James Levine! Pianist and Opera conductor, and Boston Symphony conductor, James Levine, is one of the top 4 living conductors that I admire greatly, alongside with Claudio Abbado, and Michael Tilson Thomas, and James Conlon. …
Hilary Hahn plays Bach! If you have read my Blog for a while, then you know how much I admire Hilary Hahn as a performer, and as a person. While she was a YAV (Young …
Yeon-Hee Kwak, Oboe Yeon-Hee Kwak was born in Seoul, Korea. After completing her studies at Hanyang University in Seoul she came to Germany, where she received her diploma in solo oboe from the State Academy …
Seiji Ozawa! It has become fashionable, for some reason, to issue huge collections of music by well-known performers and conductors. As such, conductor Seiji Ozawa is no exception. Good way for the recording companies to …
Alternate Interpretations of J. S. Bach’s music! For those of you (like me) who adore the music of Bach, here’s what you might like: How do different artists perform the same work? Certainly this is …