Aldo López-Gavilán was immersed in music before he was even born. His father is a conductor, his mother is a concert pianist, and his older brother is a violinist. So it’s no surprise that he
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Pablo Ziegler’s musical origins were typical. He began piano lessons at 5 years old, and eventually went on to study at the conservatory in Buenos Aires. He earned a music degree and, thanks to funding
Chautauqua Institution has a history of combining its professional and student companies in multipronged, collaborative efforts. “While these projects were wildly successful artistically, they did not have a life after Chautauqua,” said Vice President and
Imagine an assembly of world leaders packed into a gleaming new concert hall for a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony — the standard musical token of fraternity and global cooperation — as they did at
It’s not easy keeping up with the Middle East. Just ask Jon Alterman. “I read five newspapers a day and follow another 10 websites,” Alterman said. “I meet people all the time and they email
The late English comedian and vocalist Anna Russell was famous for having fun with, and sometimes at the expense of, Richard Wagner’s music. In one of her one-woman acts which started in the ’50s, she
The Chicago Outfit. Jesse James. Pretty Boy Floyd. The early 20th century in America was a golden age of sorts for gangs and gangsters. Depression-era bad guys decked out in pinstripes made themselves public enemies
For pianist Orion Weiss, playing Mozart is sort of like playing a video game. “The more you learn and the more you play, you build ‘experience points,’ ” Weiss said. Weiss’ touring itinerary includes a mix
The term “acropolis” conjures up the image of an ancient Greek city on a hill walled off from its surroundings. Yet the Akropolis Reed Quintet, with its populist style and fresh, genre-defying repertoire, hardly resembles
Why is a 21st-century Harvard-educated gay intellectual still a Catholic? That’s the question Andrew Sullivan will address at 10:45 a.m. Monday in the Amphitheater, opening Week Three and the theme “A Crisis of Faith?” “This
Master Sgt. Reis McCullough first came to Chautauqua Institution in 1995 as a music student. “I actually auditioned twice,” McCullough said. “The first year I auditioned, I didn’t get in.” McCullough still brings his clarinet
Alexander Gavrylyuk isn’t giving himself a break. Less than a week after performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Gavrylyuk will perform a solo recital at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday in the
Ten years ago, Capathia Jenkins was closing Martin Short’s Fame Becomes Me on Broadway. “And then the next call I got was to do symphony work,” Jenkins said. A few years later, Jenkins was on
An annual Chautauqua tradition continues with the 27th Chautauqua Community Band concert at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday on Bestor Plaza. The band will perform a selection of patriotic favorites under the direction of Jason Weintraub. The
Don’t call Turtle Island Quartet a crossover group. “We’re not ‘crossing over,’ ” said founder and violinist David Balakrishnan. “We’re already there.” Turtle Island will perform John Coltrane’s magnum opus, A Love Supreme, along with other
Columbus Symphony Chorus Director Ron Jenkins has a theory about why Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is so popular. “There are three pieces most music directors do in the first few years of their tenure,” Jenkins