Mon Sep 24 2001 at 2:52:04
Isaac Stern is possibly the most well-known violinist of the 20th
century. In over sixty years as a professional musician, Stern has
worked with many great composers, and acted as a mentor for many younger
musicians including Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Yo-Yo Ma.
With more than
one hundred classical recordings, Isaac Stern is
the most recorded musical artist of our time.
Stern was born on July 21, 1920 in Kremnets, Russia (now
Ukraine). When Isaac was ten months old, his parents moved to San
Francisco to flee from the Russian Revolution. Isaac was first
trained in music (piano) by his mother at age seven and began taking
Vancouver Symphony to Premiere Vivian Fung s Flute Concerto Storm Within
The live streamed performance, titled Sun and Storm, also includes Schubert s Fifth Symphony.by BWW News Desk
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, led by Tania Miller, will perform the world premiere of JUNO-winning composer Vivian Fung s Flute Concerto Storm Within, featuring VSO principal flutist Christie Reside as soloist, on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 7:30pm PT. The live streamed performance, titled Sun and Storm, also includes Schubert s Fifth Symphony and is available on the VSO s virtual venue, TheConcertHall.ca, presented by TELUS.
Fung s Flute Concerto Storm Within, co-commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony, is a work in one continuous movement written during the fall and winter of 2020, at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic was raging and California, where Fung currently resides, was in full lockdown. She says, As I sat in my studio, powerful images and stories filtered in from the daily news - pro
Book Huw Edwards – Blog sanliurfa.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sanliurfa.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Longtime TAMIU faculty member, LPO director Brendan Townsend dies
Courtesy of TAMIU
FacebookTwitterEmail
3of3
Texas A&M International University president Dr. Pablo Arenaz has offered a statement on the passing in Houston of TAMIU assistant professor of Music and Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra music director Brendan Townsend this Friday, Dec. 18.
“We are saddened to hear of the passing of longtime faculty member Brendan Townsend. His artistry and teaching made a profound impact on TAMIU students and our community,” Dr. Arenaz said. “His leadership and advocacy for the performing arts on and off campus helped elevate TAMIU’s music and performing arts program and our community’s quality of life. As music director and conductor of the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra, he embraced our border culture and eagerly explored new horizons in developing the LPO’s various concert seasons. His enthusiastic support of TAMIU and Our Laredo was unmatched, and we will miss his jovial pre