The platinum-haired Russian baritone has “always been scared of physical heights – even on stage sets.” So he jumped out of a plane over Florida last December. “I’m so used to adrenaline, in everything I do.”
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Bernard Coutaz, 87, Founder Of Harmonia Mundi Label
An energetic and outspoken producer and businessman, Coutaz built Harmonia Mundi from a boutique classical label in the south of France to an international concern with operations in five countries and a stable of important (and loyal) artists, a major distributor of other labels, and a classical music retailer with stores throughout France.
Roger Ebert Tweets His Disdain For Tea Party
“Over the last few weeks, Ebert has used his busy Twitter page to give the tea party belittling nicknames, predict it will quickly fade and opine that ‘a loud movement is not the same as a mass movement.'”
A Disillusioned Simon Rattle Regards UK From A Distance
“Does he find himself echoing Kennedy’s ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ line? ‘No, I don’t feel like a doughnut yet,’ Rattle grins. ‘Just a bit deracinated. I’m the one who can’t speak English any more, without necessarily being able to speak German.'”
Kate Moss To Pair With Baryshnikov In Dance Film
“Miss Moss will star in a short film with the 62-year-old Russian – with the working title Baryshnimoss – made by the renowned choreographer and director Michael Clark.”
A Life In Music – A Teacher Remembered
“The legacy he had left behind was pure joy. You could see it in the faces of the audience when the curtain rose for the performance that afternoon. You could hear it as his older daughter Melanie, her husband and their violinist children performed as a family. You could feel it when the full orchestra, led by one of Mr. K.’s protégés, poured itself into Tchaikovsky and Bach.”
Guarneri Cellist David Soyer, 87
“The Guarneri became one of the world’s best-known quartets, setting a standard in quartetistry with seamless, warm and impassioned playing and a unanimity that did not efface individual personalities.”
Nancy Sweezy, Who Rescued Jugtown Pottery, Dies At 88
“Ms. Sweezy begged and borrowed $22,500 to buy the financially staggering Jugtown in 1968. … In 2006, the National Endowment for the Arts designated Ms. Sweezy ‘a national treasure,’ saying that her efforts had ‘helped inspire a revival of the traditional pottery community.'”
US National Medal Of Arts To Dylan, Eastwood, Stella, Maya Lin, MTT
The honorees include singer/songwriter Bob Dylan, actor/director Clint Eastwood, designer/artists Milton Glaser and Maya Lin, singer/dancer/actress Rita Moreno, soprano Jessye Norman, painter/sculptor Frank Stella, conductor/composers Michael Tilson Thomas and John Williams, and Charleston (SC) mayor/Spoleto Festival USA champion Joseph P. Riley Jr.
Salman Rushdie Expects To Write Book About Life Under Fatwa
“It’s my story, and at some point, it does need to get told,” he said at the opening of an exhibition of his archives at Emory University. “My instinct is that point is getting closer.”