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Nashville Symphony is performing and recording the music of composer Stephen Paulus; featuring the talents of our principal string players in “Thre...
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Yesterday we filmed a commercial for the symphony, promoting the fact that single tickets go on sale July 20. We don’t want to give too much away, ...
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Nashville Symphony Concertmaster Jun Iwasaki performed at the inaugural Spring for Music Festival last year — when he was a member of the Oregon Sy...
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The popular former concertmaster will lead the orchestra through Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring."
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It’s been about 18 hours since the news broke that Oregon Symphony concertmaster Jun Iwasaki was leaving the OSO for the concertmaster post with th...
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Oregon Symphony concertmaster of four years Jun Iwasaki is leaving for a new post with the Nashville Symphony beginning with the 2011-2012 season. ...
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If you know a young string player or pianist (ages 10-18) who would like to do some fun and challenging chamber music studies this summer, then tel...
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I’m sad that I’m going to miss this concert – the season opener for the Portland Youth Philharmonic – at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Saturday...
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Tonight’s the night – the night we try to push over the top and reach our fundraising goal for the Oregon Symphony’s trip to Carnegie Hall in May 2...
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I’m sitting at the computer with my afternoon latte beside me, and am reflecting upon the fact that this is the last week of the Oregon Symphony’s ...
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The Oregon Symphony’s Beethoven Festival (rehearsals begin today) kicks off May 15th with the Lenore Overture No. 3, the Piano Concerto No. 2, an...
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For those of you who have been lucky enough to hear the wonderful Dutch cellist Quirine Viersen play the Dvorák concerto this weekend (and one more...
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Samuel Barber – Music for a Scene from Shelly
Antonin Dvorak – Cello Concerto , Quirine Viersen, cellist
Aaron Jay Kernis – Newly Drawn ...
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The 2009-2010 season has about six weeks left before it ends, and we’re just about to enter the home stretch. May is a super-busy month, but April...
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This Sunday the Oregon Symphony performed a concert consisting of three pieces which it had never before in its history performed. (My apologies fo...
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This is the first local, large-scale benefit for victims of the Hatian earthquake that I know of, organized by local dynamo/musician/blogger/organi...
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Photo [L-R]: Jun Iwasaki, Charles Noble, Gregory Ewer, Trevor Fitzpatrick, Viorel Bejenaru, Justin Kagan.
Saturday evening saw the inaugural conc...
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After a lengthy Ring hangover, the new classical music season is upon us and I am back to blogging. The Seattle Symphony they wait divx movie onli...
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As the beginning of the 2009-2010 Oregon Symphony season comes quickly upon us, it has become time to look at what some of my personal highlights m...
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It’s been another heatwave across Oregon the past couple days, with temps reaching close to 100 degrees in both Portland and Sunriver. Tuesday nig...
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