There is no doubt that Maurizio Pollini at age 76 remains one of the world’s great piano virtuosos. This was manifestly proven in the March…
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NAACP Commemorates 400 Years of African Diaspora in Jamestown, to Jamestown Event…America to Africa
NAACP President Derrick Johnson and Ghana Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia The NAACP writes: OFFICIAL EVENT OF GHANA’S HISTORIC ‘YEAR OF RETURN,’ TO BE ANNOUNCED AT…
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Mirror Visions Ensemble Presents "Heart of a Woman" by H. Leslie Adams Mar. 31 at Sheen Center, NYC, 5 PM
H. Leslie Adams H. Leslie Adams writes: May I share a short video which was prepared on the occasion of The Mirror Visions Ensemble performance…
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IMI Artists: Boston Musical Intelligencer: Review: “America/We Need to Talk”
Mezzo-Soprano Sylvia V.C. Twine and Tenor/Narrator Ron Williams Mezzo-Soprano and Composer Fred Onovwerosuoke Composer Fred Onovwerosuoke and pianist Darryl Hollister Composer Fred Onovwerosuoke, tenor Jonas…
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10 years from now, Mirga will be in NY and Speranza at La Scala
From my survey of women conductors in the new issue of Standpoint magazine: As for the future, I predict that, ten years from now, Mirga…
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Chicago musicians take a softer tone
The striking musicians have delivered this reasoned appeal to the Board and mailed it to friends of the CSO as their strike approaches its fourth…
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#Metoo violin professor finally retires
Stephen Shipps, the concertmaster and Universityof Michigan professor who was accused of sexual misconduct, has retired from the university at the age of 66, it…
View More #Metoo violin professor finally retiresHungarian Violinist Jelly d’Arányi Died On This Day in 1966 [ON-THIS-DAY]
Hungarian violin virtuoso Jelly d’Arányi died on this day in 1966 – aged 72. The grand-niece of virtuoso Joseph Joachim, she premiered a number of important…
View More Hungarian Violinist Jelly d’Arányi Died On This Day in 1966 [ON-THIS-DAY]American Violin Virtuoso Erick Friedman Died On This Day in 2004 [ON-THIS-DAY]
American violinist Erick Friedman passed away, from cancer, on this day in 2004 – aged 64. A student of Ivan Galamian, Nathan Milstein and Jascha Heifetz, he is remembered…
View More American Violin Virtuoso Erick Friedman Died On This Day in 2004 [ON-THIS-DAY]Dvořák’s Four ‘Romantic Pieces’ Op. 75 Premiered On This Day in 1887 [ON-THIS-DAY]
Antonín Dvořák‘s Four ‘Romantic Pieces’ Op. 75 premiered on this day in 1887 – 132 years ago. The first performance was given by Czech violinist…
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