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Festival of the Arts Boca takes a youthful turn
As a violinist who calls himself the "Viagra of classical music" and "Edward Violinhands," the South Korean virtuoso Amadeus Leopold is every bit as humble as his onstage performance is subtle. Which is to say, not at all. When Leopold comes bounding...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Concerts, John Cage, Carnegie Hall, Miami Beach
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James DePreist dies at 76; artistic advisor to Pasadena Symphony
James DePreist, artistic advisor to the Pasadena Symphony and Pops and one of the few African American conductors to lead major orchestras in the United States and abroad, died Friday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 76. The cause was...
Tags: Arts and Culture, The Tonight Show (tv program), Colleges and Universities, Music, University of Pennsylvania
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WPBT launches new 'Art Loft' series
South Florida's visual artists, performers and musicians have a new TV canvas to showcase their work. That's "Art Loft," a new weekly art series that launches at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on WPBT-Ch. 2 (airing from the Keys to Palm Beach). The show will also...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Artists, Delray Beach, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Annie Leibovitz
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Harlem Quartet strings together old and new music
Musical and cultural diversity are at the heart of what the Harlem Quartet is all about. The string ensemble brings an eclectic program to Columbia when it performs for the Candlelight Concert Society series on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m., at Howard...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Howard Community College, Colleges and Universities, Barack Obama, Education
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2013 Obama inauguration avoiding classical music gaffe of 2009
One mark of a competent chief executive – especially one responsible for leading a nation – is an ability to learn from past mistakes. On that count, President Obama’s omission of classical music from his second inauguration ceremony...
Tags: Smokey Robinson, Politics, Barack Obama, Brad Paisley, Kelly Clarkson
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Live music this week: Off to a loud start
The excitement surrounding New Year's Eve leaves a dull afterglow, because the world is no different once we've updated our desk calendars. But 2013's first full week is aglow with concert-cruise signals and only dimmed by British glam-rock act the...
Tags: New Year's Day, Coconut Creek, Entertainment, Dashboard Confessional (music group), Rick Springfield
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Lang Lang, 'Aida' on Ravinia 2013 lineup
The Ravinia Festival has announced several more classical music attractions for its 2013 summer season in Highland Park. Chinese superstar pianist Lang Lang will headline the annual gala benefit evening July 27, playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon, Concerts, Lang Lang
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Southern California Close-up: Westside of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFirst published on Sept. 25, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. You're an outsider heading to the Westside of Los Angeles -- not the beach cities, but Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Westwood and the nearby well-heeled neighborhoods south of the Santa...Tags: Arts and Culture, Artists, Rodney Dangerfield, Photography and Video, Judaism
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London Symphony to pretend to play for Olympics ceremony
Musicians with the London Symphony Orchestra are reportedly going to have to pull a Milli Vanilli when they appear at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in London. Reports from Britain state that the orchestra will mimic playing to...Tags: Arts and Culture, Danny Boyle, Barack Obama, Entertainment, Summer Olympics
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Music professor always on the move
jbahr@aberdeennews.comRobert Vodnoy doesn't stay in one place very long. Vodnoy is a full-time music professor at Northern State University, where one of his main jobs involves running the Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony. He is in his fourth season as conductor of the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Teachers, Colleges and Universities, Music Theater, Valparaiso University
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Best Bets: Classical
National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba: The Havana-based ensemble brings its first-ever U.S. tour to the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach Nov. 10-11 for performances of Schubert and Gershwin, but also pieces from its homeland: “Guaguancó” by...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Kravis Center, Concerts, Samuel Barber, Joshua Bell
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Review: 'Reinventing Bach' by Paul Elie casts a wide net
-------------------- Reinventing Bach Paul Elie Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 498 pp., $30.00 -------------------- Halfway through reading Paul Elie's "Reinventing Bach," I suddenly got dizzy. An earthquake? All-purpose angst? Or could it be that Bach...
Tags: Arts and Culture, John Cage, World War II (1939-1945), Music Industry, Music
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