Immersed in Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 5 — and don’t want to leave it.
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December 29, 2017 • 11:16 am Comments Off on Vaughan Williams Five
Immersed in Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 5 — and don’t want to leave it.
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December 20, 2017 • 10:50 am Comments Off on Cellist Jan Vogler and His Trio Venture into “New Worlds” with Bill Murray
My latest for Strings magazine (October issue):
Chamber music is all about knowing how to forge close partnerships. For the world-renowned cellist Jan Vogler, that instinct includes connecting to artists beyond the classical-music sphere. But he didn’t expect a serendipitous encounter with Bill Murray to lead to one of the most innovative projects he has ever undertaken.
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December 16, 2017 • 1:09 am Comments Off on Beethoven at 247
For Beethoven’s (conventionally celebrated) birthday, listening to one of my favorites:
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December 14, 2017 • 10:23 am Comments Off on John Adams, with Strings Attached
My new John Adams profile for Strings is now available online:
In the contemporary music world, writing opera tends to generate the sexiest headlines and, at least temporarily, to garner more widespread attention….
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December 6, 2017 • 9:42 pm Comments Off on Conrad Tao: Leaving the Comfort Zone
Conrad Tao is performing Thursday night with the Berkeley Symphony.
My new profile of pianist and composer Conrad Tao for Steinway is now online:
HIS NAME HASN’T changed, but mentally splicing the twenty-three-year-old Conrad Tao with the child prodigy who first came before the general public more than a decade ago is likely to make you do a double take.
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