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Vermont Symphony Orchestra concert tent On a Wednesday in mid-May, I entered the Stowe Community Church to see the first live performance of classical music I had experienced in more than a year: Middlebury pianist Diana Fanning playing works by Maurice Ravel, Fédéric Chopin and Franz Schubert. The formidable entrance requirements included emailing an image of my COVID-19 vaccination card to Stowe Performing Arts, which hosted the concert. Audience members were led to seats spaced six feet apart. But the payoff was hearing those nuances of interpretation and volume that virtual mediums never quite capture. As masks fall away and the weather warms, classical musicians schedules are filling up with live gigs, and festivals are reviving their summer seasons. There s even a new concert series in a Jericho barn. With so many performances cropping up as the state lifts its pandemic restrictions, the following list is only a sample
Guitarist to play with Vancouver Symphony By James Bash for The Columbian
Published: February 25, 2021, 6:02am
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Classical guitarists are real-life Wolverines, said Adam Levin, an internationally acclaimed classical guitarist who will be performing with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra this weekend.
“We have really hard fingernails!” Levin said with a laugh. “Our fingernails are basically like having five picks. They allow for a lot of dexterity, speed, and control. But I was not blessed with the strongest nails. So, I have to reinforce them with acrylic, which is a powdery substance, and super glue.”
Levin’s performance with the orchestra will be the fifth in a series of concerts livedstreamed from Skyview Concert Hall into living rooms around the globe.