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DIARY: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Farewells to Miss Olga (pictured) and Joey DeFrancsco

. Following orchestras on tour in Europe

. Musicology — dangerous profession?

TODAY’S EVENTS: 

Ho-hum — there are no live events to note in Northeast Ohio on this, the last day of August.

R.I.P., MISS OLGA:

We note the passing of longtime Cleveland Institute of Music piano faculty Olga Radosavljevich-Gradojevich, who retired in 2019 after teaching at the Institute for 59 years. In 2017 on the occasion of her 80th birthday, Youngstown State piano professor Cicilia Yudha — one of her many devoted students — wrote an appreciation for ClevelandClassical.com. Read the article here. [Read more…]

DIARY: Tuesday, August 30, 2022

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by Jarrett Hoffman

IN THIS EDITION:

•Firelands Symphony Chorale auditions

•Season announcements from Apollo’s Fire and Cleveland Composers Guild

•Charlotte Symphony new contract: a raise, an extended season, and audition adjustments to broaden diversity

•Almanac: the “Schwencke” measure, a Civil War song, a noted improviser, the Musicians Emergency Fund co-founder, and more

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DIARY: Monday August 29, 2020

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. All quiet on the concert front

. Charnofsky spins Górecki, Beach, Chávez, Reiprich & Hilton Jones on WRUW

. Signups for Summit Choral Society children’s programs, Bolcom revisits the piano concerto

. Anniversaries of the Longy School and why John Cage chose 4 minutes and 33 seconds as the duration for the most famous work nobody’s ever heard

TODAY’S EVENTS:

From 2:00 –4:00 pm today, hop on the WRUB feed from Case to hear Eric Charnofsky host music by Henryk Górecki, Douglas Anderson, Amy Beach, Carlos Chávez, Bruce Reiprich and Hilton Jones.

NEWS BRIEFS:

Summit Choral Society announces open registration for its children’s programs K-12. Follow this link. [Read more…]

DIARY: Weekend August 26 -28, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Events: Cleveland Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Vadim Gluzman (pictured), Stars of Summer, Tuesday Musical Passport series, Tailgating with Cleveland Opera Theater

. CityMusic announces 2022-23 season

.  Arthur Loesser, Eric Coates, and Aspen Music Festival celebrate birthdays

WEEKEND EVENTS:

The Cleveland Orchestra is off to Europe for its first European tour since 2018. Friday night at 7:30 pm you can catch the second sendoff concert at Severance Music Center, when Franz Welser-Möst will lead Richard Strauss’ Macbeth, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks & Suite from Der Rosenkavalier (compiled by Welser-Möst) & Alban Berg’s Three Pieces from Lyric Suite. Tickets can be ordered online.

On Saturday, August 27 at 7:30 pm, New York’s celebrated Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, “a radical experiment in musical democracy” that plays without a conductor, will make a guest appearance at Blossom with violinist Vadim Gluzman as soloist. [Read more…]

DIARY: Thursday, August 25, 2022

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by Jarrett Hoffman

IN THIS EDITION:

•Tonight’s schedule: a Cleveland Orchestra send-off concert, and an Arts & Culture Network Night

•New video: the All-Ohio Virtual Guitar Orchestra (pictured) makes its debut

•A feature on Native composers, including the experimental writing of Raven Chacon, and Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s impressionistic approach to referencing tribal music

•Almanac: Leonard Bernstein (in the words of his daughter Jamie Bernstein), and Undine Smith Moore, the “Dean of Black Women Composers”

HAPPENING TODAY:

At 7:30 pm, The Cleveland Orchestra gives the first of two send-off concerts before embarking on a three-week tour of Europe. This evening’s program at Mandel Hall includes Wolfgang Rihm’s Verwandlung II & III and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9. (Tomorrow’s program swaps out those works for music by Richard Strauss and Alban Berg.) Get your tickets here.

Not so much a concert, but another event of interest on the calendar today is a free Arts & Culture Network Night at the LGBT Center in Gordon Square from 6-8 pm, hosted by Neighborhood Connections and Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. It’s aimed at artists, art supporters, and anyone who works at an arts-related organization, and there will be a performance by flamenco dancer Alice Blumenthal, founder of Northeast Ohio-based dance company ABREPASO. Register here.

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DIARY: Wednesday, August 24, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Philadelphia Orchestra breaks off a date in Edinburgh over chorus masking

. remembering Louis Teicher

TODAY’S EVENTS: 

There’s nothing to highlight on the calendar today — late August has arrived!

NEWS BRIEFS:

The Philadelphia Orchestra, about to embark on a European tour, has canceled tomorrow’s scheduled performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Edinburgh Festival because the 130-voice Edinburgh Festival Chorus is refusing to perform wearing face masks. Read the Philadelphia Inquirer story here. [Read more…]

DIARY: Tuesday, August 23, 2022

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by Jarrett Hoffman

IN THIS EDITION:

•Cooper Competition: the winners, and their winnings

•New appointments: Gabe Pollack as director of performing arts at CMA, Brian Wendel as principal trombone of The Cleveland Orchestra

•Les Délices tickets on sale

•Almanac: the trailblazing George Walker

COOPER WINNERS:

The results of the Cooper International Competition came in late on Friday evening, August 19. In the final round — a performance with the Canton Symphony under Gerhardt Zimmermann — Seohyun Kim (13, Seoul) played the Brahms Violin Concerto en route to winning First Prize.

That award comes with $20,000, a two-year partnership with MKI Artists (to include up to ten engagements in concerto or recital settings in the U.S.), and the opportunity to give the world premiere of a new six-minute work for violin and orchestra by Jeff Scott. Kim will also have exclusive rights to the piece for two years, during which time she will be loaned a rare Italian instrument from Jonathan Solars Fine Violins of New York.

[Read more…]

DIARY: Monday, August 22, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Passings of Hazel Zehner (pictured) & Abdul Wadud, New York audiences slow to return to live performances

. Claude Debussy born in Paris suburb in 1862

TODAY’S EVENTS: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Radio Broadcast: Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, Eric Charnofsky, host. Celebrating Claude Debussy’s birthday with his ballet score to La Boìte à joujoux (orchestrated by André Caplet) and music transcribed for harp featuring Yolanda Kondonassis, plus The Sea (Suite) by Frank Bridge, and music of Miklós Rózsa, and David Lang. WRUW, Case Western Reserve University. Click here to listen to the internet feed. [Read more…]

DIARY: Weekend August 19-21, 2020

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Cooper violin competition finals, Harry Potter and The Cleveland Orchestra, Stars of Summer, and Tuesday Musical Passport series

. Canton Symphony names Matthew Jenkins Jaroszewicz (pictured) as Music Director Designate, Oberlin Artist Recital Series returns, Stambaugh Youth Concert Band auditions announced

. Almanac celebrates August 20 birthdays: Akron-born Queena Mario, British-born conductor Hugh Ross, and mezzo soprano Dame Janet Baker

TODAY’S EVENTS:

Tonight at 7:30 pm the finals of the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Violin Competition will be held in Oberlin Conservatory’s Warner Concert Hall. Three violinists perform complete concertos with the Canton Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gerhardt Zimmermann. [Read more…]

DIARY: Thursday, August 18, 2022

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by Jarrett Hoffman

IN THIS EDITION:

•The latest from the Cooper Competition

•Tickets on sale for Tuesday Musical’s 2022-23 season

•Registration open for Summit Choral Society’s Children’s Choir Program

•Almanac — Antonio Salieri, Amadeus, and Amadeus 2: Requiem for the Undead

[Read more…]

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