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Music plays so much of your repertoire is written by people from distant past. what is the difference when you�*re working with the living composer? the difference is you can ask a question! you can say — you can say, "what did you mean by this "and can i please change it?" but i would say the experience with wynton was very unique. like, it was a very personal interaction and a very sort of continuous back—and—forth from both of us in corners of the earth writing,

Through his playing. and i still say that his recordings were, and are, some of the most, like, profound and natural and...just, like, elevated expression through a violin. he...he...he�*s a musician first, violinist second. but more than anything else, he is singing through his instrument. it�*s...it�*s a...it�*s a warmth and a vibration that is, you know, it�*s... yeah, i could talk about that for a long time! another big experience that you�*ve chosen for this cultural life is mee...

Actor Mahershala Ali portrays Dr. Don Shirley onscreen, but he has 29-year-old composer Kris Bowers to thank for making him look authentic while playing the piano.

So much of your repertoire is written by people from distant past. what is the difference when you�*re working with the living composer? the difference is you can ask a question! you can say — you can say, "what did you mean "by this and can i please change it? but i would say the experience with wynton was very unique. like, it was a very personal interaction and a very sort of continuous back—and—forth from both of us in corners of the earth writing, you know, him sending me — he doe...

Cheering and applause. what impact can music education have on those young lives, do you think? well, it deals with the invisible parts of us that a lot of education does not really deal with. so, thoughts, feelings, how you actually communicate. and it�*s the things that are hard to quantify. but when you think of problem—solving, dealing with difficult emotion circumstances, they are, in a way, the most important skills to learn. more recently, you�*ve been working with young british com...

Werther, by the french composer massenet, is a tragic love story based on a novel by the german author goethe. jonas kaufmann is performing the title role alongside russian mezzo soprano aigul akhmetshina. sir tony pappanos reputation has been forged in the rehearsal room. so its absolutely fantastic for me to see the maestro at work. you know, you should always start with talking to him in a position. just talk to him, and then when he goes, "i love you," any more, then go to his chest and you ...

>> oh, i dont know. 9? >> no. >> 5? >> no, you have to think. >> ill try, ill try. im trying to. >> its 2, darling. >> bradley cooper is now facing criticism over his use of a prosthetic nose in his newest film "maestro" after the trailer was released earlier this week. cooper, who is not jewish, portrays conductor and composer leonard bernstein, who was jewish, in this upcoming bio-pic about his life and marriage. some feel the prosthetic nose reinforces hurtful santi-semiti stereotypes. neil t...

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The Livermore Valley Opera (LVO) will host a lecture by Thomas Holliday, author of “Falling Up: The Days and Nights of Carlisle Floyd,” on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Bothwell

The Livermore Cultural Arts Council’s August 22, final “Tuesday Tunes” of the season will kick off at 6:45 p.m. with an array of exceptional local talent including trumpeter Jeff Bordes,