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The switch several months ago from an NPR and news-talk format to all classical music at WETA 90.9 FM was swift and abrupt. In other words, not at all like public radio, which tends to agonize big changes over (donated!) catered lunches with community focus groups and several in-house committees. If ratings are an indication, and it’s safe to say they are, WETA’s return to the classics was a great move for the station. ...MORE...
"Under programmes run by the Foundation for the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela (Fesnojiv), Venezuela's pioneering music education network commonly known as "El Sistema", all children in Guarenas have access to a free education in classical music. Demand for the scheme from the local people seems insatiable; there are currently 700 students, and another 600 are on the waiting list."......MORE... | Modern Symphony
Tikhon Khrennikov, a prolific Russian composer and pianist best known inSee all stories on this topic | Google Links | Wikipedia Biography
GREAT BARRINGTON —The 35th Aston Magna season ended over the weekend with a post-concert benefit party on the estate for which the concert series is named. The final program at the Daniel Arts Center, "Music of Henry Purcell," had a sign on the door that read "Completely Sold Out." That message, one would think, better suits an event for Harry Potter than Henry Purcell, and great as his 17th-century music is, Purcell was not the name that brought Berkshire's A-list to hear Purcell's music and visit Lee Elman's estate. That name, and that honor, belong to Great Barrington resident Phyllis Curtin, internationally known opera soprano, reigning Tanglewood vocal teacher, pioneering scholar, composers' muse and diva in the most gracious sense. Just putting her name on a tribute did the trick......MORE... GOOGLE LINKS | Aston Magna | Curtin at Amazon.com
The Pittsburgh Symphony, which earlier this year announced its return to commercial recording on the PentaTone label with an upcoming Brahms Symphony cycle, is seeing its efforts go on sale ahead of schedule. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that PentaTone has decided to release the first volume in the set on August 28 rather than wait until the complete cycle is recorded during the coming season.
Violinist Jaime Laredo, cellist Sharon Robinson and pianist Joseph Kalichstein came together as a trio to perform at the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter in January of 1977. They've been together as the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio ever since, and they've been celebrating their 30th anniversary all year, at the 92nd Street Y (their longtime musical home in New York) and around the country......MORE... Background | Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson at Amazon
The Web site Japan's Classical Music Artists introduces promising local classical artists to the rest of the world in addition to carrying news related to concerts, festivals and competitions......MORE... http://japansclassic.com/top.html
Star tenor Luciano Pavarotti, suffering from cancer, has been hospitalised for tests, a media spokesman at the Modena University Policlinico in northern Italy says. The 71-year-old, who underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer a year ago and has since had at least five rounds of chemotherapy, was admitted on Tuesday, Gabriele Sorrentino said. The hospital will issue a formal bulletin later in the day ...Reports...http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=pavarotti&um=1&sa=N&tab=wn
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