https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2026/2/26/is-it-okay-for-a-musician-to-give-an-intentionally-mediocre-performance monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/8a80bd3d-28e2-462f-b397-a2c71d0941b4/Jascha+Heifetz.jpg Blog - Is it Okay for a Musician to Give an Intentionally Mediocre Performance? - Make it stand out Jascha Heifetz, considered one of the greatest violinists of all time. When my grandmother and uncle attended one of his concerts in Florida, they were in for a surprise. (Photo source: Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/8c03ce88-64df-4bd4-9ea8-ae91630546a8/Tired+musicians.jpg Blog - Is it Okay for a Musician to Give an Intentionally Mediocre Performance? - Make it stand out Tired musicians often do not give maximum effort to a performance. Just “getting through” is about all they can manage. 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(Photo source: Creative Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/fb28fdb3-a954-4235-9c12-c284110652da/Holiday+Inn.jpg Blog - Is it Okay for a Musician to Give an Intentionally Mediocre Performance? - Make it stand out In smaller communities in the 1970s, our touring opera company, Goldovsky Opera, often stayed at Holiday Inns (not company members’ favorite chain) when it was the only option to accommodate so many people. Typically, the restaurants and bars closed before the company returned from performances, increasing the unhappiness during long tours. (Photo source: Steve Shook, Creative Commons.) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2026/2/13/why-do-russians-produce-so-many-musical-geniuses-but-cant-seem-to-produce-a-decent-smart-phone monthly 0.5 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/93f203d4-9900-49fc-b63c-932302d8431c/Moscow+Patriarchate+Choir.jpg Blog - Why Do Russians Produce So Many Musical Geniuses But Can’t Seem to Produce a Decent Smartphone? - Make it stand out The all-male Moscow Patriarchate Choir is an example of the remarkable liturgical singing one can find in Russian churches. (Photo source: singers.com.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/f3ab9d31-7cc9-4a52-9f0c-8407beba9002/model+of+Sputnik+I.jpg Blog - Why Do Russians Produce So Many Musical Geniuses But Can’t Seem to Produce a Decent Smartphone? - Make it stand out A model of Sputnik I in the Museum of Space and Missile Technology (Saint Petersburg). The launching of this first artificial earth satellite in 1917 proved Russia’s international lead in outer space technical achievement. (Photo source: Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/d9a3d733-7e77-4d9f-a9e0-5007ed0df30d/model+of+the+Cherepanov+steam+locomotive+of+1834.jpg Blog - Why Do Russians Produce So Many Musical Geniuses But Can’t Seem to Produce a Decent Smartphone? - Make it stand out A model of the Cherepanov steam locomotive of 1834, a remarkable Russian invention, held in the Sverdlovsk Railway Museum in Russia. (Photo source: Vyacheslav Bukharov, Собственноручное фото licensed through Creative Commons.) Other countries soon surpassed Russia in the development of this invention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/e43dbf7c-57cb-4328-ae02-47b9a11593b5/Loren+Graham+%281933-2024%29.png Blog - Why Do Russians Produce So Many Musical Geniuses But Can’t Seem to Produce a Decent Smartphone? - Make it stand out The late Loren Graham (1933-2024), arguably the foremost American expert on the history of Russian science and technology. His recently published book addresses the seeming dichotomy between the fate of Russian creativity in the arts and in technology. 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(Photo source: Wikimedia.) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2026/1/8/did-success-spoil-rock-hunter-how-musicians-navigate-success monthly 0.5 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/45a52207-8529-4a11-a9b1-05cf34034353/Theatrical+release+poster+for+%E2%80%9CWill+Success+Spoil+Rock+Hunter%E2%80%9D.jpg Blog - Did Success Spoil Rock Hunter? – How Musicians Navigate Success - Make it stand out Theatrical release poster for “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” by Tom Chantrell. The definitive answer to the question in the title is: “It depends how you define success!” (Photo via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/13e8f142-6e65-4599-ab24-27ebedbfb405/Beethoven%27s+9th+Symphony.jpg Blog - Did Success Spoil Rock Hunter? – How Musicians Navigate Success - Make it stand out If you were a composer, like Beethoven, who had written a great symphony like his 9th (pictured above), your success would persist over decades, even centuries. But for a performer, what happens on stage is ephemeral and success is fleeting. How many performers from Beethoven’s time can people name? