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...same holds true for opera: on any given night, whether at a leading international house or a provincial company, the languishing soprano heroine or the menacing bass villain is now likely to come from East Asia?particularly Korea. The lyric soprano Hei-Kyung Hong and the coloratura soprano Sumi Jo currently dominate their roles to a degree unrivaled by any Western singers...
...knows that it is rooted in an utterly different aesthetic. One explanation for Asia's increasing dominance of Western classical music is a perceived cultural difference in its approach to training young artists. "It takes a lot of time and discipline to develop a musical talent," says soprano Sumi Jo, speaking from her home in Rome, where she is preparing for a tour of Korea in July. "By the time I was eight, I was practicing the piano eight hours a day. I think Asian kids may have a greater capacity to sit in one place and concentrate...
...When the German conductor Kurt Masur toured Asia with the London Philharmonic in 2002, he proclaimed: "The future of classical music is more in Asia than anywhere else." The new generation of artists, led by the likes of Yundi Li and Sumi Jo, may well prove him right. But as they know better than most, the way to Carnegie Hall?or the Esplanade?is the same as it ever was: practice, practice, practice. At a recent rehearsal of Brahms in Hong Kong, De Waart scolded the orchestra's violinists for not moving their bows in perfect unison...
After being held to just one hit in the first three innings, UMass found their bats in the fourth inning. Katie Jo Kelley led off and jumped right on co-captain Kara Brotemarkle’s pitch, sending it over the left field fence. Later in the inning with two outs, Denise Denis followed up with another solo home run over right center...
...daddy’s girl”—a manifestation of maternal jealousy coupled with an inner drive fueled by a father’s support—and the “tomboy,” who has as a prototype Alcott’s character Jo March from Little Women...