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Piano genius and star conductor set to awe with NZSO

Edit Scoop 03 May 2016
Britain’s greatest living pianist, a fast-rising conducting star and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will join forces to present a titan of classical music in May ... ....

Advanced Diploma Recital: Marta Kowalczyk

Edit Skiddle 03 May 2016
The violinist, joined by pianist Somi Kim, performs Krzysztof Penderecki's La Follia, Wieniawski's Fantasia Brillante On Themes From Gounod's Faust and Schubert's ......

Jerome Bell's International Fellowship to host Swedish choir, By Grace

Edit The Examiner 03 May 2016
Rev. Dr. Jerome Bell's International Fellowship will host By Grace, a 20-plus voice Swedish choir under the direction of Daniel Stenbeck ... at Israel Total Life Ministries in Waldorf, MD ... Director Daniel Stenbaek is one of Sweden’s leading pianists ... ....

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 8-14

Edit Denver Post 03 May 2016
May 8. Comedian Don Rickles is 90. Singer Toni Tennille is 76. Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is 71. Actor Mark Blankfield ("Robin Hood. Men in Tights," ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman") is 68. Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and of Tom Tom Club is 65. Singer Philip Bailey (solo and with Earth, Wind and Fire) is 65. Country musician Billy Burnette is 63. Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 63 ... ....

Engineering Students' Solar Projects on Display (Sonoma State University)

Edit Public Technologies 03 May 2016
(Source. Sonoma State University). The Sonoma State University Art Gallery presents the 2016 BFA exhibition, featuring work from students graduating this year with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree ... [Read More...] ... Sonoma State University trumpet instructor Dave Len Scott dons his most comfortable shoes when he plays John Coltrane's iconic 'Giant Steps' with pianist Ken Cook in Schroeder Hall at Sonoma State's Green Music Center Feb ... (noodl....

Alan Loveday obituary

Edit The Guardian 02 May 2016
Loveday, Marriner and the pianist and broadcaster Antony Hopkins played as a trio ... We would tour and had great fun, playing golf in the afternoons, then the concert, and afterwards play poker until the small hours.” From 1949 he also had a conventional piano trio with the cellist Amaryllis Fleming and pianist Penny Gray....

Irma Thomas lets the sun shine at Jazz Fest 2016 gospel show

Edit The Times Picayune 02 May 2016
After Sunday's dark and stormy opening at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Irma Thomas let her light shine during an afternoon performance at the Gospel Tent ... "It's just wet. And the sun is shining up above those clouds ... New Orleans pianist Tom McDermott attended Thomas' gospel show, too ... Performing with a pianist, organist, drums, bass and a fine quartet of backup singers, Thomas stayed on the traditional side of gospel ... ....

New World dazzles with New Work

Edit The Miami Herald 02 May 2016
Pianist-composer Timo Andres has won considerable acclaim for his forays into both classical and jazz genres ... New World fellow John Wilson matched him in pianistic dexterity and musicianship ... Seated on a platform behind the orchestra, the bar band consisted of pianist Wilson and eight top-notch students from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music (including two rhythm guitars and electric bass)....

Have You Seen This? Teen with no hands plays incredible piano piece

Edit The Oklahoman 02 May 2016
If this describes you, then this video is exactly what you need ... Alexey practiced diligently and started playing in front of crowds at a young age and now at only 15 years old the pianist is performing regularly and gaining popularity thanks to this video ... ....

Jo’burg jazz club gives artists freedom for political expression

Edit Mail Guardian South Africa 02 May 2016
It is from this space that the country has witnessed the emergence of jazz drummer Tumi Mogorosi’s Project Elo, pianist Thandi Ntuli’s album The Offering, The Amandla Freedom Ensemble’s album Bhekisizwe, Msaki’s album Zanelisa, Percy Mabandu’s book Yakhal’inkomo ... Pianist, trombonist, drummer and visual artist Malcolm Jiyani is a station regular, often the first one there in the morning and the last to leave....

Sarah Shafer's crystalline voice graces Opera Philadelphia

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 02 May 2016
The current iteration at the Academy of Music has at least two such reasons ... Donizetti's music can seem simple ... Local audiences have tracked the soprano making use of every last bit of mentorship the city has to offer - from her Curtis Institute days, Astral Artists dates, a fruitful partnership in lieder with pianist Richard Goode, and a guiding hand from vocal veteran Benita Valente ... Shafer explains it in what her voice does ... ....

Temple Israel sings praises of longtime music director Alan Mason

Edit The Miami Herald 02 May 2016
Musician and educator Alan Mason has played the world’s greatest venues including Carnegie Hall, the White House and the Vatican ... In 2007, Mason performed at the White House Hanukkah party for President and Mrs ... Always a talented pianist, Mason soon found himself playing for family and friends at weddings and bar mitzvahs throughout Westchester and Long Island ... I became the pianist who was playing for services at Temple Israel.”....

Mendelssohn Club gives intriguing, inconsistent, program featuring new Philly-area composers

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 02 May 2016
The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia assembled a whale of a mostly British music program on Sunday. It would have been great - had the performances consistently honored the music on levels that it required ... Both were in top form, showing hugely different approaches toward the same text ... And that moment was somewhat emblematic of the concert ... The attractive, songlike Consolation, composed by the group's departing longtime pianist, Don St....
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