Oct 31, 2024 | Blomstedt memorabilia, Guest Contributors, Insights
Besides my own performance with the exceptional NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo I was asked to stay for a total of 3 weeks in Japan, to also stand by for the world’s oldest active conductor, the 97-years-old Herbert Blomstedt, and conduct his concerts in case...
Oct 31, 2024 | Guest Contributors, Insights, Videos
Good morning Colin, A very interesting Halloween selection! … That ‘Psycho’ editing of clips was new to me, so they were interesting to see. As to “Night on Bare Mountain,” do you have Boult’s ‘Readers Digest’ recording in the...
Oct 28, 2024 | Bruckner 200 (born September 4, 1824), Guest Contributors, Insights
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/6175–presto-music-classical-podcast-episode-54-manfred-honeck-on-bruckner
Sep 1, 2024 | Guest Contributors, Insights, Videos
“Leonard, your beat is so clear that even blind people could follow you” ~ André Previn ~ “Conductor, composer, author”, communicator, educator, broadcaster. Leonard Slatkin lives music. For sixty years, more particularly since his Carnegie Hall debut and professional...
Sep 1, 2024 | Guest Contributors, Insights, Videos
Leonard with wife Cindy and son Daniel; Aspen, 2013 Cindy McTee Slatkin Dearest Leonard, Happy birthday, and congratulations on packing 16 decades of work and play into 8! You have always lived life to the absolute fullest. Throughout our 15 years together, we have...
Jul 21, 2024 | Guest Contributors, Insights, News
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/07/19/melvyn-bragg-interview-art-matters-sky-arts
