Word: cellist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...made peace with the problem by asserting her own aesthetic. She had a stage built and invited performers like cellist Pablo Casals and the American Ballet Theatre -- a glamorization of politics that was unprecedented. More important, she redid the place, replacing routine reproductions with authentic period pieces and fabrics. In behalf of her cause, she was able to put aside her shyness and skillfully persuade rich collectors to part with their treasures in the name of history. The redecoration was a triumph celebrated on TV when the First Lady led correspondent Charles Collingwood through the rooms and explained her inspirations...
While the coherency of the Quartet's ensemble and conceptions was uniformly irreproachable, the four performers at the same time made manifest their own quite disparate styles. The first violinist, Nick Eanet, revealed almost immediately the exquisite clarity of his highly-nuanced sound, while the cellist Marcy Rosen imbued all her solos with intense lyricism. The playing of the second violinist, Nicholas Mann, was passionate though somewhat rough, and the phrasing of the violist, Katherine Murdock, evinced bright enthusiasm...
...Grosso No. 4 turning up on MTV. But no living composer of so-called serious music exerts so much hold on the imagination and loyalty of his interpreters as does the reclusive Schnittke, 59. Performers from the old East bloc such as violinist Gidon Kremer, a fellow Soviet emigre, cellist-conductor Mstislav Rostropovich and conductor Kurt Masur have been championing his works for years. Now, it seems, the rest of the world is catching...
Reinhart Sundheimer was a world-beating cellist until his 20s. To hear him tell it, he was betrayed by his gift for perfect intonation: "My ear began to examine each note so intensely that even a variation of a single cycle of pitch bothered me." So, at 35, Reinhart is a reclusive music teacher in Los Angeles...
...rule, Asians in America have reflected extremely well, especially those who have drawn from the wellsprings of the older civilizations of India, China, Japan and Korea. Though they make up just 2.9% of the country's population, Asians have produced outstanding success stories: cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Midori; writers Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club) and Maxine Hong Kingston (China Men); Sonny Mehta, editor of the distinguished Knopf book- publishing house; and filmmaker Wayne Wang (Dim Sum). Consider also: Chang- Lin Tien, the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley; Paul Terasaki, a UCLA professor of surgery...