Pianist Donna Weng Friedman and Composer Kim D. Sherman Discuss their New EP Release, Quiet Poems
https://youtu.be/1IIJxm4jDas Peaceful, vibrant images enter your mind as you listen to Donna Weng Friedman’s recorded performance of Quiet Poems, three piano works by the composer Kim Sherman. How did these two highly creative women find each other and cooperate to...
Opera Joe Interviews Zachary Gordin of Festival Opera about Alex Boyer’s Recital this March 20 and Much More!
How does a small, highly innovative opera company not only bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic, but return in triumph? In this conversation between Opera Joe McKesson and Zachary Gordin, you will find out.
Getting to Know the Artistry of Pianist Sebastien Dupuis
Several weeks ago we received a cordial email from the pianist Sebastien Dupuis. It included a link to a YouTube video of him playing “Chaisse-Neige,” No. 12 of Liszt’s Transcendental Études. Would we watch and listen to this video? Of course we would. We love the...
A Video Tribute to Maria Ewing, 1950-2022
If you love opera singers who exert a highly personal imprint on the roles they perform, chances are you are already a longtime fan of Maria Ewing, who passed away several days ago. Ewing performed both soprano and mezzo roles in Carmelites, Carmen, le Nozze di...
Opera Joe Interviews Andrew Giles Buckley of Hit and Run History
Two-time Emmy nominee Andrew Giles Buckley took time from the California shore, where his newest documentary is having its West Coast premiere.
Barry Lenson Interviews Composer Sean Hickey
https://youtu.be/kngv6W8nTr0 About Sean Hickey Born in Detroit, Michigan, Sean Hickey’s earliest music education began at age 12 with an electric guitar, a Peavey amp, and a stack of Van Halen records, the early ones of course. He studied jazz guitar at Oakland...
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