Entertainer Spotlight on Mikael Healey (29) Sep 24, 2009
Both of my parents liked to sing but not professionally, so there was always music in the house being played, like Nat King Cole, Gershwin, Spike Lee, Cole Porter, Franz Liszt and even John Phillip Sousa, said Healey. I developed an ear for those songs early on. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Maestro Martensson Takes to the Road for the 2009-2010 North American Tour 'Excuse Me, Does My Piano Count as One Carry-on?' Sep 19, 2009
This season's performances will include music by Franz Liszt, Edvard Grieg, Philip Glass, as well as a one-man piano/violin rendition of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, coupled with some old-fashioned fun and silliness, guaranteed to bring light-heartedness and laughter to all who those who attend. Some of Martensson's past performances have included hilarious skits such as performing Rhapsody in Blue while munching Cracker Jack and gradually donning a baseball uniform and even managing to bat a few... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Takacs Quartet to take on Beethoven, Haydn and Schumann Sep 18, 2009
r, were fellow students at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. Each musician had been a bona fide prodigy. (NJ.com -- Times)
Classical Music for the Halloween S... Sep 17, 2009
Like Franz Liszt s Totentanz, the music celebrates 14th Century artists depictions of the , found throughout Europe in murals on church walls and in museums. Like many Halloween stories set to music, Danse Macabre was taken from a poem, in this case by Henri Cazalis, ending with the line, Long live death and equality. (Suite101.com)
I Capuleti E I Montecchi Aug 13, 2009
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Chamber group traces a musical lineage Jun 5, 2009
Czerny taught Franz Liszt. In Rea's case, Liszt taught Ferruccio Busoni. (Fresno Bee)
Enjoy Chinese poetry, painting & Western music at 'The Crab Flower Club' Jun 3, 2009
com - Enjoy Chinese poetry, painting rn music at 'The Crab Flower Club. Entertainment Features. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Listen Up: Marilyn Manson's latest is Goth gone familiar May 27, 2009
Peaks include 1901, a joyous surge of guitar crunch and carbonated synths, and Lisztomania, thrilling guitar-juiced dance pop with an off-kilter lyrical nod to composer Franz Liszt. Disco beats and a wistful acoustic guitar conjure a happy-sad dichotomy on the lovesick Fences, another keeper that will have listeners hitting the repeat button. (USA Today -- Life)
Movie Review: RiP A Remix Manifesto Mar 13, 2009
Culture always builds on the past: Whether it was composer/piano virtuoso Franz Liszt using Gypsy melodies in his compositions, Metallica borrowing song structures from Diamond Head or The Rolling Stones recording Robert Johnson's "Love in Vain" as a "traditional, arranged by Keith Richards," composers have always used previous works as inspiration for their own pieces. Gaylor even identifies Walt Disney - whose company is now among the most aggressive of copyright holders - as an inveterate... (Suite101.com)
From rock band to concert grand Mar 11, 2009
Franz Liszt was a tireless transcriber of other people's music (including all the Beethoven symphonies), in part because he played so many concerts, and knew the value of fresh goods. Since a lot of concertgoers in those days were amateur musicians, there was also a brisk market for published transcriptions. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Internationally known concert organist Felix Hell will be in concert Tuesday, March 10 at 7 p.m. at Valley Presbyterian Church. Mar 6, 2009
Hell will perform works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Eugene Gigout, Samuel Barber and Felix Alexandre Guilmant. Tickets are 10 at the door. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Seeing color in sounds has genetic link Feb 11, 2009
Acclaimed Russian-American author Vladimir Nabokov, who wrote "Lolita," famously had the disorder, as did physicist Richard Feynman and composer Franz Liszt. "Since a subtle interaction exists between sound and shape, I see q as browner than k, while s is not the light blue of c, but a curious mixture of azure and mother-of-pearl," Nabokov wrote in his memoir "Speak, Memory.". (CNN -- Law)
Today's Videos Feb 10, 2009
(02/05/09) Celebrating Franz Liszt. (02/04/09) Profile: Dance Marathon's Ryan Howard. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Boston Brass to perform at EIU's Doudna Fine Arts Center Feb 8, 2009
The Doudna concert will include Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt, Largo from the New World Symphony by Anton;n Dvor;k, Autumn Leaves by Josef Kosma and Johnny Mercer, the jazz classic Caravan by Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol, and other works of equal variety. The EIU Wind Symphony, comprised of students from the EIU music department, is conducted by Milton Allen. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
SHIRLEY KIRSTEN: Would Beethoven dig YouTube? Feb 8, 2009
In the spirit of temperamental pianists portrayed in movies from the '40s, like Franz Liszt and Frederic Chopin, who dramatically exit the salon in disdain of inattentive listeners, I slammed the key cover down and made a dramatic departure to my bedroom, where Aiden, my faithful feline, welcomed me with consoling paws and heartfelt licks. After a few chilling-out moments and a dose of his unconditional love, I regained my stamina to return to the living room and resume my playing. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
