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SALZBURG MOZART DIARY — DAY TWO
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 ...
SALZBURG MOZART DIARY — DAY ONE
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...
Exploring Scriabin on WWFM.org The Classical Network
Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915) http://stephencera.com/https-drive-google-com-file-d-1w3izphooxralyqmxgms3tqmtlk9iduez-viewuspsharing/ ...
upcoming Toronto concert
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...
BOSTON “BARBER”: LESS CAN BE MORE
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 ...
ASIA SOARS IN CLASSICAL PIANO WORLD
by Stephen Cera L. to R.: Tony Siqi Yun (1st Prize), Yunchan Lim (3rd Prize), Kai-Min Chang (2nd Prize) photo: Roger Mastroianni OBERLIN, OHIO -- My colleague, Joseph Horowitz, once termed international piano competitions “The Ivory Trade.” Iv...
TORONTO’S “OFF CENTRE MUSIC SALON” FEELS HOT ON CUSP OF 25th ANNIVERSARY
by Stephen Cera Co-Artistic Directors, pianists Boris Zarankin and Inna Perkis Very little was “off” at the Off Centre Music Salon concert Sunday afternoon (June 17) in Toronto, except air conditioning in Trinity St. Paul’s Centre. This enterprising serie...
Why Do We Listen to “Classical Music”?
by Stephen Cera Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Music has been called “the only cheap and unpunished rapture on earth” -- but for those who don’t respond to music there is little or no use. For others, it’s next to impossible to imagine life without i...
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