MET STARS: From 2002 until 2021 the late Maria Nockin reported from Arizona, mostly on live opera productions.
VIDEO PODCAST: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Youth Involvement in Classical Music - this specially extended illustrated feature includes contributions from Christopher Morley, Gerald Fenech, Halida Dinova, Patricia Spencer and Roderic Dunnett.
The Romanian conductor Sergiu Comissiona was born on 16 June 1928 in Bucharest. He studied and conducted in Europe, then Israel and the Ulster Orchestra before moving across the Atlantic to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 1969. He was the music advisor and principal conductor for the American Symphony Orchestra from 1979. He died in Oklahoma City on 5 March 2005.
Astounding! - An open letter to a great artist, from Esdras Mugatik
Jerome Rose - In the build-up to New York's International Keyboard Institute and Festival, Richard Meszto writes about the festival's founder
CD Spotlight. Quite Magical - Marin Alsop conducts Dvorák Symphonies, enjoyed by Howard Smith. 'The Baltimores' finale sings and blazes with equal compulsion ...'