Word: waart
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...locked in combat with the rest of the orchestra. Hard driving and explosive, the piece erupts from a single rhythmic idea that propels the music forward relentlessly. Even the moody slow movement cannot dilute the restless surge, which continues undaunted right to the final bar. Under Conductor Edo de Waart, the San Francisco players gave the 'Cello Symphony a committed, accomplished performance...
...most dramatic proof yet of Asia's rising musical sophistication came in late May, when the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra exhibited the region's newest high-profile cultural trophy: the Dutch conductor Edo de Waart, who will take over as artistic director in October. In a lavish press conference worthy of the debut of a new SUV line, on the 71st floor of Hong Kong's tallest skyscraper, De Waart led the orchestra in a short piece by John Adams. Then the intense, affable maestro spelled out his grandiose ambitions: De Waart, 63, one of the world's most accomplished...
...center, which everyone in the territory's cultural community agrees is long overdue. The complex, which will occupy a 40-hectare swath of reclaimed harborside land in Kowloon, is in the final planning stages. The guidelines at present do not call for a symphonic concert hall, an omission De Waart condemns bitterly. "It is the death knell of an orchestra if it doesn't have its own home," he says. "Right now, we have a gigantic venue problem in Hong Kong?we must book soloists years in advance, but when they show up, we can't be sure of where...
...modern Western music, reflected fundamental mathematical proportions that they believed were a reflection of the order of the cosmos?the music of the spheres. Is it possible that a C-major chord sounds sweet and "right" to every human ear because it has a transcendent, mathematical perfection? As De Waart puts it, "Perhaps 'our' music, based upon organic harmonics, is much more universal than we thought...
...likes of Yundi Li and Sumi Jo, may well prove him right. But as they know better than most, the way to Carnegie Hall?or the Esplanade?is the same as it ever was: practice, practice, practice. At a recent rehearsal of Brahms in Hong Kong, De Waart scolded the orchestra's violinists for not moving their bows in perfect unison. "It's a small point," he explains, "but we have to start somewhere. In five years we'll be purring along like a Rolls-Royce...