Word: conductor
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Even though Korea was partitioned into two countries over 60 years ago, Koh said that he sometimes had trouble understanding the conductor, who would sometimes use “a North Korean word...
...said he felt pressure to represent South Korean musicians to the North Korean orchestra as well as possible. At their first rehearsal, the day after his arrival, Koh said, the North Korean conductor insisted on three run-throughs of the concerto...
...Isolde were really the lackluster lovers that the Sunday performance by the Boston Conservatory Orchestra (BCO) suggested, their ill-fated end may not have been so tragic after all. However, though passions were chilled when the BCO opened the afternoon performance in Sanders Theatre, they soon thawed as conductor Bruce Hangen coaxed the orchestra into a heart-warming rendition of Edward Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations.Almost immediately after the lights dimmed and 24-year-old guest conductor Michael Sakir planted his feet on the podium, the orchestra jumped into a frenzied arpeggio followed...
Knights are rare enough these days, but add the labels of composer, musician, and conductor to that honor and the combination becomes practically unheard of. But Sir André Previn, who was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1996, has just these distinctions. As a guest at Harvard this past Monday, Previn shared personal insights about music as well as anecdotes and advice with the community in an intimate setting.A crowd of approximately 80 people gathered in the Kirkland Junior Common Room for a master class with Previn as part of the Learning From Performers series sponsored...
...senior thesis on the five most successful examples of her time and the challenges they faced. “I very deliberately studied them in my senior thesis so that I would have an idea of what life might be if I decided to choose to be a conductor,” she said after the talk, referring to her predecessors. Attendee Jessica J. Means ’09, who said that her two main passions were biology and music, praised Jobin’s decision to pursue a career that is not considered mainstream, especially in light...