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In Memoriam 2024: artists who died this year… Singers, Dancers, Actors, Writers, Directors
In memoriam 2024: a personal list remembering some of the artists who died in 2024.
Seiji Ozawa
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Luciano Pavarotti, 10 years after his death, celebrated in exclusive photos from the La Scala archives
Luciano Pavarotti died ten years ago today, on 6 September 2007. Teatro alla Scala continually welcomed the great tenor to its stage for almost three decades, from 1965 until 1992. At the Milanese opera house he sang under the baton of Abbado, Prêtre, Kleiber, Patané, Gavazzeni, Karajan, Maazel and Muti. Pavarotti worked extensively with La Scala’s…
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Frank Lopardo answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
When did you start singing? I have been singing singing since I was small boy. However, my first official voice lesson was in September of 1977. The teacher’s name is Dr Robert White Jr. I have studied with him for 38 years. Why did you start singing? It was pointed out to me that I…
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Rosalind Plowright answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start singing? Age 12. I had always sung before but only found my true voice at this age. My father was a bass player and had been playing in the orchestra for a performance of The Mikado. Whilst travelling back home I imitated the voice of Katisha and out came this…
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Takemitsu Requiem
Toru Takemitsu’s hauntingly beautiful Requiem takes on a new poignancy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lgk8MdM_jw From Wikipedia: Toru Takemitsu (1930 – 1996) was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics andmusic theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He drew from a wide range of influences, including jazz, popular music, avant-garde procedures and traditional Japanese music, in…
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