{"id":1865,"date":"2009-02-08T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T14:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2009-02-07T22:29:30","modified_gmt":"2009-02-08T06:29:30","slug":"classically-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/08\/classically-hot\/","title":{"rendered":"classically hot?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nArriana Ghez,
\nPrincipal Oboist, LA Philharmonic<\/em><\/p>\n

Playboy is having an online poll<\/a> for the “sexiest babes of classical music”.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems apropos, as marketing female classical music stars via sex appeal is hardly a new phenomenon.\u00c2\u00a0 They’re all fully clothed (and looking very fetching) – so if you’re into this sort of thing, take part in the poll.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Zach<\/a> for finding this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arriana Ghez, Principal Oboist, LA Philharmonic Playboy is having an online poll for the “sexiest babes of classical music”.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems apropos, as marketing female classical music stars via sex appeal is hardly a new phenomenon.\u00c2\u00a0 They’re all fully clothed (and looking very fetching) – so if you’re into this sort of thing, take part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-u5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1420,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/12\/later-concert-times\/","url_meta":{"origin":1865,"position":0},"title":"later concert times?","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Sam Bergman over at Inside the Classics Arts writes today about the efforts to attract the elusive (and some say mythical) 18-40 year old audience to orchestral concerts.\u00c2\u00a0 He offers the idea of a later concert that might synch up with the predilictions of that age group: But there are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "music"","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21470,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2021\/05\/31\/new-podcast-episode-classical-up-close-with-sarah-kwak-and-nancy-ives\/","url_meta":{"origin":1865,"position":1},"title":"new podcast episode: Classical Up Close with Sarah Kwak and Nancy Ives","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Classical Currents \u00b7 Ep 009 - Classical Up Close 2021 With Sarah Kwak And Nancy Ives","rel":"","context":"In "classical currents"","block_context":{"text":"classical currents","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/classical-currents\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":123,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2006\/11\/23\/jeremy-denk-killed-classical-music\/","url_meta":{"origin":1865,"position":2},"title":"jeremy denk killed classical music","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 23, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"A great post from a great blog - here's a taste: It's dangerous to roam the Classical Internet. 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