Laura Kuhn, director of the John Cage Trust which she co-founded after the composer’s death in 1992, announced her retirement this week. She met Cage while finishing her PhD on Europera. She also worked closely with his partner Merce Cunningham.
But with Kuhn gone, what happens to their legacy?
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The Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz is the latest guest on David Krauss’s Speaking Soundly. David, who is principal trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera, sticks to musicians he knows well. His orchestra is about to play […]
In the thick of Covid, Russian-trained singers who had taken up cantor positions in the US put together this historic polyglot document. The post A Hebrew prayer, in Russian and English appeared first on Slippedisc.
Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann – Juan Diego Florez – Royal Opera House (Photo: RBO/Camilla Greenwell) Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann; Juan Diego Florez, Alex Esposito, Olga Pudova, Ermonela Jaho, Marina Costa-Jackson, director: Damiano Michieletto, […]
