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However, the gracefully poised and remarkably strong Adriana Suarez is absolutely phenomenal in her soloist role. She is a picture of both the classic delicateness associated with female beauty, and the commanding presence of a powerful and resilient woman. Despite the confusion of genres all around her, she is still breathtaking to watch...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Ballet Learns How to Boogie | 10/24/1996 | See Source »

...road out would be a steep, narrow one, marched single file, but that suited him just fine. Dole was always a soloist, the one with whom the girls in his high school said they'd most like to be marooned on a desert island. He was a natural basketball player who preferred running track, a sport that allowed him to depend on himself and train all alone. At this he was not a natural--he willed himself to become a top half-miler in the state. But still he played basketball, the team sport, because that was the route that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOUL OF DOLE | 8/19/1996 | See Source »

...peculiar, step-like dexterity; the third movement's themes are almost jolly. But at other times it's hard to tell whether the composer intended what sound like humorous effects; the second movement's creeping themes were reminiscent of the Pink Panther's sly theme song. Similarly, the soloist's first entries in the first movement are preceded by total silence, with only a bass thumping in the background, as if something clandestine were about to happen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: With HRO, Bassoonery Takes Center Stage | 3/7/1996 | See Source »

...Soloist Shoshana "Shasa" Dobrow '97 won HRO's Concerto Competition with the piece and it must be a godsend for a bassoonist--there's not much opportunity to shine with the instrument. Probably the best-known bassoon writing is Stravinsky's, such as the solo that begins "The Rite of Spring;" but Stravinsky produces a plaintive, wailing tone which is far from Weber's classical vocabulary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: With HRO, Bassoonery Takes Center Stage | 3/7/1996 | See Source »

...renowned for his sturdy Liszt and penetrating Beethoven performances), Wild was already a concert-hall veteran, a kind of young American version of Vladimir Horowitz. In 1942, the legendary Arturo Toscanini invited him to play Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the NBC Symphony. Wild remains the only American soloist ever to play under the fiery Italian maestro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: THE LAST OF THE SHOWMEN | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

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