When we were children, my sister and I called the pedal on the left, the ‘soft’ pedal and the pedal on the right the ‘loud’…
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Polish-Born Violinist Szymon Goldberg Was Born On This Day in 1909 [ON-THIS-DAY]
Polish-born American violinist and conductor Szymon Goldberg was born on this day in 1909 – 110 years ago. A student of Carl Flesch, he served…
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Today is Dutch conductor Edo de Waart’s 78th birthday! Recognised as one of the eminent conductors of the 20th and 21st Centuries, Maestro de Waart…
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Опера за най-малките – Гост Юлия Кръстева – Bulgaria ON AIR 31.05.2019
James Tenney’s Changes: Lofty Ambitions, Unprepossessing Results
I won’t discuss the elaborate theoretical and compositional rigor (both human and computerized ) behind James Tenney’s 64 Studies for Six Harps, collectively titled Changes.…
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Passing of Former NOBLE National President – Police Chief Jimmy L. Wilson
One of four brothers, Wilson was born in 1946 in Durham, North Carolina. He joined the United States Army in 1964, serving for four years…
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Music Institute of Chicago Gala Honors Wynton Marsalis
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