August 18, 2011
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Ten years ago, 17-year-old violinist Augustin Hadelich made his U.S. debut with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. He has been back to Chautauqua almost every summer since.
“It’s one of the first places that gave me a chance, gave me a shot when I was just starting out,” he said. “The whole time I was there, I felt like people were really rooting for me and supporting me, and every time I’ve been back, as well.”
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August 17, 2011
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Five jazz ambassadors will make their first appearance tonight at Chautauqua Institution.
The Chris Byars Quartet, with special guest Zaid Nasser, will perform for the Amphitheater audience from 8:15 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
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August 16, 2011
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Children as young as age 10 will be in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall at 7 p.m. tonight dancing in classical and contemporary ballet pieces for audience members of all ages.
The Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet returns to Chautauqua for the final performance in this season’s Family Entertainment Series.
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August 15, 2011
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Angela Cheng adores the lifelong learning that goes hand in hand with collaborating with other musicians.
“You grow from that, and the next time you approach a piece, it’s never a carbon copy, because of what you’ve experienced,” she said. “I am always trying to search for the most honest and reflective response to what the music is about.”
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August 15, 2011
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Maestro Timothy Muffitt raised his baton like a doctor about to administer a shot.
“This is probably going to go faster than you’ll want it to,” he warned.
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August 13, 2011
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For the second and final time this season, the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and the North Carolina Dance Theatre in residence will bring ballet to the Amphitheater stage at 8:15 p.m. Saturday. Guest conductor Grant Cooper and pianist Arkadiy Figlin will join the CSO for an evening of well-known, rhythmically driving works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johann Strauss Jr. and Beethoven.
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August 13, 2011
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Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, artistic director of Chautauqua Dance, remembers what it’s like to spend the day rehearsing, practicing and perfecting his technique.
During his time at the New York City Ballet, he said it wasn’t rare for him to have to perform after a long day of preparation.
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August 12, 2011
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Tonight, the musical sounds and sights at Chautauqua may be summed up in one word: country.
Clint Black will perform at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater.
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August 11, 2011
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Richard Sherman, the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra’s principal flute, said he’s performed some of his best concertos here.
“These are people that I’ve known, many of them, for as long as I’ve been coming here,” he said. “There’s a comfort factor; there’s a friendship factor; there’s a trust factor that enables me to feel that I know that they’re going to be supportive and they’re going to be right with me.”
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August 10, 2011
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Sixteen musicians donning black suits and gold ties have one goal tonight: To get audience members out of their Amphitheater seats and moving.
The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra will perform at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amp.
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Greenhouse to take audience on her journey out of Christian Science
Hoffman fights for women’s rights inside secular Judaism, at Western Wall
Gergen: Millennials should learn from the World War II generation
President Roosevelt: ‘I Have Seen War. I Hate War.’
Audubon Quartet to perform final concert
Fish: Value of arts, humanities found in pleasure we take in them
Dybul: Eliminate preventable diseases for ‘a more perfect world’
Through his photography, Reza ‘shakes the hearts of people’
Writers’ Center workshops help Chautauquan get published
BTG seeks historical input for 100th anniversary in 2013
138th assembly draws to close with Becker’s Sunday address
Hillcrest Concert Band brings worldly program to Amp
Holbert to preach on season’s final Sunday
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