Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

at a recital.  Or a mini-recital.  This one is just 30 minutes of music, as requested by the Minnesota Orchestra as part of my audition.  So the question becomes:  how much can you, or should you, pack into 30 minutes?  I have accepted an invitation from a colleague to play through my 30 minutes at [...]

Our first rehearsal with Maestro Muti

this season… a reminder of what to look forward to starting in 2010. A total musician, with absolute command. And this story, from his arrival on American soil yesterday, involving a US Customs official: ‘What is the purpose of your visit?’ I told him, it is written here, Chicago Symphony. ‘Do you carry with you [...]