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The artist paints, and he also multiplies
What makes an artist assemble 193,000 toothpicks?" PeteHilsee, spokesman for the American Visionary Art Museum, mused the other day. The Baltimore museum boasts a 16-foot scale model of the ocean liner Lusitania made with something the uninspired...Tags: Long Term Care, Medical Services, Mental Illness, Edgar Allan Poe, Illnesses
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Eschenbach named music director of National Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Tribune criticGerman conductor Christoph Eschenbach, former music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Ravinia Festival, has been named music director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C., effective with the 2010-11 season. His four-year...Tags: Ravinia Festival, Music Industry
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Classical music schedule
SEPTEMBER SEPT. 6 Guitarist Ana Vidovic; An die. SEPT. 7 Organist Jonathan Moyer; all-Messiaen; Cathedral. SEPT. 7 Harmonious Blacksmith; An die. SEPT. 9 Mobtown Modern; Lang, Spangler, Wolfe; Contemporary. SEPT. 11 Pianists Julian Lawrence...Tags: Chris Dudley, Cole Porter, Classical Music, Billy Joel, Music Industry
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Deaths elsewhere
DONALD ERB, 81 Electronic composer Donald Erb, a composer with a strong interest in electronic music who was prominent on the avant-garde scene of the 1960s and 1970s, died last week at his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His death Tuesday came...Tags: Electronics, Chicago Symphony, Semiconductors and Active Components, Classical Music, Music Industry
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The Phil warms to Glass
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPhilip Glass' Violin Concerto, which finally made it to the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night, is the concerto that wouldn't die. It was premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1987. Glass had written little for traditional orchestra, and this was the first...Tags: Robert Wilson, Wars and Interventions, John Adams, Classical Music, Carnegie Hall
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Review: Colin Currie at the Hollywood Bowl
Times Music CriticThis was the week that the Los Angeles Philharmonic dared to mess with its moneymaking formula of programming warhorse concertos for nearly every classical concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Tuesday night, Philip Glass' 21-year-old Violin Concerto (a...Tags: Space Programs, Gustav Holst, Classical Music, NASA, Philip Glass
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Hollywood Bowl conductors hope to win friends and influence people
Special to The TimesClassical audiences used to groan when someone approached the front of the stage to address them at the beginning of a concert. It usually meant the star attraction had canceled. But that has changed. These days in L.A., such an appearance might mean that...Tags: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Chris Isaak, Classical Music, Walt Disney, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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A vote of Grammy confidence in 'America'
The classical Grammy voters, whoever and however many they may be among the Recording Academy members, have spoken with one voice. Joan Tower's 13-minute exuberant fantasy, "Made in America," an upbeat, patriotic, bountifully orchestrated fantasy on...Tags: Awards and Prizes, William Bolcom, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Classical Music, Riccardo Muti
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List of Grammy Winners
Winners at Sunday's 50th Annual Grammy Awards: Album of the Year: "River: The Joni Letters," Herbie Hancock. Record of the Year: "Rehab," Amy Winehouse. Song of the Year: "Rehab," Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse). New Artist: Amy Winehouse. Producer...Tags: John Coltrane, Vince Gill, Woody Guthrie, Justin Timberlake, Classical Music
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Amy Winehouse takes home 5 Grammy Awards
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comBritish soul singer Amy Winehouse stole the Grammy show last night, delivering a strong performance and taking home five awards, including three of the four top categories including record and song of the year. But jazz legend Herbie Hancock spoiled...Tags: Cyndi Lauper, Frank Sinatra, Ceremonies, Beyonce, Rock and Roll Music
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It's time for CSO to offer maestro Muti the podium
Tribune music criticNow that Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which last week returned from its latest triumphal march through various musical capitals of Europe, have intensified a love affair begun little more than a month ago in Chicago, can we expect...Tags: Chicago Symphony, Classical Music, Pierre Boulez, Riccardo Muti, Music Industry
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From the Cubicle
Current inning Around noon on a cloudless day (like today), start on the west side of Michigan Ave. across the street from Millenium Park. Walk north. The Hancock Tower will come into view, reflecting the sun in the south and sharply outlined against the...Tags: Atlanta Braves, Ron Santo, Ted Lilly, Jason Isringhausen, Felix Pie
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