The Russian-born conductor of the Czech Philharmonic tells David Krauss in Speaking Soundly that he learned to manage pre-concert tension by playing volleyball from age 10 to 18 with Dynamo Leningrad.
‘My piano teacher was furious,’ he says. ‘Somehow I never injured my fingers.’
On his very first day in New York, he met two nieces of Rachmaninov, one of them Tchaikovsky’s god-daughter….
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Don Hazelwood joined the Orchestra in 1952 and was Concertmaster from 1965–1998. His wife Anne Menzies was Second Clarinet from 1968–1992. Their daughter Jane has played in the viola section since 1995. Jane’s youngest son […]
The French film composer Alexandre Desplat has signed with HarrisonParrott for global classical management. Desplat, 62, has been involved in 130 films, winning Academy Awards for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Shape of […]
Meet the Millenium (sic) Ensemble of Dresden. Somebody needed to proofread their branding. One missing letter can spell an awful lot of embarrassment. The post The German ensemble that can’t spell its name appeared first […]
