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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Bravo for Brubeck
Posted in Arts & Culture, Composers, Cultural Diplomacy, Jazz, Milestones, Musicians, Pianists, Politics, tagged Chopin, Condoleeza Rice, Dave Brubeck, Jazz on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Aspen in Winter – the Vladimir Feltsman File
Posted in Classical Music, Colorado, Composers, Festivals, Pianists, Politics, tagged Aspen, Chopin, Cold War, J.S. Bach, Mozart, piano, Reagan, Vladimir Feltsman 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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