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    Mar 11, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Music review: Piatigorsky Cello Festival opening concert at USC

    Culture Monster
    Mark Swed reviews the spectacular if over-the-top opening concert of the Piatigorsky International Cello Competition, a 10-day USC cello orgy....
    2. Jan 9, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Israel Baker, renowned violinist, dies at 92

    As concertmaster for the orchestra that recorded the soundtrack for the movie "Psycho," classical violinist Israel Baker helped create a piece of pop culture that is regarded as one of Hollywood's most terrifying. He led the piercing attack of the violins that accompanies the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film's chilling shower scene.
    As concertmaster for the orchestra that recorded the soundtrack for the movie "Psycho," classical violinist Israel Baker helped create a piece of pop culture that is regarded as one of Hollywood's most terrifying. He led the piercing attack of the violins...

    Tags: Entertainment, U.S. Army, Alban Berg, Music, World War II (1939-1945)

    3. Oct 16, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Music review: Igudesman & Joo, inspired nuttiness at the Broad

    Culture Monster
    Mark Swed reviews the West Coast debut zany and inspired and inspiring classical music duo, Igudesman & Joo at the Broad Stage....
    4. Mar 5, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Eugene Fodor dies at 60; violin virtuoso

    Eugene Fodor, a swashbuckling violin virtuoso who was a media darling of classical music in the 1970s but whose substance abuse fractured a fairytale career, has died. He was 60.
    Eugene Fodor, a swashbuckling violin virtuoso who was a media darling of classical music in the 1970s but whose substance abuse fractured a fairytale career, has died. He was 60. Fodor died of liver disease Feb. 26 at his home in Arlington, Va., said his...

    Tags: Italy, Human Interest, Health, Substance Abuse, Diseases and Illnesses

    5. Mar 10, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Music review: Midori plays new music as part of JapanOC

    Culture Monster
    A review of Midori on a modern mission in a recital of new music as part of JapanOC....
    6. Jan 10, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Universal Music Group's vintage recordings head to Library of Congress

    Pop & Hiss
    There's good news, more good news and some nebulous news for anyone interested in the nation's musical heritage in Monday's announcement that Universal Music Group is donating a cache of some 200,000 vintage master recordings to the Library of Congress......
    7. Jun 15, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Michael Hiltzik: The pioneer

    Money & Company
    Some people have reached such heights of achievement by virtue of their intelligence, drive and public spirit that one jumps at any chance for an interview. Donald Trump, no. Simon Ramo, yes. As my Wednesday column reports, Ramo has not......
    8. Jan 14, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Cultural capitals of Europe

    Special to the Chicago Tribune
    The newly anointed Cultural Capitals of Europe for 2009 are Linz, Austria, and Vilnius, Lithuania, both a bit off the continent's prime tourist paths. Separated by the Czech Republic and Poland, these central and northern European cities are near...

    Tags: Zubin Mehta, Frank Zappa, Travel, Drama (genre), European Union

    9. Jan 4, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Colburn Conservatory of Music prepares the orchestras of tomorrow

    "All children, except one, grow up," Linda Brest announces. An oboe student with a streak of pink in her blond hair, she might be verbalizing the innermost thoughts of the peers who sit before her -- some of the nation's finest young musicians on the cusp of their adult careers. Brest is narrating a rehearsal of "Peter Pan," a piece arranged by James Newton Howard. The next day, the Colburn Outreach Orchestra will perform it at Belvedere Elementary School in East L.A.
    "All children, except one, grow up," Linda Brest announces. An oboe student with a streak of pink in her blond hair, she might be verbalizing the innermost thoughts of the peers who sit before her -- some of the nation's finest young musicians on the cusp...

    Tags: Entertainment, Theater, Opera (genre), Frank Lloyd Wright, James Woods

    10. Oct 6, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Critic's Notebook: Michael Tilson Thomas returns to his alma mater, USC

    Culture Monster
    With the arrival of Gustavo Dudamel at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, you might think that this town has just discovered the import of music education. In fact, L.A. has a history of music education unique in America, one that goes......
    11. Oct 11, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. At USC's Thornton School of Music, moving way beyond the canon

    <b></b>Visitors have been known to get lost at USC, a 226-acre scholastic oasis in the middle of a sprawling city. This year the university has added some helpful signposts, like the huge banners trumpeting the 125th anniversary of the Thornton School of Music -- although it might be easier to follow the sounds of a jazz guitar or angelic voices singing choral music to a grand piano.
    Visitors have been known to get lost at USC, a 226-acre scholastic oasis in the middle of a sprawling city. This year the university has added some helpful signposts, like the huge banners trumpeting the 125th anniversary of the Thornton School of Music...

    Tags: University of Southern California, Arnold Schoenberg, Music Theater, Death, Indiana University

    12. Apr 19, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Beaux Arts Trio at the Ace Gallery

    The Beaux Arts Trio gave its first concert in the summer of 1955 at the Berkshire Music Festival in Massachusetts. The trio will close shop this summer at the same festival, now known as <a href=&quot;http://www.bso.org/bso/index.jsp?id=bcat5240070">Tanglewood.</a> But first the Beaux Arts has a lot of goodbyes to wave.
    Times Music Critic
    The Beaux Arts Trio gave its first concert in the summer of 1955 at the Berkshire Music Festival in Massachusetts. The trio will close shop this summer at the same festival, now known as Tanglewood. But first the Beaux Arts has a lot of goodbyes to wave....

    Tags: Arthur Rubinstein, Sports, Bodybuilding, Education, Gregor Piatigorsky

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