said Kong Jianing, one of Fous former students. Fou, who was born into an intellectual family in Shanghai, was the eldest son of the prominent Chinese writer and translator Fu Lei. Just a day before Fous death in London...