This month’s issue of Portland Monthly has a major feature article on OSO music director Carlos Kalmar. I have some pretty strong feelings on this article, but first, I’d love for you all to read it and give me your feedback.
Here’s the setup to the article:
Who was this Kalmar fellow, I wondered? Who was this crazy-haired podium dancer who brought his act right up to the edge of mayhem and then managed, always, to reel himself back into a state of serene and genteel poise? He read the musical score sitting on a black stand before him, he made his fingers quiver just so, and then the musicians—complicated people in their own right, with their own opinions and their own fierce agendas—obeyed, creating intricate music. How did he make this alchemy happen?
Here’s the link to the article.