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Bravo for Brubeck

Posted in Arts & Culture, Composers, Cultural Diplomacy, Jazz, Milestones, Musicians, Pianists, Politics, tagged , , , on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Nice to see Dave Brubeck get a well-deserved honor yesterday…the legendary jazzman came to Washington DC to honored with the Ben Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy – a sort of “lifetime achievement” award for Americans going abroad…and he plays a moving Chopinesque piece, inspired by a long-ago trip to Poland..

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Concert Previews for Winter/Spring 2008

Posted in Classical Music, Concert Previews, Conductors, Musicians, Pianists, Washington DC, orchestras, tagged , , on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Some of the most fun I have is doing a number of Concert Preview conversations for the subscribers to the Washington Performing Arts Society and other performing-arts organizations in the D.C. area. Here’s what I’ve got on tap so far for the Winter/Spring of 2008:
Sunday, February 3, 3:00 pm Kennedy [...]

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The Key(board) to the Stones

Posted in Pianists, Rock'n'Roll, Travel, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

ON THE NE CORRIDOR LINE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PHILLY AND NEWARK – While I’m wrapping up a day trip to NYC I stumble across a charming little article written by keyboardist Chuck Leavell buried in the “Business Travel” section wayyyy in the back of Tuesday’s New York Times.
I’ve always been a fan of Leavell’s, who [...]

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Concert Previews: Fall 2007

Posted in Authors, Classical Music, Composers, Concert Previews, Conductors, Musicians, Pianists, Washington DC, orchestras on September 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s a look at some of the Concert Previews (e.g., pre-concert lectures) I’ll be giving for subscribers to the concert season of the Washington Performing Arts Society:
Wednesday, October 10, 8:00 pm The Music Center at Strathmore
La Scala PhilharmonicRiccardo Chailly, conductorThe long-awaited D.C.-area debut of the La Scala Philharmonic, led by the charismatic Riccardo Chailly, [...]

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Rostropovich R.I.P.

Posted in Celebrities, Classical Music, Musicians, Obits, Pianists, orchestras, tagged , , on May 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A lot of folks in the music world, including your humble correspondent, knew that Mstislav Rostropovich was gravely ill when his 80th birthday rolled around in late March. Hence the cheering in the media was probably a little longer and louder than it might otherwise have been — we knew that he wasn’t going [...]

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Aspen in Winter – the Vladimir Feltsman File

Posted in Classical Music, Colorado, Composers, Festivals, Pianists, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , on February 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

In the summer months, there’s probably more music-per-capita-per-minute in Aspen than anywhere else on the planet – The Aspen Music Festival & School crams 350+ concerts, lectures, and events into eight or so weeks between the end of June and mid-August. But the place doesn’t go entirely dark after Labor [...]

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