Maria Archetto had planned to be a high school music teacher until she got involved with the early-music movement. Then she discovered the story of Francesco Portinaro and an obsession began.
Tag: 11.03.07
Chinese Artists Win International Acclaim, New Status At Home
“Over the past two decades, contemporary artists have moved from beyond the pale and on to centre-stage. It seemed to happen overnight: artists were inducted into the establishment. International recognition – equalling money and fame – has been crucial.”
The Chaos That Is Werner Herzog
“I am always looking for what I call ‘the ecstatic truth’. It is a deeper, more moving and mysterious truth than the truth of accountants. One can find it in music, poetry, literature, certain ancient myths.”
Classical Music, Personified
Violinist Itzhak “Perlman, especially in America, is not just a famous musician, he is the famous musician for millions of people – the personification of classical music.”
Dirty Dancing Onto The Stage
Dirty Dancing, is a “1987 movie so beloved you almost wonder if an entire generation of females was given a VHS copy of it during their teen years with a label saying, ‘Watch this until it wears out or imprints itself permanently on your brain’.” Now the movie is coming to the stage…
The Most Important Thing Happening In Classical Music?
Simón BolÃvar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela is the cream of a 250,000-student crop, and it “began its first U.S. tour at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Thursday night under its music director, Gustavo Dudamel… Our country, with its poor music education, may never — should never — be the same.”
Readers Compensated For Frey’s Fraud
A judge has approved a settlement for readers who said they were defrauded by James Frey because the author’s “memoir” wasn’t truthful. “Although the book was a huge hit that exploded in sales after Oprah Winfrey chose it for her book club, only 1,729 readers came forward to benefit from the settlement.”