Author Archives: Frank Abbinanti

To the editors: Hang in there! Lewis Lazare, referring to his discussions in the July 2 Culture Club and the subsequent response of symphony manager Henry Fogel (July 23) concerning the current renovation/expansion problems for the Chicago Symphony (CSO). Despite the fact that Mr. Lazare missed his targets, especially his criticisms of conductor Daniel Barenboim, […]

To the editors: Ross Feller wrote a letter which appeared here a few weeks ago [August 21] accusing me of “improvising” the “Post-Praeludium per Donau” for tuba and live electronics by Luigi Nono, which I had performed at the Goethe-Institut’s concert series last April. If Mr. Feller hopes to forge a career in new music […]

To the editors: I was quite interested in Lewis Lazare’s Cultural Page [Culture Club] in the September 20th Reader on the current strike at the Chicago Symphony. I support the striking musicians, I believe they deserve all the “crumbs” they can get. Especially when the “star” conductors and soloists as a class pull millions of […]