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/46ce3391-9a87-4054-854e-e777efe674b7/Rudolf+Serkin.jpg Blog - Did Success Spoil Rock Hunter? – How Musicians Navigate Success - Make it stand out For the pianist, Rudolf Serkin, there was no substitute for hard work in maintaining his success as a great artist. 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He was there to conduct his oratorio, “El Pessebre.” His new model of success as a conductor and composer came after he had abandoned the intense career as a touring cello soloist for which he had been most famous. (Photo source: Adrian Siegel.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/fd5b33c9-aa67-46c1-811f-2a186abe9d01/Ruth+Laredo.jpg Blog - Did Success Spoil Rock Hunter? – How Musicians Navigate Success - Make it stand out Ruth Laredo in 1995 after she went off in a new direction and was able to maintain her success as a solo pianist with her acclaimed “Concerts with Commentary.” (Photo source: Jennifer Laredo Watkins.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/00850e5c-be86-431c-a098-576d5788c32f/Graffman+and+Lang+Lang.jpg Blog - Did Success Spoil Rock Hunter? – How Musicians Navigate Success - Make it stand out Gary Graffman teaching one of his most famous students, Lang Lang. For decades after suffering a hand injury that essentially ended his concert career, he became one of the most influential teachers in the world. (Photo source: David Swanson courtesy of Curtis Institute of Music archive.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1e92e0f2-e1a0-423f-b9fb-1a8cb6d48bdc/Marcel+Moyse.jpg Blog - Did Success Spoil Rock Hunter? – How Musicians Navigate Success - Make it stand out Flutist Marcel Moyse at a masterclass in Vermont in 1968. After a star-studded career as a performer, he stopped concertizing and became among the most influential flute teacher of his generation. (Photo source: Collection of author.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/9a3a58e5-57f9-4882-9322-511508e3ca97/Andrew+Wolf+and+Isaac+Stern.jpg Blog - Did Success Spoil Rock Hunter? – How Musicians Navigate Success - Make it stand out Isaac Stern with his pianist, my brother Andrew Wolf, after Andy contracted an incurable cancer. Stern’s positive energy and optimism probably prolonged my brother’s life. And it was this same force of personality that ensured Stern’s own continued success even after his own playing declined. (Photo source: Luboshutz-Goldovsky-Wolf archive.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/73b9eb9c-7fd9-4f60-bad0-49f19c2c44a1/Mischa+Elman.jpg Blog - Did Success Spoil Rock Hunter? – How Musicians Navigate Success - Make it stand out Mischa Elman in 1916. The violinist carried on his father’s tradition of constantly bragging about his accomplishments and belittling his rivals. In many ways, Elman’s need to always be on top fueled a kind of energy to maintain a level of success that other performers simply did not have. (Photo source: Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/73ce48b4-6663-4751-bff0-7d6f52c36b7b/Michael+Rabin.jpg Blog - Did Success Spoil Rock Hunter? – How Musicians Navigate Success - Make it stand out Michael Rabin, a child prodigy whose accomplishments were truly amazing at a very young age. As he aged, and met challenges in sustaining his extraordinary early success, he became dependent on a variety of medications. Complication from these drugs led to a tragic death at the age of 35. 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(Photo source: Jeff Griffith.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/a2b7ba1e-d3d4-47a3-a7f5-aeba8ac3eeca/Otto+Klemperer+Beethoven+fifth+symphony.jpg Blog - How Soon Will Sports Betting Come to Classical Music? - Make it stand out One of Otto Klemperer’s recordings of Beethoven fifth symphony. His tempos are a lot slower than most other conductors but his interpretations are considered sublime. (Photo source: Thomas Wolf personal collection.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/7f66cb27-7c15-42c7-a614-ed4d3972ac4d/Toscanini+Beethoven%E2%80%99s+fifth+symphony.jpg Blog - How Soon Will Sports Betting Come to Classical Music? - Make it stand out One of Toscanini’s recordings of Beethoven’s fifth symphony. His tempos are far faster than Klemperer’s and those of most other conductors. Again, his interpretations are regarded as awe-inspiring. (Photo source: Thomas Wolf personal collection.