Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Recital
World-renowned Russian baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, accompanied by Estonian pianist, Ivari Ilja, concluded his 3-stop, North American Tour last night in … Continue reading Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Recital
World-renowned Russian baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, accompanied by Estonian pianist, Ivari Ilja, concluded his 3-stop, North American Tour last night in … Continue reading Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Recital
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to see Esa-Pekka Salonen make his return back to the Chicago podium (after last year’s … Continue reading Salonen & Yo-Yo Ma
Manfred Honeck, current music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, stepped in for Riccardo Muti for this week’s CSO concerts … Continue reading Manfred Honeck and CSO
Last night’s 2016 Chicago Youth in Music Festival open rehearsal was led by the great Russian conductor, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, whom … Continue reading Open Rehearsal with Gennady Rozhdestvensky
I didn’t get to attend last weekend’s CSO concerts featuring an all-Shostakovich program led by the great Russian conductor, Gennady Rozhdestvensky. … Continue reading Rozhdestvensky, Williamson – CSO
Last night was the opening night performance of Der Rosenkavalier at Lyric, which I made the very quick decision to … Continue reading Der Rosenkavalier
In case you haven’t heard, my favorite Chicagoan and conductor, Maestro Riccardo Muti, will be canceling his scheduled February residency … Continue reading Best wishes to Maestro Muti