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Deceptive Cadence
12:57 pm
Mon July 2, 2012

Summer Souvenirs: 75 Years Of Tanglewood In Pictures

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Credit Heinz Weissenstein/Whitestone Photo / courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa and Arthur Fielder, aboard a train during Tanglewood on Parade, 1975.
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2008: James Levine conducts Berlioz' infrequently heard Les Troyens on Tanglewood's opening night.
Credit Heinz Weissenstein/Whitestone Photo / Courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Undated: Conductor Pierre Monteux (in plaid) sits in Tanglewood's famed shed, talking with students.
Credit Walter H. Scott / Courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Undated: Seiji Ozawa confers with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
Credit Heinz Weissenstein/Whitestone Photo / Courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
1949: Serge Koussevitsky cuts a piece of birthday cake with two young notables — Leonard Bernstein (left) and Lukas Foss (right).
Credit Heinz Weissenstein/Whitestone Photo / courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
1975: BSO music director Seiji Ozawa and Boston Pops conducting legend Arthur Fiedler wave happily to fans.
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Undated: Conductor Charles Munch takes a bow with violinist Isaac Stern and BSO prinicipal violist Joseph de Pasquale.
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Originally published on Mon July 2, 2012 2:34 pm

Join us Friday as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of Tanglewood, the summer music festival that is both the seasonal home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a legendary destination in its own right.

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Music News
3:54 pm
Fri June 29, 2012

After Two Years, Gifted Classical Students Leave The Nest

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Nathan Schram (back row, third from left) performs with his students from PS 75 in Brooklyn.
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Originally published on Sat June 30, 2012 7:48 am

The odds of making it in the classical music business are long, but for the past two years, 25-year-old viola player Nathan Schram has received a stipend, health insurance, lots of amazing performance opportunities and a real-world education teaching violin students at an inner-city elementary school in Brooklyn. Now, Schram and his colleagues have to say goodbye to The Academy.

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Deceptive Cadence
12:51 pm
Fri June 29, 2012

Around The Classical Internet: June 29, 2012

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Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits Paris' Louvre Museum on June 29, 2012.
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By Anastasia Tsioulcas
  • How many contemporary political figures have a piano prize named after them? Here's one: Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. A gold medal will be awarded in her honor at the Leeds International Piano Competition. Playing the piano was one of her coping mechanisms during 15 years of house arrest.

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