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Megastar Classical Pianist is Included in Time's Annual List of 100 Most Influential People in the World and Appears on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Monday, May 18 NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Superstar Chinese pianist Lang Lang has been chosen as one of three official worldwide Ambassadors for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, alongside NBA player Yao Ming and the actor Jackie Chan. Lang Lang, the most popular contemporary classical musician in the world, will be involved in various Expo...
British pianist Nick van Bloss says he is confident his Tourette's syndrome will not impede him during an upcoming concert in London. The 41-year-old pianist said while his medical condition has prevented him from playing in public for nearly 15 years, those attending his April 28 concert at Cadogan Hall won't notice it, The Observer reported Sunday. The tics will go away as soon as I start to play, van Bloss said, referring to physical symptoms associated with his neuropsychiatric disorder....
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Belmont Graduate and Violinist, Kristina Siemer, and Vanderbilt Pianist, Leah Bowes team up with Ella Fitzgerald's Pianist, Art Hillery in a holiday musical performance that will serve as a fundraiser for foster children in the city of Nashville this holiday season. Siemer, a member of the Nashville String Machine, will be featured in a major Classical Violin performance of the most gorgeous music in the Classical Violin Repertoire accompanied by...
An English concert pianist who died 26 years ago has been granted his final wish -- to appear on stage in Hamlet playing the skull in the graveyard scene. Andre Tchaikowsky's skull has been used in rehearsals since he willed it to the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Sun reported. Now, the skull has finished a run of performances in Stratford-on-Avon, with actor David Tennant as Hamlet holding it up while intoning, Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him, Horatio ... The company didn't let audiences...
Physicist who proved the existence of the Fermi surface and was the first President of Clare Hall, Cambridge Brian Pippard was a distinguished physicist and university teacher, a talented classical pianist, a historian of science and an able administrator. He enjoyed discussion and debate and he had an impressive knowledge and understanding of classical physics, quantum physics and statistical thermodynamics. He was the Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge University from 1971 to...
The five siblings who make up a Utah classical pianist quintet say their musical efforts are meant to revitalize the classical music tunes they play. Deondra Brown, 28, says she and her siblings Desirae, 29; Greg, 25; Melody, 24; and Ryan, 22, all openly talk with the audience and shorten longer classical tunes to make the genre more appealing to the masses, the Deseret Morning News reported Sunday. "It's supposed to be entertaining," Deondra said of the group's classical style. "It's not a...
By Steve Voce Jazz composer and band leader ONLY THE best musicians succeed in Los Angeles. The pianist Bob Florence, who was born there, won on two fronts: he led one of the finest big bands in the city, Bob Florence's Limited Edition, and he was one of the most sought-after composers and arrangers of music for the city's commercial studios. His often complex compositions ranked with the finest jazz writing of the last 50 years. Yet, despite the fact that he was regularly called to work...
By Mary Kunz Goldman From a Mozart scholar to a popular jazz crooner and an emphasis on new music, the 2008-09 concert season announced this week by the University at Buffalo Music Department includes a wide array of distinguished artists. Kicking off the series on Sept. 9 will be pianist Robert Levin, who is known worldwide for his expertise on Wolfgang Mozart. Jazz and popular music singer Michael Feinstein will serenade UB's Center for the Arts on Oct. 3. Spring 2009 brings another...
By Ben Cohen, Star Tribune, Minneapolis Jul. 27--When pianist Nancy Kilde Peabody of Minneapolis accompanied performers in the Twin Cities, she played so strongly it was as if she were playing two pianos, her friends recalled. Peabody, 76, who was known for her work at the Bloomington Civic Theatre, the former East Side Theater in St. Paul and the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, died of heart disease June 29 in Bloomington. Peabody grew up in Eau Claire, Wis. From 1948 to 1950 attended the...
By Steve Palisin, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Jul. 25--The 18th annual Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art will include a comedy troupe and a children's event with area dancers. The three-weekend fest in September will showcase a variety of arts and music at several sites. Sam Bush, known as the "King of Newgrass," will kick things off Sept. 12 at Brookgreen Gardens. Philip Powell, a pianist and Coastal Carolina University music professor, helped plan the festival in the...
