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Two Opinions on Uncovering Our Greatness This is a monthly column on uncovering our greatness, co-authored by Dr Amit Nagpal from India (who talks about a Westerner) and Michael Thallium from Spain (who talks about an Easterner). We aim to share the success stories of great human beings and wish to inspire [...] Following our previous entries on How To Get and Keep Kids Interested In Concert Music (Part Four, Part Three, Part Two & Part One), here we go again with the aim to foster a debate on this subject. I would recommend you to click HERE to follow Part Four of [...] Following our previous entries on How To Get and Keep Kids Interested In Concert Music (Part Three, Part Two & Part One), here we go again with the aim to foster a debate on this subject. I would recommend you to click HERE to follow Part Four of this conversation on Robert Greenberg’s blog. I am [...] Following our previous entry on How To Get and Keep Kids Interested In Concert Music (Part Two), here we go again with the aim to foster a debate on this subject. I would kindly advise you to click HERE to follow the third part of this conversation on Robert Greenberg’s blog. I am doing the same [...] Following our previous entry on How To Get and Keep Kids Interested In Concert Music (Part One), here we go again with the aim to foster a debate on this subject. I would kindly advise you to click HERE to follow the second part of this conversation on Robert Greenberg’s blog. I am doing the same [...] I recently bumped into Robert Greenberg on the Internet. I have been listening to -and reading, because besides the audiofiles I also bought the transcripts- his 48 lectures on How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, where you can learn a lot about many things… not only music! So, on Robert Greenberg’s [...] Sometimes some of my Spanish speaking friends ask me, not without a certain tone of reproach, why I mainly use and foster English or German cultural and teaching materials or videos, especially bearing in mind that I am Spanish and Spanish is my mother tongue. Quite frankly and with all due respect: because [...] Today I had a great surprise! A really nice present from one of my Facebook friends overseas that I connected with thanks to my beloved friends Jeanie and Rachel Flowers. Thank you Kavi Alexander (Water Lily Acoustics)! Your present is really appreciated. I feel really honored! I can’t wait to listen to this [...] “People will have to become much clever and sharper… Then they will like my music.” Elliott Carter, 1908-2012
On Monday 15th October 2012 at Teatro Real and on Wednesday 17th at Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the Symphony Turangalila by Olivier Messiaen will be performed by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid conducted by Ingo Metzmacher. The soloists will be my friend Ananda Sukarlan on the piano and Valérie Hartmann on Martenot waves.
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