{"id":7978,"date":"2012-10-26T08:04:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T15:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=7978"},"modified":"2013-02-07T21:15:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T05:15:19","slug":"the-alban-has-landed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/26\/the-alban-has-landed\/","title":{"rendered":"the alban has landed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/STCo6Izesl8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Oregon Symphony&#8217;s first artist-in-residence, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/www.albangerhardt.com\" target=\"_blank\">cellist Alban Gerhardt<\/a>, arrived in Portland this week and is already making himself visible around the city. Yesterday afternoon, he worked with members of the Portland Youth Philharmonic in a three-hour masterclass. Today (Oct. 26 &#8211; 4:00-5:00 pm) he&#8217;ll take the Bach cello suites to Pioneer Place Mall for a one-man flash mob (he&#8217;ll be in the area by the escalators in the atrium). There are more visits and performances planned through the weekend &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/gerhardt\" target=\"_blank\">visit the special OSO site here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oregon Symphony&#8217;s first artist-in-residence, cellist Alban Gerhardt, arrived in Portland this week and is already making himself visible around the city. Yesterday afternoon, he worked with members of the Portland Youth Philharmonic in a three-hour masterclass. Today (Oct. 26 &#8211; 4:00-5:00 pm) he&#8217;ll take the Bach cello suites to Pioneer Place Mall for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[153,135,2],"tags":[2862,2400,2712,3668,2576],"class_list":["post-7978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cello","category-soloists-recitals","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-alban-gerhardt","tag-carlos-kalmar","tag-cellist","tag-oregon-symphony","tag-residency"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-24G","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7981,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/26\/an-island-of-calm\/","url_meta":{"origin":7978,"position":0},"title":"an island of calm","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Pioneer Place in downtown Portland. A place abuzz with all manner of people doing all manner of things. People hurrying to catch a movie, a bus, the last hours of a sale at a favorite store. Soccer moms talking on cell phones, businessmen tapping out emails on their Blackberries, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;appreciation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"appreciation","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/appreciations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Alban Gerhardt performs Bach at Portland's Pioneer Place mall on Friday. 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