Nagano-OSM Week at Orford an Impressive Affair
by Paul E. RobinsonWhen the Knowlton Festival folded two years ago, the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal (OSM) and its chief conductor, Kent Nagano, needed to…
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Sierra’s “Missa Latina” Wins New Friends in Texas
by Paul E. RobinsonRoberto Sierra (photo: above) was born in Puerto Rico and studied with György Ligeti in Germany. Since 1992 he has been a…
“Die Walküre” Battles “The Machine”
by Paul E. RobinsonWhile opera fans are notoriously old-fashioned when it comes to stage directors bringing overarching new ideas to their favourite works, it is…
Dudamel and “La Phil LIVE” Connect with Shakespeare and Tchaikovsky!
by Paul E. RobinsonThe Los Angeles Philharmonic has always been an enterprising organization, and especially so with impresario Ernest Fleishmann in charge. Today, under the…
Anne Akiko Meyers Gives Austin Prokofiev with Passion!
by Paul E. Robinson It was just over a year ago that Austin music lovers last heard Anne Akiko Meyers (photo: above) in an imaginative…
Aspen, Colorado: A Glorious Place to Make Music!
by Paul E. RobinsonSUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS 2010Aspen Music Festival and School After a few days in Vail enjoying the music-making of Jaap van Zweden and…
Dallas Symphony Opens Extraordinary Summer of Music in Colorado!
by Paul E. RobinsonSUMMER FESTIVALS 2010Bravo! Vail Valley Music FestivalImagine a music festival that features three of the world’s top orchestras in successive week-long residencies.…
Austin Symphony Shines Again in Mahler
by Paul E. RobinsonThe 100th anniversary of Mahler’s death is in 2011, but conductors and orchestras are already programming his music at every opportunity -…
