Known as the man who ‘gave saxophone a voice in China’, Liu Yuan died of cancer yesterday aged 64.
Among other achievements, he founded China’s first rock band and mentored dozens of young talents.
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Turns out the pair were at summer camp together… This may have been Lehrer’s last public performance. The post Watch: Stephen Sondheim introduces Tom Lehrer appeared first on Slippedisc.
From my latest essay in The Critic: The harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani tweeted the other day asking, how many handshakes to Hitler? Most respondents touched Adolf at three or four removes. I managed it in one […]
Yale Symphony Orchestra has named a successor to William Boughton, who has retired after seven years in charge. She is Elizabeth Askren, presently on the music staff of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. She will […]
