Anna Weesner is an American composer who grew up in rocky New Hampshire, and
now teaches in historic Philadelphia.
Month: April 2010
Anna Weesner: An interview by Tom Moore
Timothy Andres: An interview by Tom Moore
Composer and pianist Timothy Andres is in his mid-twenties, with an impressive catalog of works to his credit, many of which can be heard at his website.
NPR’s “50 Great Voices” and vocal technique
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-classical-beat/2010/04/nprs_50_great_voices_and_vocal.html
A traumatic Dionysian feast
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/46b78590-41dd-11df-865a-00144feabdc0.html
Maxim Shostakovich — “I feel my father looking over my shoulder”
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7088032.ece
Soprano Leah Crocetto’s Career Takes Flight
http://www.sfcv.org/content/soprano-leah-crocetto%E2%80%99s-career-takes-flight
Lend Me a Tenor, Music Box Theatre, New York
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/475b19ac-419d-11df-865a-00144feabdc0.html
LA Opera finishes formidable Ring
The boo’s were boisterous when director/designer Achim Freyer came on stage at the end of Gˆtterd‰mmerung in Los Angeles’ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on April 3.
Il Turco in Londra
It may be possible that there is no more effervescent entertainment on stage
in London now than the tirelessly clever revival of Il Turco in
Italia now playing at the Royal Opera House.
Lance Hulme: An interview by Tom Moore
Composer Lance Hulme studied composition at the University of Minnesota,
Yale University, and the Eastman School of Music, and returned to the United
States recently, where he lives presently in Greensboro, North Carolina, after
two decades in Mitteleuropa, where he founded and directed the contemporary
music ensemble Ensemble Surprise.