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Pacific Symphony Performs Two World Premieres and ‘Pines of Rome’ February 6-8
Pacific Symphony invites audiences on an extraordinary musical journey, culminating in Respighi’s magnificent “Pines of Rome,” a romantic tone poem that captures the grandeur, history and spirit of ...
300-year-old violin at the New England Conservatory could fetch up to $18 million at auction
The auction house is estimating the value of the “Joachim-Ma Stradivarius” at $12 million to $18 million. If it sells at the ...
Stradivarius violin from 1714 could fetch highest price ever for musical instrument when it goes up for auction
A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever ...
Review: Here comes the next generation of virtuoso pianists
Alexander Malofeev and Alexandre Kantorow, both winners of the Tchaikovsky competition, forge two very different paths as a ...
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A Top Pianist and a Great Composer Walk Into a Bar
At the same time, there’s a pun in the title because Sam, my son, had written a piano concerto, which was also premiered by San Francisco. It’s called “No Such Spring,” so there is just a ...
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With Prizes and a Rainy Performance at the Olympics, a Pianist Rises
He is currently fascinated by Brahms’s early period, having just completed a survey of his three piano sonatas while learning the First Piano Concerto. On one level, Kantorow can identify with ...