When we celebrated the birthday of Romanian-born pianist, Radu Lupu, last week, I made the observation on the air that a number of pianists have idiosyncrasies, and Lupu’s mild and harmless one is to sit on a regular office chair when he is playing. […]
If you take the New York Times (as in subscribe to it or read it regularly) you may have noticed that the Book Review now includes a segment called By the Book, which features a Q&A with various writers. This week, it’s the American novelist and nonfiction writer, Anne Lamott, and my attention was caught […]
I came across this interview http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/11/12/f-valery-gergiev.html?cmp=rss that CBC news conducted with Valery Gergiev when he was in Canada to give a performance with the Mariinsky Theatre Stradivarius Ensemble. With his indefatigable work ethic, juggling several full-time and guest conducting jobs, he has become the face of Russian classical music. So much so, that Russian officials are using […]
The young Russian pianist, Denis Koshukhin (who now makes his home in Belgium), is making his debut with the Baltimore Symphony this weekend, playing the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Brahms. It’s a work he loves and he speaks poetically about it here… Russian pianist, Denis Koshukhin
Bruce Nelson, who was recently named Best Actor by City Paper, is currently playing Poe at CENTERSTAGE. He brought his mellifluous voice into the WBJC studios to talk to me about it. Bruce Nelson as Poe
Oliver Stone is no stranger to controversy. His trilogy of Vietnam war films, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and Heaven & Earth; his take on the Kennedy assignation in JFK; the violence of Natural Born Killers; his “greed is good” indictment in Wall Street, his portrayal of Turkish people in Midnight Express, and […]
The theft of seven paintings by Picasso, Monet and others from the Kunsthal Museum in Holland recently is the last in a long line of heists from art museums. Back in 1951, this little Renoir called Landscape on the Banks of the Seine was stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art. […]
Since making his North American debut with the BSO in 2004, Juanjo Mena has returned to conduct the orchestra each year. He is in town this week, and it was my pleasure to speak to him. Juanjo Mena interview
What is the longest viola joke? Harold in Italy. Okay, this one is quite funny, but for the most part I just don’t get the plethora of viola jokes. I mean, I get them, but I don’t understand why violas are the butt of the dumb blonde jokes of the music world. The viola has […]
I love this time of year, when it looks as if an artist with a bright orange brush has gone around and touched the trees with splashes of autumnal color. It’s also the time of year when the arts companies unveil their new seasons with a wonderful sense of promise. The Shriver Hall Concert Series […]
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