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When he bought Canada's only privately owned English-language classical station from Trumar Communications last year for $12 million, Moses Znaimer told the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission that he had three main goals: Attract younger audiences, sell more advertising aimed at mature listeners and acquire new licences. The current changes target baby boomers in particular. Znaimer and his sister Libby, who can be heard on-air, are calling this audience "Zoomers – boomers with zip,".
1874 Birth of British composer, conductor and teacher Gustav Theodore HOLST in Cheltenham. d-London, 25 MAY 1934. Google Links | BUY Gustav Holst
1918 Birth in Zelazowa Wola, Poland of naturalized Mexican violinist Henryk SZERYNG (SHER' ing). d-Kassel, 3 MAR 1988. Google Links | BUY Henryk SZERYNG
Henryk Szeryng plays Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 17
Jeffrey Kahane's third campaign as music director of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra begins Thursday in Boettcher Hall, following a frustrating second season marked by a prolonged absence caused by severe hypertension. In a recent conversation with Rocky classical music writer Marc Shulgold, Kahane reports that he's "in great shape" and ready to make music once again.
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1880 Birth of Italian composer and teacher Ildebrando PIZZETTI in Parma. d-Rome, 13 FEB 1968. Google Links | BUY Ildebrando PIZZETTI
David Robertson, a regular presence on the Carnegie Hall stage, will conduct the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in the opening concerts of the venue's 2007-08 season on October 3 and 4. He replaces Claudio Abbado, who withdrew from all three of his appearances with the ensemble next month on his doctors' orders.
1829 Birth of German music publisher Gustav SCHIRMER in Saxon. In 1866 he founded the music publishing house that bears his name in NYC. (Boston firm founded by E. C. Schirmer). d-Eisenach, 5 AUG 1893.
The opera world is saddened by the news of the passing of Canadian baritone Robert Savoie who died on Friday, September 14 2007, in Montreal from a sudden heart attack. Savoie, who turned 80 on April 27, was still teaching voice at the time of his death. Savoie is considered one Canada's leading baritones of all time.
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