Raise a breakfast coffee to Ruth Slenczynska, still playing on her 100th birthday.
She first played with orchestra in Paris 93 years ago. Her teachers were Artur Schnabel, Egon Petri, Alfred Cortot, Josef Hofmann, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
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The outstanding hornist David Alan Cooper posted last night: ‘I am so happy to share that tonight I was granted tenure as Associate Principal Horn of the LAPhil. ‘This week the @laphil performed in Barcelona, […]
La Divina was born on December 2, 1923. In Manhattan, where else? Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos it said on the birth certificate. The post Maria Callas 101 appeared first on Slippedisc.
The orchestra’s musicians have authorised a walkout unless they get a deal by September 12. ‘After nearly two years of negotiating, it has become clear that we have no choice but to plan for a […]
