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2023-12-16 06:13:16
Although Yakov Flier (1912-1977) is less known today than his […] To access this content you must login to your Insider account, or purchase a subscription for $5 monthly, or $49 annually.
2023-10-16 13:50:53
Short Notes I, October 2023
[…] of King Sigismund III Vasa in Warsaw. He stayed in Poland for a year, got seriously ill there, and returned to Rome, where he died in 1599. Franz Liszt was also born this week, on October 22nd of 1811 in a small Hungarian village next to the border with Austria. One interesting snippet about Liszt that we were not aware of till recently: he didn’t speak Hungarian. Two fine Soviet pianists, Emil Gilels and Yakov Flier, both excellent interpreters of Liszt’s music, also have their anniversaries this week: Gilels was born on October 19th, 1916 in Odesa, Flier – on October 21st, 1912 – in a small town of Orekhovo-Zuyevo not far from Moscow. Baldassare Galuppi and Georg Solti were also born this week, but as with so much else, we’ll leave them for better days.
2022-01-08 06:10:00
SF Symphony Releases LIGETI: PARADIGMS on SFSymphony+On January 18, 2022, the San Francisco Symphony releases LIGETI: PARADIGMS, a new digital performance merging avant-garde classical music and Artificial Intelligence (AI), available for free, on-demand viewing on the SFSymphony+ streaming service.Led by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and featuring members of the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, LIGETI: PARADIGMS is a 35-minute audio and visual exploration of the shifting perspectives on three works of innovative composer György Ligeti, all recorded in early COVID-restricted environments.The release is one of Salonen and the Symphony’s key signature digital projects in the 2021–22 season aimed at expanding the possibilities of the orchestral experience through digital collaboration. In partnership with renowned media artist Refik Anadol and SF Symphony Collaborative Partner and Artificial Intelligence entrepreneur Carol Reiley, this unique presentation pairs SF Symphony and Chorus performances of Ligeti’s Lux Aeterna, Ramifications, and Clocks and Clouds with imagery generated by […]
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