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...Violinist Jennifer Myung ’02, cellist Laura Bacon ’02 and pianist Jason Leekeenan ’02 inaugurated Harvard Radio WHRB’s new “Live From Cabot House,” a bi-weekly series of live performances Sunday afternoons designed to give greater exposure to undergraduate classical and jazz performers on campus and throughout the Greater Boston area...
DIED. ISAAC STERN, 81, classical violinist who played everything from Bartok to Bach in his own impassioned style; of heart failure; in New York City. He practiced obsessively. "I have begged him not to play so much," manager Sol Hurok told the New York Times in 1959. "I tell him, 'The less you play, the longer you will play.' It does no good." Stern was a generous teacher who mentored and encouraged cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Emanuel Ax (see Eulogy, below...
...first ethnic Chinese broadcast reporters in the U.S. Although he suffered from Bell's palsy, casting directors found his looks perfect for the wise-old-man roles he played in films such as The Joy Luck Club and The Last Emperor. DIED. ISAAC STERN, 81, dynamic violinist who was an ardent supporter of Israel and a tireless advocate of music education and government funding of the arts; in New York City. Stern, who spearheaded a 1960 effort that saved Carnegie Hall from demolition, is one of the most recorded classical musicians in history (see Eulogy). DIED. SAAD MOURTADA, 78, diplomat...
...daughters rejected it. "We are not asking for much," says Bayly, "but after a third goes to lawyers, it simply isn't enough for Diana and Cassie to finish their training." Cassie is in piano studies at the Royal College of Music and Diana is studying with violinist Ruggiero Ricci in Salzburg, Austria. Last year Diana had to sell her 1656 Amati violin so the family could get by. "It was either that or the house," says Diana...
...Lynn W. Chang ’75, a violinist with the Boston Chamber Music Society and lifelong friend of Ma, says that it is Ma’s ability to connect with the audience that makes him such a successful performer...