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Olivier Messiaen

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    Jan 8, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Peabody instructor part of Obama inauguration

    Moments after Joe Biden is sworn in as vice president of the United States on the West Front of the Capitol and just before Barack Obama takes his oath as president, four classical musicians will perform a work created by John Williams for the history-...

    Tags: Theater, Barack Obama, Music Industry, Itzhak Perlman, Music Theater

    2. Dec 18, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News

  2. Following epiphany, Aberdeen native is now a pipe organist

    Recital scheduled for Wednesday Right in the middle of a speech in his freshman year at Wheaton College, Jacob Fuhrman decided he wanted to make organ-playing his career. It was in speech class on a Monday morning right after spring break. The...

    Tags: Concerts, Music

    3. Jun 8, 2011 |Story| Hartford Advocate

  3. Music Review: "On Connecticut Naturalism" at The Studio @ Billings Forge

    <span id="internal-source-marker_0.5200085926776521" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There was an electric, distinctly urban feeling lurking up and down Hartford&rsquo;s Broad Street on the drive south toward the Frog Hollow neighborhood. The Earth Trio, a group of players associated with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, was camped out at The Studio, the airy, loft-style performance space at Billings Forge, ready to play contemporary music for 35 or so listeners. &nbsp;</span>
    There was an electric, distinctly urban feeling lurking up and down Hartford’s Broad Street on the drive south toward the Frog Hollow neighborhood. The Earth Trio, a group of players associated with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, was camped out at...

    Tags: Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Richard Strauss, Gary Chapman, Stanley Kubrick, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)

    4. Mar 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Thomas Adès in all his aspects

    International fame just doesn't happen to many classical composers. But when it does, it can strike like a runaway train.
    International fame just doesn't happen to many classical composers. But when it does, it can strike like a runaway train. Consider Thomas Adès. Hailed in his 20s as the heir to Benjamin Britten and more recently by the New York Times as maybe "the most...

    Tags: Theater, England, Festive Events, Academy Awards, Music Industry

    5. Oct 11, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. A 'perfect week' of Messiaen for pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet at Disney Hall

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    The pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet calls the week ahead “the perfect week.” But for less technically assured musicians, having to perform two notoriously difficult, contrasting masterpieces by Olivier Messiaen within a few days of each other would be a...
    6. Oct 15, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Music review: Dudamel takes on the 'Turangalila' at Disney Concert Hall

    Culture Monster
    An 18-wheeler of a symphony on a joy ride, the “Turangalila” –- with French plates, Sanskrit graphics, the eerie whine of a UFO, horsepower and torque you wouldn’t believe, a voluptuous sleeper in the cabin for euphoric sex -- barreled......
    7. Apr 10, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Music review: Los Angeles Philharmonic festival ends with Adès and Messiaen

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    Mark Swed reviews the first Los Angeles Philharmonic performances of Thomas Adès' "Polaris" and Olivier Messiaen’s “Éclairs sur l’Au-delà…”...
    8. Jan 21, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. 'Ascending Dragon' music from Hanoi to be broadcast on KUSC

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    Beyond obvious goodwill, “Ascending Dragon,” the cultural exchange last spring between Southwest Chamber Music in Pasadena and the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi, generated significant musical results. Works were commissioned from two...
    9. May 30, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Ojai music director George Benjamin in a familiar spot

    George Benjamin undertook his first visit to Ojai last January, but in some ways, the trip must have seemed like a homecoming for the celebrated British composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. The freak storms that pounded the normally bucolic Southern Californian landscape throughout the length of his stay made Benjamin, who was in town in his capacity as the music director of this year's Ojai Music Festival, feel as if he'd never left wet and windy England behind.
    George Benjamin undertook his first visit to Ojai last January, but in some ways, the trip must have seemed like a homecoming for the celebrated British composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. The freak storms that pounded the normally bucolic...

    Tags: Classical Music (genre), Pierre Boulez, Festive Events, Igor (movie), Frank Zappa

    10. Feb 17, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. L.A. Phil announces 2010-11 season

    Basking in the popularity of Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic used an online press conference Tuesday morning to announce that that -- unlike most recession-weary arts organizations -- it will hold the course.
    Music Critic
    Basking in the popularity of Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic used an online press conference Tuesday morning to announce that that -- unlike most recession-weary arts organizations -- it will hold the course. The orchestra's 2010-11...

    Tags: Music Industry, Itzhak Perlman, Ravi Shankar, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Wales

    11. Feb 14, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. American musicians bond with Vietnamese counterparts

    When Southwest Chamber Music became the first American ensemble since the Vietnam War to set up a musical residency in Vietnam in 2006, artistic director Jeff von der Schmidt had high hopes that the two countries -- forever tied through history and war -- would forge lasting bonds in music.
    When Southwest Chamber Music became the first American ensemble since the Vietnam War to set up a musical residency in Vietnam in 2006, artistic director Jeff von der Schmidt had high hopes that the two countries -- forever tied through history and war --...

    Tags: Theater, Classical Music (genre), John Cage, U.S. Department of State, International Military Interventions

    12. Nov 11, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Ojai Music Festival reveals details for 2010 program

    Culture Monster
    Perhaps the most important new music event on the West Coast, if not the entire U.S., the Ojai Music Festival is a necessary pilgrimage for any fan of contemporary classical music -- and anyone with the slightest curiosity about the......
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