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June 17, 2009
Entertainment & Arts
Wherever Igor Stravinsky went during most of his 20-plus years in Los Angeles, he was flanked by Robert Craft, musician, journalist, cultural translator and dutiful aide de camp for the great composer.
May 3, 1995
‘Rite of Spring’ by Igor Stravinsky turns 100
May 29, 2013
Movies
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June 11, 2010
‘The Rite of Spring’ is Igor Stravinsky’s lasting challenge
July 18, 2013
The difficult piece from 1913 challenged the musical establishment and gives orchestras fits to this day.
It’s hard today to imagine a ballet causing an audience to riot, but that’s what happened 100 years ago when the well-heeled Parisian spectators at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées revolted against Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.”
Highlights from the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s festival honoring Igor Stravinsky: Sunday--Panel: “A Conversation With Esa-Pekka Salonen and Peter Sellars.”
Feb. 9, 2001
Critic’s Notebook: Igor Stravinsky’s connection to PST
Nov. 20, 2011
Books
In this handsome coffee-table collection, with family photos aplenty, Igor Stravinsky sidekick Robert Craft serves as loving editor of what turns out to be a portrait of the composer’s dedicated wife Vera.
Feb. 16, 1986