After a textured performance of Paul Hindemith’s Concert Music for Strings and Brass the Seattle Symphony’s principal cellist, Joshua Roman glided into the center of the stage, cello in hand. The orchestra that gave him his professional start, was the orchestra with which Roman was about to launch in earnest, his new career as [...]
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Schelomo and Duo: assessing Joshua Roman’s Seattle legacy
Posted in Seattle, WA, tagged Seattle Symphony, Ernst Bloch, Joshua Roman, Schulhoff on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jewish Classical Music Finds Advocates in the Northwest
Posted in Seattle, WA, tagged Seattle, Seattle Symphony, Ernst Bloch, Arnold Schoenberg, David Schiff, Music of Remembrance, Paul Schoenfield, David Krakauer, Jewish, Milken Archive on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
When the Seattle Symphony, David Schiff, Miraim Fried and members of Seattle’s Jewish community gather on May 7, 2008 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, they won’t just be celebrating a country; they will be celebrating the Northwest’s unique connection to Jewish music. It is understandable to expect a city [...]
