Sunday, March 1, 2009

Today's Birthdays

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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960) Glenn Miller (1904-1944) Leo Brouwer (1939) Moray Welsh (1947) Lorraine Hunt-Lie...
Saturday, February 28, 2009

Lawrence Schoenberg, son of Arnold Schoenberg, visits Seattle Opera

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Last Saturday at Seattle Opera, I was in the Press Room enjoying some refreshments when Hilda Cullen, director of public relations for Seatt...
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Today's Birthdays plus Leap Year's

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Geraldine Farrar(1882-1967) George Malcolm (1917-1997) Joseph Rouleau (1929) Osmo Vänskä (1953) Markus Stenz (1965) and Michel de Montaigne ...
Friday, February 27, 2009

Oregon legistlature looks at raiding the Oregon Cultural Trust to make up the projected deficit

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Our representatives in Salem are thinking of taking $1.8 million away from the Oregon Cultural Trust and directing those funds to other area...

Today's Birthdays

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Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918) Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976) Marian Anderson (1897-1993) Elizabeth Welch (1904-2003) Mirella Freni (1935) Gidon Kr...
Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Concord Ensemble to sing this Saturday

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Cappella Romana sponsors a concert by The Concord Ensemble this Saturday at 8 pm at St. Philip Neri Church - 2408 SE 16th (at Division). Thi...

Today's Birthdays

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Frank Bridge (1879-1941) Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (1928) Lazar Berman (1930-2005) Johnny Cash (1932-2005) David Thomas (194...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Winners of Vancouver Symphony (WA) Young Artists Competition announced

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The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concluded its fifteenth annual Young Artists competition on Sunday, February 22 at The Royal Durst Theatre ...

Today's Birthdays

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Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) Dame Myra Hess (1890-1965) Victor Silvester (1900-1978) Davide Wilde (1935) Jesús López-Cobos (1940) George Harris...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Xu Zhong delivers fine concert in his Portland Piano International debut

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Portland Piano International has operated in Presto mode for its last two concerts, finding replacements for last minute cancellations. Las...

Today's Birthdays

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Samuel Wesley (1766-1837) Arrigo Boito (1842-1918) Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940) Michel Legrand (1932) Renato Scotto (1934) Jiří Bělohlávek (...
Monday, February 23, 2009

Today's Birthdays

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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Sir Hugh Roberton (1874-1952) Albert Sammons (1886-1957) Martindale Sidwell (1916-1998) and Samuel Pepys ...

Outstanding Bluebeard and Erwartung at Seattle Opera

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Rosarii Lynch photo Seattle Opera certainly went out on a limb to produce Béla Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” and Arnold Schoenberg’s “...
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Today's Birthdays

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York Bowen (1884-1961) Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890-1963) George Zukerman (1927) Steven Lubin (1942) Lucy Shelton (1954) Lowell Liebermann (1961...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

Today's Birthdays

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Carl Czerny (1791-1857) Leo Delibes (1836-1891) Charles Marie Widor (1844-1945) Kenneth Alford (1881-1945) Nina Simone (1933-2003) Elean Dur...
Friday, February 20, 2009

Today's Birthdays

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Mary Garden (1874-1967) Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) Christoph Eschenbach (1940) Barry Wordsworth (1948) Riccardo Chailly (1953) Chris Thile (1981...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

Memorial concert for Cline Otey - former Oregon Symphony and Portland Opera musician and teacher

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A memorial Concert for Cline Otey will be held on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 3:00pm, St. Anne's Chapel, Marylhurst University, 17600 Pacif...

Today's Birthdays

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Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) Grace Williams (1906-1977) Stan Kenton (1912-1979) Timothy Moore (1922-2003) George Guest (1924-2002) Michael K...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Oregon Symphony ticket sales through the roof

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The Oregon Symphony has surpassed $6.1 million in total ticket sales this season, which is quite an accomplishment in light of the current e...
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Today's Birthdays

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Pietro Giovanni Guarneri (1655-1720) Marchel Landowski (1915-1999) Rita Gorr (1926) Marek Janowski (1939) Marlos Nobre (1939) and Nikos Kaza...