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adding yuja to the wish list

by Charles Noble on May 22, 2009 · 2 comments

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After reading this extraordinary review of the new pianist phenom Yuja Wang with the San Francisco Symphony, I now am fairly desperate to see her in performance.  I hope that we can get her for an OSO series in an upcoming season.  I’d heard rumors that she was like Lang Lang but [...]

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mid-week news roundup

by Charles Noble on April 29, 2009 · 1 comment

Some very sad news from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, whose Principal trombonist, Steven Witser, died of a heart attack at the age of 48 on Monday night.
The Ying Quartet is losing its first violinist, resulting in a quartet that will not be all siblings.
The Baltimore Symphony musicians have given $1 million in voluntary wage/benefit [...]

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stephen hough as teacher

by Charles Noble on December 7, 2008

We all know the pianist Stephen Hough as one of the most briliant pianists on the concert stage today, but he’s also very much in demand as a teacher.  Here’s an excerpt of a master class DVD on which he teaches the Liszt Spanish Rhapsody and the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12.

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conscientious objector – for better or worse?

by Charles Noble on February 10, 2008

In his introduction of Eartha Kitt last night, Thomas Lauderdale mentioned that she was long blackballed for having spoken out against the Vietnam War during a command performance at the White House.
This made me think about the relationship between artists and those in positions of power.  You hear a lot about celebrities aligning with various [...]

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valentina lisitsa recital

by Charles Noble on January 23, 2008 · 2 comments

 
Photo credit: Alexei Kuznetsoff
Courtesy of Columbia Artists Managment
James Bash reviews the recital of Valentina Lisitsa, who is now best known around Portland as the last-minute reliever who saves the day when artists cancel or have visa problems (as with Rachel Cheung, whose problems with an artist visa have more to do with her parents than [...]

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