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...late May, when the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra exhibited the region's newest high-profile cultural trophy: the Dutch conductor Edo de Waart, who will take over as artistic director in October. In a lavish press conference worthy of the debut of a new SUV line, on the 71st floor of Hong Kong's tallest skyscraper, De Waart led the orchestra in a short piece by John Adams. Then the intense, affable maestro spelled out his grandiose ambitions: De Waart, 63, one of the world's most accomplished and sought-after conductors, announced that he wants to perform a complete...
...opera houses are going up in Beijing and Guangzhou, challenging Shanghai's Grand Theater. In February, Jakarta opened a 1,500-seat mixed-use hall as a home for Indonesia's semiprofessional Nusantara Symphony Orchestra; Bangkok, too, is building a classical-music venue, an opera house on the sixth floor of a shopping mall...
...Tokyo?Wirth realized "that there was nothing of this kind in Italy and it was the perfect moment and the perfect place to carry out such a project." He found the perfect property in the palazzetto, an abandoned four-story private mansion abutting the Spanish Steps with a second-floor garden and a rooftop terrace with a 360? view of Rome. In the wine bar, interior designer Astrid Wirth, Roberto's wife, created a clubby atmosphere with dark wood and plush red-and-cream velvet sofas and stools. The library, a bookcase-lined dining room, seats 20 and displays impressive...
...weapon. One round hits my stomach, another my right arm. The last, just below my eye. Trained to keep fighting even if shot, I focus the front sight of my Sig at his heart and pull the trigger repeatedly, riding the recoil. My assailant drops to the floor. I look for my partner and see he has taken down the other attacker. The plane is secure...
...mile run through the rain. We kicked, punched and kneed one another through a thick pad. At one point, as I held my body in a Pilates position--sideways, supported by only my forearm and the side of my foot--I wondered where all the water on the concrete floor had come from. It was just sweat pouring off my face...