Word: musicianse
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Now Washington is trying a new approach: star power. This season, two of the classical world's most renowned musicians have been recruited to revive the city's symphony and opera. Leonard Slatkin, the internationally acclaimed conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, has been named to lead the 66...
He maintained his confidence even after a disastrous initial recording session, when Madonna was forced to launch into the show's biggest number, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, backed by an oversize, 84-piece orchestra whose members had never before played together. Lloyd Webber was upset with the musicians...
Hahn will study music in Scotland. "I plan to play with folk musicians in various regions of Scotland learning the various techniques, rhythms and harmonic devices and to do some composing as well, using what I have learned," Hahn said.
8. ARISON FAMILY Lin Arison, wife of Carnival Cruise Lines founder Ted, gave $40 million worth of Carnival Corp. stock to Miami Beach's New World Symphony, which was created in 1987 by conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and Ted Arison to educate young musicians.
On the other hand, some musicians have nothing but their own bad luck, or bad attitudes, to blame for their commercial missteps. Pearl Jam, R.E.M. and Nirvana did not mount much of a publicity campaign or tour to support their new albums because, in the case of Pearl Jam, the...