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...time he reached his late teens, Michael had progressed from accompanying dancing dust to accompanying violin and cello students in the master classes of Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky. He was also getting solid piano instruction at the University of Southern California from John Crown, who was important not only for his teaching skills but also for his musical lineage. "Crown," says Thomas, "was a pupil of Moritz Rosenthal, and Rosenthal was a pupil of Liszt! Liszt was a pupil of Cherney, and Cherney was a pupil of Beethoven! It's really fun to think that some particular thing that...
...tense as a violin string, and he appears to have friends within whistling distance. He whistles. We walk back to the hotel...
...high note is coming from," she says. "I'm full of ideas, but I needed someone to collaborate with." After a rolling wave of cancellations, she took most of 1989 off before the Met debut, in order "to get things straight. Sometimes I wished the voice were like a violin, an instrument in a box -- and you could put the box in a closet." But the period of questioning is over. Time now to celebrate all those sad, mad girls in productions that just might suit. As the prima donna promises, "I'm just starting my prime...
Given this limitation, you must hone down your resume to its bare bones. Bag the mention of 12 years of violin lessons. Play up the three days you spent as a temp at IBM. If it feels like you are making value judgements about what experiences are important to you, it's because...
...power and energy of David Byrne's newest release, Rei Momo, doesn't knock you to your knees, it will definitely leave you wondering how the drummer didn't pass out from sheer exhaustion. An inspired combination of South American salsa and merengue styles, country and western twangs and violin concertos, Rei Momo has an almost thoroughly upbeat effect that is certain to make you dream of spending next year's Carnival in Brazil...