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/6a4791c1-d638-4cc7-9ef1-903066cdf3c4/Van+Cliburn.jpg Blog - How Soon Will Sports Betting Come to Classical Music? - Make it stand out American pianist, Van Cliburn, after winning the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958, became a world- famous superstar. Four years later, he lent his name to another international competition based in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo source: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/a18b0114-7657-4346-b75d-1b7fa89861ea/2025+Van+Cliburn+International+Piano+Competition.jpg Blog - How Soon Will Sports Betting Come to Classical Music? - Make it stand out Poster from the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, named for the American pianist who triumphed in Russia in 1958, which has become one of the industry’s most prestigious. (Photo source: The Cliburn, issuu.com.) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2025/10/21/nightingales-encores monthly 0.5 2025-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/126b655c-97f4-4e5a-b8fb-e8c32ad68fe1/The+Nightingale%27s+Encores%2C+a+performance+in+Camden%2C+Maine%2C+August+9%2C+2025.png Blog - The Nightingale's Encores - Make it stand out “The Nightingale’s Encores” performance in Camden, Maine, August 9, 2025. Left to right: Thomas Wolf (author and narrator), Henry Kramer (pianist), YooJin Jang (violinist). 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It becomes a fascinating focus of the plot of Vikram Seth’s novel, An Equal Music. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2025/8/5/how-us-arts-funders-got-things-terribly-wrong monthly 0.5 2025-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/039ec294-9d77-4f29-a59c-6e8c8a801451/arts+cooperative+building.jpg Blog - How US Arts Funders Got things Terribly Wrong - Make it stand out A portion of the building that is now fully utilized as artist studio space. (Photo credit: Wicked Local.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/53365e5c-b315-40f8-b90c-10e73fa4ee1c/President+Lyndon+B.+Johnson.jpg Blog - How US Arts Funders Got things Terribly Wrong - Make it stand out President Lyndon B. Johnson. It was his administration that figured out how to get a majority of those in the US Congress, including those from rural states without much of an arts infrastructure, to support the creation of the National Endowment for the Arts. 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His various companies used his translations that were matched as closely as possible not only to the words of the original opera but to the dramatic action he wished to convey. (Photo credit: Luboshutz/Goldovsky/Wolf archive.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/c4038aff-cd8c-41c1-ab92-da4448255637/Giuseppi+Verdi+in+Russia+in+1861-1862.jpg Blog - How Can I Enjoy It If I Don’t Understand the Words? - Make it stand out Giuseppi Verdi in Russia in 1861-1862. The great composer expected his operas to be performed in the language of the countries where they were being produced. 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She sang the work in English in Boris Goldovsky’s translated version. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1a0837df-4e74-479c-9aab-abb7f8f83f30/raspberry.png Blog - How Can I Enjoy It If I Don’t Understand the Words? - Make it stand out Tatiana’s beret was raspberry-colored according to Pushkin. There is no single word in English to describe the possible color shade that is the equivalent for the Russian word “malinova” making it both awkward to translate and at the same time to fit with Tchaikovsky’s music. (Photo credit: colorpalettes.net.) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2025/5/19/if-you-want-to-be-happy-dont-go-to-that-concert-alone monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/27de8708-0145-4a8e-98ec-a33cc77f91a3/Robert+Waldinger.jpg Blog - If You Want to Be Happy, Don’t Go to that Concert Alone - Make it stand out Robert Waldinger, a psychiatrist who became the fourth steward of a well-respected Harvard study dating back to 1938, found that positive relationships are a key to happiness. (Photo credit: Harvard Crimson.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/a9979135-a641-460e-aa7b-79a5e40762ce/Academy+of+Music.jpg Blog - If You Want to Be Happy, Don’t Go to that Concert Alone - Make it stand out My family occupied one of the boxes just above the ground floor at the Academy of Music every Saturday night at Philadelphia Orchestra concerts when I was growing up. Attendance was always a happy social occasion as well as a musical one.(Photo courtesy Thomas Wolf.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/c4fe1458-2471-4b03-a833-10641b5ea91c/A+Boston+Pops+audience+in+Symphony+Hall+in+1955.jpg Blog - If You Want to Be Happy, Don’t Go to that Concert Alone - Make it stand out A Boston Pops audience in Symphony Hall in 1955 enjoying the concert in groups at tables where refreshments were being served. At one time, fully 90 percent of tickets were sold to groups. Today that figure is less than 20 percent. (Photo Courtesy BSO Archives.