In late 2024, I first heard about a forthcoming string octet by John Novacek, Music for 8. As an admirer of John’s music, I was excited to be part of...
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Enfant terrible. This epithet was regularly hurled at Prokofiev, who began his career as a brilliant young rebel whose tradition-shattering compositions shocked many a bourgeois listener and established his reputation...
The history of classical music is filled with examples of famous families where musical ability is passed down from parents to a multiple of children. Many assume it’s just genetics,...
Felix Mendelssohn’s String Octet dazzles audiences with memorable moments ranging from incandescent brilliance to heartfelt. Its rich complexity belies the fact that Mendelssohn, a child prodigy, wrote it while still...
The great actor-director Buster Keaton was an athlete through and through. His outrageously dangerous stunts had him swinging and leaping from moving vehicles, enduring terrifying falls, and subjecting himself to...
Stephen Prutsman has been described as one of the most innovative musicians of his time. Moving easily from classical to jazz to world music styles as a pianist and composer,...
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