Marinus Komst, solo timpanist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1991 until his retirement, died today at the age of 72.
His grandfather, who bore the same name, was the orchestra’s solo trumpet.
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On David Krauss’s Speaking Soundly, soprano Angel Blue relates how she discovered in fourth grade that her voice could affect people. he tells David what she does backstage and how she gets known as ‘the […]
Starting out as assistant conductor to Antal Dorati in Minneapolis, Dr Robert Berglund founded the Minnesota Chorale and was Director of Music (1969-1995) at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church, the largest Lutheran congregation in the United […]
The Minnesota Orchestra has uploaded Gabriela Montero’s decidedly political concerto on those who ‘hold our continent hostage to tyranny’. The post A concerto against the Maduro regime appeared first on Slippedisc.
-5.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Cross-cultural cross currents: Jasdeep Singh Degun with Fantasia Orchestra in Terry Riley's iconic In C performed by string orchestra, piano, sitar and tabla at Smith Square Hall")
