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Harold Shapero, Dead at 93

Statement from the Shapero Family regarding the passing of Harold Shapero (1920-2013) Harold Shapero, an American composer, pianist and longtime Professor of Music at Brandeis University, passed peacefully in his sleep on Friday, May 17, 2013 at the age of 93, following complications with pneumonia. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts on April 29, 1920, Shapero maintained [...]
By Jerry Bowles | 19 May 2013 | Comments | 83 views
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Black Wagner: African-American Wagnerism and the Question of Race Revisited

Alex Ross’s next book, “Wagner–Art in the Shadow of Music” is still very much a work in progress but his keynote lecture at Wagner WorldWide 2013 at the University of South Carolina (now up on YouTube) demonstrates that he is on the trail of some fascinating, and little known, aspects of his subject’s world.
By Jerry Bowles | 15 May 2013 | Comments | 57 views
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Get Schooled on New Music at OjaiU

Here’s something cool to mark on your calendar.  The Ojai Music Festival is launching  a free three-week online course next Wednesday, May 15,  leading up to the 2013 Festival which runs June 6-9.   The courses are designed to help audiences “listen smarter” and enable them to gain deeper insight into the music and programming [...]
By Jerry Bowles | 12 May 2013 | Comments | 55 views
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Monday at Carnegie: Violin Futura

Some news about a hot ticket tonight from one of our regular contributors, composer Lawrence Dillon. After performing his Violin Futura program a gazillion times all over the map in the last six years, Piotr Szewczyk is bringing it to NYC (Carnegie Hall.  May 6th.  8 pm). What is Violin Futura?  In the words of [...]
By Jerry Bowles | 07 May 2013 | Comments | 57 views
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44 Bartok Violin Duos played by Sándor Végh and Alberto Lysy (1974)

There is French narration for about a minute and a half into the first segment, but then it's just pure Bartok.

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By Elaine Fine | 06 May 2013 | Comments | 65 views
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Renée Fleming in Conversation with Leon Botstein and André Previn: Viennese Composers in the US

WATCH: Tonight sees the finale of Renée Fleming's Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall with Vienna: Window to Modernity. Here, Ms. Fleming, composer and conductor André Previn, and conductor and music historian Leon Botstein discuss how several of the major Viennese composers of the period spent a lot of time in Los Angeles and how their experiences there differed widely.
By Carnegie Hall | 05 May 2013 | Comments | 31 views
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A wonderful practice day

My school responsibilities are over for now.  After teaching a lesson this morning, I had free time! For the first time in months, I didn’t have to keep track of the time, running out the door in order to be somewhere.  What a pleasure! So I had a choice.  I could have listened to the [...]
By Gretchen Saathoff | 05 May 2013 | Comments | 19 views
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Crowdfunding vs. Philanthropy: Which is Better?

Some friends of mine were having an interesting Facebook discussion around Ellen Cushing’s recent article in the East Bay Express, about crowdfunding, philanthropy, and what the young and well-to-do of Silicon Valley mean for the future of the arts. The…
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By Aaron Gervais | 28 Apr 2013 | Comments | 78 views
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CD Review- American Record Guide on Gal/Krasa Complete String Trios

From the November/December issue of American Record Guide Buy here from MDT UK Buy here from Arkiv USA Buy here from Amazon UK Buy here from Amazon USA   “Ensemble Epomeo play with finesse and sensitivity, nicely capturing Krasa’s manic grotesqueries as … Continue reading →
By Kenneth Woods | 28 Apr 2013 | Comments | 75 views
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Aleksandra Vrebalov on her Babylon, Our Own

READ | WATCH: On May 3 in Zankel Hall, Serbian composer Aleksandra Vrebalov's Babylon, Our Own, receives its New York premiere by the Kronos Quartet and virtuoso clarinetist David Krakauer. Here, the composer introduces the piece, followed by Krakauer's point of view in a two-part video.
By Carnegie Hall | 27 Apr 2013 | Comments | 11 views
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