AP Photo/ Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Richard Termine

This is getting serious, folks. From the New York Times:

New York magazine’s longtime classical music critic, Peter G. Davi

AP Photo/ Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Richard Termine

This is getting serious, folks. From the New York Times:

New York magazine’s longtime classical music critic, Peter G. Davis, will be leaving the publication. Mr. Davis, who had been at New York for 26 years, said yesterday he was asked to sign an “agreement of separation” because the magazine decided it no longer needed a full-time classical music critic. “It’s euphemistic for being fired,” he said. A spokeswoman for the magazine, Serena Torrey, said she could not comment on the terms of his departure or whether he would be replaced. “We do plan to continue robust classical music coverage and criticism,” she said.

Davis is among the best music critics working. The story of the firing is typical of a pattern. Publication gets rid of full time classical critic but says it still intends to cover the art form aggressively. Yeah, right.  Via ArtsJournal.

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