James Bash, one of the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet, met up with a patron at a recent Chamber Music Northwest concert who contributed in a significant way to his concert experience - by vomiting all over his back!  Yech!

Maybe CMNW should have air sick bags tucked into their seats for upcoming concerts?

You can read all about it (and about how the concert went) by clicking here.

 
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 the US Government, as David Stabler reported).  She should also be known as a pianist who should be getting first-call gigs as well (a situation which I have the feeling some Local Arts Organization(s) will soon rectify).

Read about last night’s recital on the Portland Piano Series at James’ blog.

James Bash interviews OSO music director Carlos Kalmar and gets the low-down on the rest of this season’s highlights - click here to check it out.