Word: violiniste
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...record it, and a dvd release will follow. In addition to the opportunities for such unusual collaborations, Verbier gives the maestros a chance to recharge their creative batteries in a sylvan setting. "It's a wonderful, tranquil place to make music," gushes Kissin. "For Verbier, I drop everything," agrees violinist Chang. So powerful is the attraction, the performers waive their usual fees - an artist of Chang's wattage can command upward of €20,000 for a single performance - and settle for what amounts to an expenses-paid working holiday. Not even their agents are complaining. Stephen Wright, managing director...
...Swiss violinist Helena Winkelman with guest pianist Anton Kernjak. The performance, sponsored by the Pro Musicis Foundation, includes pieces by Schubert, Lutoslawski, Kurtag, and Beethoven. Saturday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. Tickets $15 for students. Pickman Concert Hall at Longy School of Music, 27 Garden...
Lurie, an irreverent Demon editor, and Misono, a Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra violinist, bring an academic rather than political bent to the council race, which they criticize as fraught with overblown promises...
...Germans to be really interested in other countries - he started learning Arabic when he was over 60." Barenboim is 59 and addresses his young musicians in a mix of English, Hebrew, Spanish and German. Most were selected on the basis of tapes they submitted. Mina Zikri, 24, an Egyptian violinist, says the experience "humanizes the other party a bit." He is sitting next to a blond woman of his age, Ayelet Ballin, a bassoonist from Tel Aviv. "Images can be very misleading," says Zikri. "The suicide bomber brings to mind a certain image, so does the military operation. But these...
...times though, the excitement was a little mysterious. In particular, Boyd Tinsley, the stunningly sculpted violinist, seemed about as incapable of building his epic solos around more than four notes as he was of including more than one of those notes in a single bowing. His frantic, headbanging sawing on “Lie In” was unquestionably high energy and exhilarating at times, but was not nearly as articulate as the taut, focused solos of saxophonist Leroi Moore...