Word: musician
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...Sudler Prize ultimately does not want to be remembered as a great cellist. Rather than being famous merely for his skill with the strings, Koh dreams that, at the end of his career, he will be known as “an artist who used his talent as a musician to really change things.” Yes, Koh is not your average cello prodigy. On top of maintaining an international career and earning degrees from both Harvard and the New England Conservatory, he is also a pre-med student and a researcher in the Harvard Stem Cell Institute...
...piece band that had a simple, rough sound and played some gigs on the weekends. Golson recounted the story of their first gig: the leader of the group called and told Golson and Bryant the gig was cancelled, but in reality he had replaced them with other musicians. The two boys were devastated. “My mother took each of us in her arms and said ‘One day you’ll be so good they won’t even be able to afford you.’” Golson said...
...campus. “I was like, ‘Oh man, I’m there,’” he said. Corrigan emphasized that the Pub show was primarily aimed to share the stories told by Kolbe and Martin. “As a musician, I love stories that are real,” Corrigan said, “and there’s nothing more real than someone sitting in a wheelchair, saying that there’s always hope.” —Staff writer Sue Lin can be reached at suelin@fas.harvard.edu...
...Phantom Dan." He first played alongside the Boss in clubs on the New Jersey Shore in the 1960s, and his signature sound can be heard on many of Springsteen's hits, notably 1973's 4th of July, Asbury Park and 1980's Hungry Heart. Federici was a "pure natural musician," Springsteen wrote in a message on his website. "I loved him very much ... we grew up together." Federici died at 58 after a long battle with melanoma...
...conductor’s surprise, the stage was only partially full when the brief intermission ended. One of the bass players was missing in action, but this hindrance did not prevent Yannatos from sticking to the schedule and beginning Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, albeit with one musician absent (the bassist’s later, hurried return to the stage was not quite inconspicuous). The somber solo trumpet that opened the first movement, entitled “The Funeral March,” immediately drew the listeners’ attention. The trumpet was joined by the orchestra...