Toronto Summer Music 2026
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On Thursday evening the preview event for this year’s Toronto Summer Music,
scheduled for July 9th to August 1st, took place at Heliconian Hall. There
wer...
Stars at the Arsht for Memorable Nights
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Two concerts in one week at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing
Arts offered a pointed reminder that reports of classical music’s fragility
are of...
An old and very fragrant red rose
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This very old red rose was transplanted into my garden to save it from a
renovators wrecking ball a couple of years ago when the house it was
planted nex...
Imprints of Man: Death Metal for piano
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New York metal trio Imperial Triumphant is my best discovery of 2025
(better late than never to a party). Now there’s a new record—not with new
songs, but ...
NY Wagner Society Announces Auditions for Grants
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The Wagner Society of New York has, for many years, awarded grants to young
singers whose gifts and talents indicate that they may have a future in the
Wag...
The Future
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Today is Nostradomus day.These are my predictions for the coming year (I
hoope I'm wrong)> First, Trump will begin the roundup and deportaton anyone
he ded...
Lahti
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I am in Lahti, Finland, to give a talk at the Lahti Symphony's Sibelius
Festival. I've been wanting to visit since I encountered Osmo Vänskä's
revelatory B...
Royal Opera House announces Ring Cycles for 2018!
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Very excited by this announcement. Must start saving now…. ADVANCE
ANNOUNCEMENT Four full cycles performed September–November 2018 The 2018/19
Season open...