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San Diego Symphony
Location: 1245 7th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101, United States
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BBC Philharmonic
Location: New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester, M60 1SJ, United Kingdom
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BBC Philharmonic
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I was born in Caracas from parents sensitive to the arts. My father was a polemic writer who had a ‘not too easy’ life. Sadly he died in 2000 at the age of 64. My mother raised my sister Valentina, (fashion designer), and I in the best possible way that a mother can: with lots of love, sacrificing her time, and taking me to musi... |
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Clara Rodríguez has just recorded a new CD of traditional Venezuelan music for NImbus Alliance. It will be out for my Purcell Room recital of March 22This is what I have been writing as an introduction to my CD "VENEZUELA"... |
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After a fantastic day of non-stop performances featuring the music of Chopin and other Polish composers, the 'Piano Fever' Festival continues at the Royal College of Music in London today, streamed live at http://www.rcm.ac.uk/live/ 12.30pm - 'H... |
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The tenosynovitis, which flares up in my right hand intermittently, returned with a vengeance this week, preventing me from playing for three days. Strangely, it coincided with my teacher cancelling my monthly piano lesson, so perhaps fate had intervened in a good way?I got all psyched up for the lesson, and was looking forward to sharing my recent work on two of Chopin's Etudes with my ... |
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Slashdot, the newsfeed for IT professionals carries today a disturbing story:"Classical music is being used increasingly in Great Britain as a tool for social control and a deterrent to bad behavior. One school district subjects badly behaving children to hours of Mozart in special detention. Unsurprisingly, some of these youth now find classical music unbearable. Recorded ... |
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How would you describe your best music teacher? Uri Caine, interviewed on 'In Tune' yesterday, was commenting on one of his teachers - the still-very-much-alive George Crumb. The 'maverick' American composer, as the interviewer described him. Various thoughts flashed through my prejudiced mind at the word 'maverick', but Caine's descri... |
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