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...western hemisphere that can boast an authentic rendition of the 1812 Overture is the Lowell House courtyard since the Tower has a set of Russian bells. String players, as usual, will be badly needed. Appreciative observers are always welcome as long as their dress is compatible with conductor Steve Hefling's tails-and-green-sunshade. The afternoon is a fitting rejoinder to the Adams-sponsored Raft Race...
Dirty Jobs. As a prodigy of the piano, says Solti, "it was absolutely logical that I should become a pianist." Instead, at age 18 he went to work at the Budapest State Opera to become a conductor. Why? "I can only say that deep in your heart, if you are a sensitive person, you know what your strength is. And I knew mine was conducting...
Outraged. Though Solti first visited the U.S. in 1953 to conduct the San Francisco Opera, it was not until 1960 that he was offered an American orchestra. The experience was a disaster. Solti was hired by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as chief conductor, only to learn that a young conductor from India named Zubin Mehta had been chosen as his assistant-without his consent. Solti quit. Nothing against Mehta, says Solti, but a matter of principle. "If I had given in on this one point, it would never have been the same. I wasn't happy then...
Buffalo drew national attention to itself by the simple expedient of grabbing the hottest young conductor anywhere, Michael Tilson Thomas, 27, who drew his own national attention as associate conductor of the Boston Symphony. Though the Buffalo is not yet hale and hardy, Thomas appears to be winning the orchestra's fight for the youth audience...
Miami's new cultural hero is slim, personable, vibrant Alain Lombard, 32. Director of the Strasbourg Music Festival in his native France, as well as a regular guest conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, Lombard has led the Philharmonic for six years and given it new dash, style and popularity...