This week’s Early Warnings include Atari Teenage Riot, Katatonia, Ty Segall, Steve Martin, Matmos, Pentagram, Phosphorescent, Slum Village, and Swans.
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The List: April 15-21, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Best Coast, Finntroll, Hot Chip, the Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh Quartet, and more
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Bill T. Jones at Ravinia
Bill T. Jones’s Lincoln bicentennial commission showcases Whitman
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4/9, 4/11 — Free performances by members of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Free Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela rehearsal and other performances by group members this Thursday and Saturday
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Alexander Kobrin
Born in Moscow in 1980, Alexander Kobrin won the prestigious Busoni International Piano Competition in 1999 and was the gold medalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2005–a prize that carries with it engagements with top orchestras and festivals, including tonight’s recital at Ravinia. His debut CD shows exceptional technique, musical finesse, and […]
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Alban Gerhardt/Sergio Tiempo/Julia Fischer
The Ravinia Festival relies on heavy hitters like Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma to pack its pavilion, but it also has a farm system of sorts: the “Rising Stars” chamber concerts. This decade-old series, which runs from October to April each year, has showcased 144 young musicians; many have gone on to join major orchestras, […]
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Battle Fatigue
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia Festival, August 5 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia Festival, July 21 Kathleen Battle is the most universally despised individual in the world of classical music, transcending all lines of gender, ethnicity, and nationality. To know her is to loathe her, and virtually everyone whose professional life has intersected with hers, from the […]