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Pianist Peter Takács Retires from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
14 May 2024 20:07 GMT
Pianist Peter Takács has retired from … immigrate to the West, his piano lessons and performances were banned … his artistic training with renowned pianist Leon Fleisher.
Takács was appointed to the … and breathe and talk about music," Myer continued. “I …
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Stevie Wonder, Misty Copeland Received George Peabody Medals for Outstanding Contributions to Music & Dance in America
02 May 2024 16:31 GMT
… for Outstanding Contributions to Music and Dance in America … Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music and Dance in America, … , Renée Fleming, Tori Amos, Leon Fleisher, Yo-Yo Ma and Jessye … to lifting up others through music and dance, inspiring audiences …
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Pianist Brianna Matzke’s Tremors are at the Heart of The Response Project’s Newest Exhibit
01 May 2024 09:27 GMT
… in her experience in the classical music world. Beethoven suffered severe tinnitus … . The renowned 20th-century pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher was diagnosed with focal … , embodied, expressed, articulated, through the piano technique that was being asked …
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Classical Music Playlist, March 8, 2024
08 Mar 2024 16:33 GMT
… woman in music each weekday. Today's classical spotlight … gave Margaret her first music lessons.
One of the … Chamber Music Society of black musicians who performed black classical … Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano
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Wolfgang …
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Everyone has something to say about Yuja Wang. Here’s how the Philly-made superstar pianist thinks of herself.
22 Apr 2024 18:18 GMT
… s marathon of Rachmaninoff piano concertos with the Philadelphia … to the new sexiness in classical music, citing Wang’s “ … [Arturo Benedetti] Michelangeli, and Leon Fleisher. Also, I went to Canada … spirituality.
Wang once met pianist Yvonne Loriod, Messiaen’s …
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Classical Music Playlist, February 23, 2024
24 Feb 2024 02:46 GMT
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Austrian violinist, pianist, composer and conductor … Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano; Jules Eskin, cello
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London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, … 314
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor …
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Phillips Brooks House of Harvard College & Leon Fleisher Academy Co-Host " The Messenger of Peace" Concert
15 Feb 2024 21:41 GMT
… Leon Fleisher Academy (LFA) collaborate to host the "The Sound of Music … legendary pianist Leon Fleisher, LFA embodies Maestro Fleisher’s profound love for music and … highlight performances by talented piano students to demonstrate music's power …
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Shanghai’s Z+ International Chamber Music Festival Announces Inaugural Program
04 Apr 2024 16:08 GMT
… violist Lise Berthaud, and pianist Sunwook Kim, will perform … , and Robert McDonald, Leon Fleisher, and Alfred Brendel, from … Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics labels.
Her accolades … Artists Piano Competition, the Krainev International Piano Competition, …
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Award-winning musical duo to perform classical works in Lewisburg
28 Mar 2024 14:48 GMT
… Swensen and pianist Adam Golka will present classical works by … “Grave for cello and piano;” Felix Mendelssohn’s “ … Cleveland, Krzyżowa-Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Vancouver Recital … as Alfred Brendel and Leon Fleisher, but also extra-musical …
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What a Classical-Music Critic Reads
01 Dec 2023 16:58 GMT
… Listen to Brahms’s exhilarating piano piece “Variations and Fugue on … ways to vary it. Leon Fleisher’s early 1957 recording is … to Copland’s arresting 1930 “Piano Variations.” If you can … thinking about books that use classical music to illuminate a certain …