Word: cellistic
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...child of classical musicians and a cellist himself, Jaakko Salovaara listened to Bach from birth, with some Twisted Sister and AC/DC thrown in. But when he heard acid house on a trip to London in '89, he was converted. He negotiated his teens with one hand on a bow and the other on a mixing deck. But the pulse of the club beat was stronger than the conductor's baton, and at 20 he launched a solo career as the dance artist JS16...
...trend that worries mainstream classical performers. The star cellist Julian Lloyd Webber talks of a "vicious circle." Says he: "The way the record companies are working now is dangerous. When you go over and over the same Verdi and Puccini tunes, you shrink the repertoire and the industry constricts." In other words, by ignoring new classical music, by burying their budgets in the past, the record companies might be endangering their future...
...course, this sort of innovation is something the Mark Morris Dance Group has led audiences to expect. Since its formation in 1980 by Morris, the group has been the darling of dance festivals around the world and won an Emmy for its film collaboration with cellist Yo-Yo Ma '76. After a stint as the national dance company of Belgium, the group returned to the U.S. in 1991 and embarked on a full touring schedule, which fortunately includes frequent stops in Boston. Next time the group is in town, I highly recommend venturing out of the Square to catch...
...sold out that Thursday night. With 45 years of performance experience behind it, the Beaux Arts Trio showed once again why it has continued to be perhaps the world's most acclaimed piano trio. The trio's current members-pianist Menahem Pressler, violinist Young Uck Kim and cellist Antonio Meneses-dazzled a polished audience composed mostly of middle-aged Boston society and a sprinkling of the conservatory's students...
...Lietz, a Vietnamese orphan who was adopted when he was three years old by an American couple in Appleton, Wisc., told the group he dreamed of being a famous cellist, despite being born without a left...