by Stephen Cera He was one of the supreme boundary-crossing musicians. André Previn, who died on February 28 -- a few weeks short of his 90th birthday -- enjoyed early success in Hollywood. Yet this proved a mixed blessing in the transition to a more intense focus on cla...
by Stephen Cera SALZBURG, AUSTRIA – To complement the experience of the annual Mozart-Week Festival, I visited the nearby Salzkammergut, a picturesque region in Upper Austria with historical ties to Mozart and his family, as well as to other great composers and personages....
By Stephen Cera SALZBURG, AUSTRIA – On my first, long-overdue visit to Salzburg, I was eager not only to hear Mozart’s music. I also wanted to see sites most closely associated with him: the room where he was born, the apartment where he grew up, the spinet and violin ...
By Stephen Cera SALZBURG, AUSTRIA – Imagine being a Mozart-lover and hearing live performances of his music by some of his most accomplished interpreters… at an annual festival in the composer’s scenic hometown nestled in the Austrian Alps. Then imagine those performan...
Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915) http://stephencera.com/https-drive-google-com-file-d-1w3izphooxralyqmxgms3tqmtlk9iduez-viewuspsharing/ ...
I'm looking forward to Friday, January 11, at 8:00 p.m. in Heliconian Hall in Toronto's Yorkville district.... that evening at the piano, I'll partner Theo Lebow, a young tenor with the Frankfurt Opera in Germany. We will perform Beethoven's pioneering song cycle, An die ferne...
by Stephen Cera Theo Lebow and Alisa Jordheim in The Barber of Seville photo: Chris McKenzie BOSTON – The popular notion of opera as a grandiose entertainment, performed by famous singers in large theaters for well-heeled patrons, was turned on its head here ...
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