Word: concerting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...groups who come along with the stars don't have an easy job at these concerts. They are found in several varieties -- some are young struggling unknowns, some are once-popular performers who can no longer draw their own crowds, some are provided at each stop by the show's local manager, and some (like those with the Righteous Brothers) come in a package with the star attractions. No matter who they are or once were, no one wants to hear them now. Audience reaction ranges from apathy and flickering applause to total inattention to occasional hisses. Ceci...
...alarmed by the conflict and the escalation conducted in Southeast Asia by foreign intervention, of a world which has no future except in peace." As its piece de resistance, De Gaulle's government signed two more agreements covering an exchange of students and teachers, of ballet, concert and other cultural groups, and technical study teams that will explore, among other things, the peaceful uses of nuclear energy...
...Manhattan, he is the offspring of an undefeated bantamweight boxer who fought the champion to a draw, then gave up the ring to appease his wife and train his son in his own first love, the violin. David soloed with the New York Philharmonic at 14, later combined his concert career with studio work, often recording from seven to nine hours at a crack. His new job means a cut of about $15,000 in his yearly income. "Before, it was music for money's sake," he says. "Now it's music for music's sake...
...anybody else who happens to be onstage. During a Cleveland Orchestra concert six months ago, the E string on Soloist Isaac Stern's violin suddenly snapped in the final movement of a Brahms concerto. Concertmaster Druian quickly gave Stern his Stradivarius, passed the disabled instrument to Assistant Concertmaster Daniel Majeske and continued playing on Majeske's violin. Majeske replaced the string and-switch, switch-Stern finished with a flourish on his fiddle, having missed only one measure of music. Says Druian, with the understatement typical of the supercool concertmaster: "It's all part...
Time was, any concert soloist worth his cadenza had to spend several long, lean years on the road building a reputation. Today, budding virtuosos are rerouting their careers to take advantage of a new short cut to instant success: contests. More combat than competition, music tournaments have grown in size and importance to the point where there is a contest among contests, each one claiming to be more prestigious than the next. But when it comes to money, none can match Fort Worth's Van Cliburn International Quadrennial Piano Competition, which offers a top prize...