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Musical America’s Artist of the Month: Louisa Proske
Louisa Proske; photo by Russ Rowland Congratulations are in order for the talented and brilliantly original director Louisa Proske, this month’s featured Artist of the Month at Musical America: Only a...
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja Comes to California
Patricia Kopatchinskaja is an ideal choice to be this year’s music director of the Ojai Festival. In advance of the festival’s northern edition, Ojai at Berkeley, here’s my profile of this incomparable...
View ArticleJoan Tower at 80
My profile of Joan Tower, who recently turned 80, is in the September issue of Strings magazine (starts p. 27).
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Predictably Unpredictable: John Harbison at 80
Here’s my profile of John Harbison for this month’s Strings magazine: From large-scale works for the opera house and concert hall to intimate violin solos, John Harbison has created an abundant...
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Finding a Way Back to the Garden: Caroline Shaw’s Music for String Quartet
Caroline Shaw image (c)Kait Moreno The May-June issue of STRINGS magazine has just come out, with my cover story on Caroline Shaw and her music for string quartet. to the issue
View ArticleLiving Inside the Music: Teodor Currentzis and musicAeterna
Looking ahead to his American debut at The Shed in November, my profile of Teodor Currentzis for the fall issue of Early Music America magazine is now available. Within a few moments of listening to a...
View ArticleMorten Lauridsen’s Homecoming
Here’s a profile of the composer Morten Lauridsen I wrote for this weekend’s Seattle Sings Festival. The choral festival pays homage to Lauridsen on its Friday evening program: As a musical ecosystem,...
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An Interview with Beatrice Rana
Beatrice Rana: photo (c) Nicolas Bets Beatrice Rana was in town recently to perform with the Seattle Symphony. I was fortunate to have a chance to interview this remarkable young pianist — Silver...
View ArticleTeodor Currentzis in North American Debut
Teodor Currentzis will make his North American debut with musicAeterna this week at The Shed in New York. On the program is Verdi’s Requiem, together with an experimental film by the late Jonas...
View ArticleThe Miró Quartet at 25
The November-December 2019 issue of Strings magazine is now available. I wrote a profile of the marvelous Miró Quartet and their Archive Project, which celebrates the ensemble’s quarter-century...
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