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Beethoven is the most frequently performed of all classical composers. He was also a radical artist who constantly reinvented himself, and expanded the boundaries of music. Photo: Handout
Classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven will get a big birthday bash on the 250th anniversary of his birth.
The Grammy Award-winning American music producer Quincy Jones and German-British composer and pianist Max Richter will premiere new music to celebrate the occasion.
The Beethoven Anniversary Society announced recently that two concerts will be streamed online, as part of the BTHVN2020 festivities to celebrate the composer s birth.
On Dec 17, 3.30am (Malaysian time), audiences around the world can tune into Magenta Musik 360 and BTHVN 2020 websites free-of-charge for Beethoven Night Powered By Telekom - a concert by conductor Dirk Kaftan and Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, a symphony orchestra in based in Bonn, Germany, where Beethoven was born in 1770.
Royal Caribbean crew direct passengers as they disembark cruise ship Quantum of the Seas.- ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): More than 1,600 passengers who were aboard the Royal Caribbean s Quantum of the Seas cruise ship disembarked on Wednesday (Dec 9) night in an hours-long process that began nearly 12 hours after the ship returned to Singapore a day ahead of schedule.
The four-day cruise to nowhere was cut short by a day after a passenger tested positive for Covid-19.
However, two subsequent tests conducted by the National Public Health Laboratory came back on Wednesday night with negative results suggesting the initial test could be a false positive.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore-listed mm2 Asia has entered into a heads of agreement for the possible merger of its Cathay cinema business with Golden Village cinemas in Singapore, which is owned by Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment (Holdings) Limited (OSGH).
The study highlights the need for HR to reinvent itself by driving business transformation.- ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Some roles performed by human resource (HR) managers are at risk of being taken over by robots in near future, a study commissioned by the Ministry of Manpower and the Institute for Human Resource Professionals (IHRP) has found.
Of the 27 HR roles that were analysed, 24 will be impacted by technology at varying degrees in the next three to five years, according to the study conducted by advisory, broking and solutions firm Willis Towers Watson released on Thursday (Dec 10).
Eight of these roles will be most severely affected and are at risk of being replaced. They are lower level positions in areas such as talent management, performance and rewards, as well as organisation development.
SINGAPORE (The StraitsTimes/ANN): Singapore signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom on Thursday (Dec 10) to ensure that companies from both countries continue to enjoy the same benefits that they are receiving under the Republic's FTA with the European Union.