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...ultimately on composer Maw's work. The opera is his third (and his first in over 20 years), and his experiences with sub-par productions of his first two left him "very disillusioned with the world of opera." But this time, he had the best midwives in the business: conductor Simon Rattle, temporarily back in London from his post as director of the Berlin Philharmonic, and renowned director Trevor Nunn. With top tickets selling at a third of the normal Covent Garden top price of $240, the six performances of Sophie's Choice sold out immediately. Maw's first exposure...
...served as assistant conductor in HRO, a director of the summer HARMONY program and an assistant music director for the Lowell House Opera. Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, Misono says he hopes after graduation to attend conducting school in his parents’ native Japan...
...first of four children, he took a variety of jobs?from selling newspapers to driving a minibus?to support himself before and after his years as an electrical-engineering student and a fledgling entrepreneur. But according to Ahmad Soliekhin, one of Aa Gym's closest aides and a former conductor on his minibus, it was their experience together as itinerant buskers that brought them the most success. "We used to get called back to the rich people's houses the next day for a repeat performance," says Ahmad, smiling broadly at the memory. "Aa Gym sang and they liked...
According to Chris A. Lamie ’04, the band’s student conductor and member of the senior staff, the selection process entails an application and audition process...
...Mahler's Second Symphony. "I was around 11 or 12, and all I remember is the feeling that I wanted to be in the center of this," he says. "It never occurred to me that it would happen as fast as it did." At 25, he became principal conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, where he made his mark with an eclectic approach to the musical canon...