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Yehuda Gilad teaches the importance of strong minds, muscles and funny bones
Rick Schultz
September 8, 2015
Ever since Mozart discovered the clarinet’s versatility and tonal beauty in the 1760s, the instrument has grown in stature, relying on distinguished teachers to keep its wide range of joyous, jazzy, autumnal and rapturous moods thriving.
Technique, sensitivity the keys to pianist Bronfman’s success
Rick Schultz
July 25, 2012
When Yefim Bronfman performs Brahms\’ Second Piano Concerto with conductor Lionel Bringuier and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl on July 31, he will be tackling what is known as a real \”finger buster,\” a term used for a work that is awkwardly conceived for a pianist\’s hands or physically demanding. The Brahms concerto is both.
Musicians Kill Only Themselves
Susan Freudenheim
July 26, 2011
I’d love to know if, in the long history of human evil, a great musician ever became a mass murderer. I ask this question because I’ve always had this crazy theory that when someone is busy and obsessed with creating and playing music, he or she doesn’t think about killing other people.
Briefs: Israel apologizes to the Beatles, Europe commemorates the Holocaust
Jewish Journal
February 1, 2008
Israel is trying to atone for a decision to bar a tour by the Beatles 43 years ago. Israel\’s ambassador to London, Ron Prosor, has written a letter to relatives of the late Beatles singer John Lennon and guitarist George Harrison apologizing for a 1965 government ban on the British pop group and inviting its surviving members — Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr — to play in the Jewish state.\n\n\”We should like to take this opportunity to correct the historic error which to our great regret occurred in 1965, when you were invited to Israel,\” Yediot Achronot quoted the letter as saying. \”We should like to see you sing in Israel.\”
Spectator – Music First,
Tom Tugend
June 23, 2005
Even during the tensest days of the intifada, the four Jewish and four Arab musicians of the SheshBesh ensemble performed before mixed — and appreciative — audiences.\n\nThe ensemble\’s fusion of western and Asian music and instruments can be heard Sunday, June 26, at Temple Israel of Hollywood, as part of the temple\’s Nimoy Concert Series.
Secular Fans Hip to Religious Rapper
Kelly Hartog
April 7, 2005
He\’s into rap, hip-hop, reggae — and religion. He\’s not a Christian rocker; he\’s a Chasidic reggae/hip-hop musician.
Matisyahu is the artist formerly known as Mathew Miller — until he found God, Lubavitch-style, almost five years ago.
Stein Scores Grammy
Wendy J. Madnick
March 3, 2005
In the midst of all of the glamour of the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, one could easily miss the hurrahs of one local cantor. But it was a proud moment for Chazzan Mike Stein of Temple Aliyah in Woodland Hills, one of a group of musicians honored Feb. 13 with an award in the Best Children\’s Music category for \”\”cELLAbration! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins.\”
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