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MUMBAI: Western classical music lovers in the city are in for a treat as a week-long festivity, to mark the birth centenary of conductor Mehli Mehta, will commence on Tuesday with his son Zubin Mehta among the international artistes set to perform.Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and other noted artistes like tenor Placindo Domingo, soprano Barbara Frittoli, [...]
[ The Best of Herbert von Karajan; Deutsche Grammophon 349302 (2004)] This year is the Centenary of the birth of the renowned Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989). Today AfriClassical received an E-mail from Bob Shingleton of the well-known classical music blog based in the U.K., “ On An Overgrown Path”: “ Bill, Karajan on black musicians is interesting - http://www.overgrownpath.com/2008/09/karajan-on-boulez-stockhausen-and.html...
Zubin Mehta, one of the greatest conductors of western classical music of all times has come out with his autobiography titled The Scores of My Life, published by Roli books. In the book, he writes about India, his younger days, his family and friends, his musical journey, his love for hot chillies and more. [...]
The National Symphony's choice of Christoph Eschenbach to be its next music director puts one of the most polarizing figures in the classical music world at the helm. One Philadelphia critic once said that there were two schools of thought: "those who say Eschenbach is a second-rate conductor now being forced to the top by a vacuum; and another group claiming him as a major talent, long overlooked,...
Tanglewood Jazz Festival Tanglewood Lennox, Massachusetts August 29-31, 2008 Tanglewood, the venerable Lenox, Massachusetts, music facility, is renowned for classical music and has been the home for many of the great composers and conductors over the years. But the annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival has carved out its own reputation for bringing exciting and eclectic music to the stage each year over...
Indian conductor Zubin Mehta was named Tuesday a recipient of Japan’s Praemium Imperiale, one of art’s richest awards, for his lifetime work with orchestras around the world. Mehta, 72, one of the leading Asians in Western classical music, has led philharmonic orchestras in Berlin, New York, Tel Aviv and Vienna. As executive director and president [...]
Maestro - in which famous people competed against each other as they learned to become conductors - has been the best piece of classical music programming the BBC has done in ages....
Maestro – in which famous people competed against each as they learned to become conductors – has been the best piece of classical music programming the BBC has done in ages. OK, so the celebrity-learns-a-skill format is pretty tired, but the reason it worked with Maestro is that there is so much hokum and mystery associated with the art of conducting. And this programme blew it away – in fascinating...
The Symphony Gala, which happening last Thursday night, succeeded in entertaining the elite masses who pretend to like classical music. Simply put, it was to a night to die for, darling. And if you've ever wondered what, exactly, it is that conductors do, Michael Tilson-Thomas gave a demonstration by conducting the audience in a rendition of the National Anthem, giving the beat with the baton and...
It's a holiday weekend in the US, so here's one of the most well-known classical music pieces, conducted by Herbert von Karajan in 1966. Karajan was able to interpret Beethoven like maybe no other conductor, and it's well worth watching this for the camera work as well as for Karajan's conducting (oh, and of course it sounds great).
[Negro Folk Symphony; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Järvi, Conductor; Chandos 9226 (1993)] Greg Kostraba is Classical Music Director of WGTE 91.3 FM in Toledo. He tells AfriClassical: “I wanted to let you and your readers know that I will be broadcasting the Detroit Symphony's performance of William Levi Dawson's "Negro Folk Symphony" this evening, August 18th, 2008 on Evening Classics. The show...
"Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, the product of an extraordinary Venezuelan music education system, is not only the hottest property in classical music at the moment, he also provides its chief source of hope. In short, Dudamel offers British orchestras - and the Arts Council - a number of urgent challenges; challenges that need to be addressed by a musical scene that, at its worst, can be grey, dull and...
Sometimes a story comes along that puts all our petty little disputes in perspective. "The conductor Roger Norrington, a champion of playing classical music in the style of its day, says he may play Elgar’s 'Pomp and Circumstance' March No....
