Jun.
16
2023
BookNotes Review June 2023
The Wind Knows My Name Isabel Allende Pageboy: A Memoir Elliot Page August Blue Deborah Levy Mozart in Motion: His Work and His World in Pieces Patrick Mackie
Judith Krummeck
Jun.
02
2023
A cellist traces her Holocaust history on BookNotes
Janet Horvath is the former associate principal cello of the Minnesota Orchestra, and she is the daughter of two professional musicians who were Holocaust survivors. She recounts their story, and her link to it, in The Cello Still Sings — A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the […]
May.
19
2023
BookNotes Review May 2023
King: A Life Jonathan Eig Rogue Justice Stacy Abrams The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece Tom Hanks
May.
17
2023
The BSO’s Music Director Designate, Jonathon Heyward
Jonathon Heyward is one of the most exciting conductors on the international scene, and we are so fortunate to have him as the Music Director Designate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. His tenure officially begins in September 2023, but he’s been in town to conduct the BSO in a couple of programs this month. […]
May.
15
2023
Lesley Malin wearing many hats at Chesapeake Shakespeare
Founding Chesapeake Shakespeare Company member and Producing Executive Director, Lesley Malin, plays Gertrude in the current production of Hamlet, and she has devised a 2023-2024 season of RULE-BREAKERS, a celebration of mavericks. She came in to talk to me about all of it.
May.
08
2023
The art of leadership
Paul Jan Zdunek is a conductor turned CEO who has co-authored a book that pulls together the seemingly disparate strands of conducting, horsemanship, and leadership.
May.
07
2023
BSO Music Director Designate is the real deal
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May.
05
2023
BookNotes experiences Your Brain on Art
The science of neuroaesthetics offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross are co-authors of The New York Times Bestseller, Your Brain on Art: HOW THE ARTS TRANSFORM US. Here, Susan talks about the ways we can use arts creatively […]
Apr.
22
2023
BookNotes Review April 2023
Romantic Comedy Curtis Sittenfeld Symphony of Secrets Brendan Slocumb Chita Chita Rivera with Patrick Pacheco You Could Make This Place Beautiful Maggie Smith
Apr.
20
2023
Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski at Shriver Hall
Polish-born pianist Piotr Anderszewski returns to Baltimore for the first time in 10 years in a program of Bach, Szymanowski, Anton Webern, and Beethoven at Shriver Hall. I spoke to him in Paris.
