It's doubtful that anything will come of it, but the Metropolitan Opera unions's move to include the press (and thus the public) in contract talks is, at the very least, "interesting." As reported by Jennifer Maloney in The Wall Street Journal:
The World Pianist Invitational Foundation, with headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland, will have its next competition for classically trained pianists, ages 6 through 29, this summer. The finals will take place on July 12 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.
