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It's not that Marc-Andre Hamelin tore up the playbook on how to succeed as a classical pianist. It's that he never seems to have read it. After years of low-profile management and critics who pigeonholed him as a "mere" technical wizard, in 2000 Hamelin hired new managers and at age 45 is greeted with astonished cries of "Where has this guy been?"
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When Kathleen Ferrier died from cancer on 8 October, 1953, aged only 41, the English - and indeed the international - musical stage lost one of its greatest-ever natural singing talents. In a career lasting barely more than a decade, she went from being an ordinary Lancashire lass to an international singing star who captivated all who saw her perform. ...MORE...BBC... GOOGLE LINKS | Ferrier at Amazon
His operas sell out immediately. His theories changed classical music. His artistic legacy still divides his warring family. Millions either love him obsessively or hate him passionately......MORE...
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Glamorous young Dutch violinist Janine Jansen has withdrawn from the Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concert this Sunday (August 5) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Music Center in western Massachusetts. A statement released by the BSO Friday afternoon said that she is unable to perform due to illness. Replacing Jansen will be another talented young violinist: Stefan Jackiw
Masters and Commanders: Music from Seafaring Film Classics, a Telarc release by conductor Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops, is this week's new arrival on the Billboard classical chart, making its debut at no. 9. This disc features selections from the scores of such films as (among others) Pirates of the Caribbean, The Sea Hawk, Mutiny on the Bounty, Captains Courageous, and, naturally, Master and Commander. Masters and Commanders is a swashbuckling musical portrait of valiant seamen, tempestuous captains, eccentric pirates, pious pilgrims and more.
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The frustrated and frustrating young man on the podium, the Philharmonic's principal guest conductor, broke his baton and stormed offstage. ...
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The Philadelphia Orchestra opens its annual August season in the North Country of New York state.
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Nationwide CD sales have continued to plummet. Figures for the first half of this year show a 15 percent decrease compared with the same time last year. Digital sales continue a steady ascent, even among classical fans who were at first slow to get into downloading. But many classical listeners still prefer to buy their music on CD at retail shops. ...More
A cellist's collection of autographs of some of the greatest names in 20th Century classical music is to be sold. In between rehearsals, Ambrose Gauntlett persuaded the likes of Elgar, Prokofiev, Stravinksy and Toscanini to sign his book. ...MORE
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World-renowned flutist and composer Louis Moyse, co-founder of Vermont's Marlboro Music Festival and teacher to top flutists around the world has passed away...