“[His] intensive teaching methods helped mold some of the top players of the last 50 years … [It] was his relentless pursuit of musical perfection and highly personal teaching methods that drew generations of students to his studio.”
Tag: 06.23.10
Bangarra Dance Theatre Gets Its First Resident Choreographer
Frances Rings, who has danced with the company – Australia’s main aboriginal dance company, and one of the country’s top cultural exports – since 1993, is Bangarra’s first salaried choreographer other than artistic director Stephen Page, who has been with the troupe for almost its entire 20-year history.
Soprano Returns To Singing After Double Lung Transplant
Last year, Charity Tillemann-Dick, a promising 24-year-old soprano who had been working in Europe and the US, had to have both of her lungs replaced. She has since re-learned to sing, and last month she performed Puccini and Gershwin for her caregivers at the Cleveland Clinic to thank them for their work.
A Star-Is-Born Moment At National Ballet Of Canada?
A Q&A with McGee Maddox, a 23-year-old corps member who gets his big chance this week in Toronto in the title role of John Cranko’s Onegin.
Name Change For Oregon’s (Liberal) Tea Party Bookshop
“Owner JoAnne Kohler, 47, opened the independent bookstore in August 2008. She named her store Tea Party because she liked the association with ‘independence, revolution, anti-corporation.’ A short time later a conservative movement that was also fond of the historical event became a force in national politics. And that’s when the misunderstandings began.”
Nat’l Recording Registry Picks 1959 Gypsy Cast Recording
“Fon der Choope” (“From the Wedding”) by Abe Elenkrig’s Yidishe Orchestra (1913); “Canal Street Blues” by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band (1923); and the Metropolitan Opera’s 1935 “Tristan und Isolde” are also among the 25 recordings to be preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry.
Digital Animators Are Our Leonardos
“[I]t is time to acknowledge the Renaissance masters of our time. Pixar and other studios at the forefront of digital animation and effects are dealing with something very comparable to the problems solved by artists in 15th-century Italy.”
In Thrall To Blockbusters, Museums Neglect Collections
“Over the last decade our galleries have become almost entirely devoted to mounting exhibitions, their general collections forgotten, their reserve holdings left untouched and the energy of their directors and keepers devoted to arranging and cataloguing temporary shows.” Meanwhile, success is judged by “the size of the crowds and the length of the queues.”
Dumping Int’l Fest A Serious Blow To LA’s Cultural Status
“[T]he decision … reflects a lack of understanding of the theater festival’s unique place in the city’s cultural ecology. There is simply nowhere else to experience the kinds of offerings [its artistic director] was importing to Los Angeles. Beyond the Brooklyn Academy of Music and one or two lonesome xenophilic venues in the U.S., the only option is a pricey European flight.”
Nashville Symphony Faces $42 Million In Flood Repairs
“Assistance from FEMA, along with $10 million in flood insurance, will cover a substantial portion of the cost,” including “the replacement of two Steinway concert grand pianos and the console of the Martin Foundation Concert Organ. … But insurance isn’t enough. [The organization’s CEO] estimates the symphony is $3 million to $10 million short.”