The Augsburg State Theatre in Bavaria has founded a Paul Ben-Haim Orchestra Academy to train future musicians.
Ben-Haim, born in Munich as Paul Frankenburger and assistant to Bruno Walter, migrated to Tel Aviv in 1933 as a result of Nazi persecution. He became the founding composer of the unborn state of Israel.
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The painter Jan Breugel the Elder died 400 years ago this week, on Jan 13, 1625, aged about 47. Son of Pieter Breugel, brother of Pieter Breugel the Younger, and father of, not surprisingly, Jan […]
One of the many creative projects by the Continuo Foundation’s grantee ensembles – This is my Body from Figure Ensemble at the Swiss Church – see my review (Photo: Nick Rutter) Since its creation in […]
She appeared this weekend with the New York Philharmonic and New York City Ballet’s principal ballerina Tiler Peck. They performed a twirl together. Beat that. The post Yuja Wang breaks into dance appeared first on […]
