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Zina Schiff features 20th-century composers in nostalgic concert - San Diego Jewish World

Zina Schiff features 20th-century composers in nostalgic concert
San Diego Jewish World
Zina and Szuszana offered two encores, Robert Dauber's Serenata, and the music from Schindler's List. Dauber was a cellist interned in Terezin who was murdered by the Nazis in 1943. All the composers programmed were from the 20 th century, ...

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The Week in Culture Pictures, May 18 - New York Times (blog)

The Week in Culture Pictures, May 18
New York Times (blog)
Anthony Tommasini explores the qualities that make a classical composer great, maybe even the best of all time. By DANIEL LEWIS Mr. Fischer-Dieskau's beautiful voice and mastery of technique made him the 20th century's pre-eminent interpreter of art ...

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Prelude to a Movement - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal
Prelude to a Movement
Wall Street Journal
By JS MARCUS The Pavel Haas Quartet, an ensemble of young Prague musicians, found their initial inspiration in the harsh, rousing sounds of the 20th century. Named in honor of Pavel Haas, the Jewish-Czech composer who died at Auschwitz, ...

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Mark Stryker: Arranger Rob Mathes walks the high wire to weave the DSO into ... - Detroit Free Press

Mark Stryker: Arranger Rob Mathes walks the high wire to weave the DSO into ...
Detroit Free Press
The versatile Rob Mathes has worked as a composer, arranger, conductor, producer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist. / Joanne Bouknight By Mark Stryker Rob Mathes, right, rehearses with Jon Bon Jovi and Bettye LaVette at President Barack Obama's ...

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Listen to this - Sydney Morning Herald


Sydney Morning Herald
Listen to this
Sydney Morning Herald
''Indie classical doesn't mean anything, musically,'' says guitarist, composer and founding member of US indie rock band the National, Bryce Dessner. Dessner will soon be in Sydney to take part in a collaboration with singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens ...

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Cape May's June 2012 Calendar of Events - Cape May County Herald (press release)

Cape May's June 2012 Calendar of Events
Cape May County Herald (press release)
By Sponsored Content "Cape May's 20th Century Renaissance: From the Pages of The First Resort" Exhibit: This Carriage House Gallery exhibit at the Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., is guest curated by the book's author, Ben Miller.

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Jews for jazz - New Jersey Jewish News


New Jersey Jewish News
Jews for jazz
New Jersey Jewish News
The list of jazz musicians who happen to be Jewish is a long one. Among the earliest is Willie “the Lion” Smith, an African-American pianist who was raised in turn-of-the-20th-century Newark by his Jewish father and learned Hebrew from a rabbi for whom ...

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Entertainment Listings - Vancouver Sun

Entertainment Listings
Vancouver Sun
$15, 604-534-7469, langleyplayers.com ""The Love List Rita Arhipov directs Norm Foster's comedy, which tells the story of a divorced statistician whose friend gives him a gift certificate to a rather suspect dating service as a birthday present.

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Stravinsky Week opens in London - The Voice of Russia


The Voice of Russia
Stravinsky Week opens in London
The Voice of Russia
On May 11th the London Symphony Orchestra and its head Maestro Gergiev began a week-long musical marathon dedicated to Igor Stravinsky, one of the most brilliant composers of the 20th century. A similar event took place in 2010 when Valery Gergiev put ...

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SubUrban Arts May 17 to 23. - insideTORONTO.com

SubUrban Arts May 17 to 23.
insideTORONTO.com
Guitarist David Sossa Fernandez will play a classical guitar program portraying the evolution of the guitar. He will showcase different styles, composers, countries and time periods. Fernandez is from Colombia where he studied and taught guitar.

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