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/384521cb-a2b3-4290-ad08-9e8280c03ed9/Classical+Music+Consumer+Segmentation+Study.jpg Blog - If You Want to Be Happy, Don’t Go to that Concert Alone - Make it stand out The Classical Music Consumer Segmentation Study of over 25,000 people is one of the largest ever carried out that examined how people related to classical music. Published in the year 2000, it identified the importance of social context in concert attendance. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2025/4/21/resistance-is-the-only-suitable-response monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b96ef7d2-1708-430d-94b0-eb9010656fda/room+with+a+view.jpg Blog - RESISTANCE—It is the Only Suitable Response - Make it stand out The view from my window. The building in the foreground is Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism. The tall building in back is Henry James Hall, housing social science departments. (Photo credit: Thomas Wolf.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/887cc0cd-87d3-42b3-8bfc-b808dbe6d28d/Columbia+University+mosaic.jpg Blog - RESISTANCE—It is the Only Suitable Response - Make it stand out Unlike Harvard, Columbia University acceded to initial conditions set by the Trump Administration. As leaders learned, the demands would only escalate. (Photo credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/5e82b1d0-b6d8-4efe-9bbf-c27be94b6353/Kennedy+Center.jpg Blog - RESISTANCE—It is the Only Suitable Response - Make it stand out The leadership of the Kennedy Center (pictured above) has historically been professional and non-partisan. With its recent take-over by President Donald Trump and a board led by his loyalists, activities that appear to reflect “diversity, equity and inclusion” are not welcome. (Photo credit: The Kennedy Center -- From the Georgetown Waterfront Washington (DC), August 2014, Ron Cogswell, 2014 via Flickr. This image is in the Creative Commons allowing for modifications and commercial use. No changes were made.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/e37d7f3d-5914-4319-95b3-79539ec261c2/The+President%27s+Own+U.S.+Marine+Band.jpg Blog - RESISTANCE—It is the Only Suitable Response - Make it stand out “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, pictured here on the South Portico of the White House, is the oldest performing musical organization in the United States. It was established in 1798, and performs at the White House more than 300 times annually. (Photo credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/04cdef80-205e-4f54-ae83-5234109d180b/Equity+Arc+musicians+at+practice.jpg Blog - RESISTANCE—It is the Only Suitable Response - Make it stand out Musicians of Equity Arc in rehearsal. (Photo credit: Anne Ryan.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/6784dd1a-a42e-42c2-a76f-d5ae7e5a6b57/Strathmore+Hall+in+North+Bethesda%2C+Maryland.jpg Blog - RESISTANCE—It is the Only Suitable Response - Make it stand out Strathmore Hall in North Bethesda, Maryland, where the concert of retired military band musicians and the young musicians of Equity Arc took place. (Photo credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/ac8f421e-86fb-45d7-938d-dee7e0704a05/60+Minutes+present+Equity+Arc+and+US+Military+Band.jpg Blog - RESISTANCE—It is the Only Suitable Response - Make it stand out Instead of a few hundred audience members who might have seen the program of the US Marine Band and Equity Arc students at the Kennedy Center, millions were able to enjoy it on CBS “60 Minutes.” https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2025/2/26/decline-and-fall-it-is-easy-for-countries-to-lose-their-pre-eminence-in-the-arts-could-we-be-next monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/37b1d806-9a08-4574-88fb-cd636cc14c0c/The+set+for+Petrushka+as+rendered+by+Alexandre+Benois+for+the+Ballets+Russes+in+Paris..jpg Blog - DECLINE AND FALL—It is Easy for Countries to Lose Their Pre-Eminence in the Arts. Could We be Next? - Make it stand out The set for Petrushka as rendered by Alexandre Benois for the Ballets Russes in Paris. The company was under the direction of Sergei Diaghilev and the music was by Igor Stravinsky—both, like Benois, Russians by birth. (Photo credit: unknown photographer, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/979f4bc4-bd77-4cd4-9071-07b9b348e08d/%E2%80%9CThe+Death+of+Boris%E2%80%9D+from+the+premiere+production+of+the+opera+Boris+Godunov+at+the+Mariinsky+Theatre.jpg Blog - DECLINE AND FALL—It is Easy for Countries to Lose Their Pre-Eminence in the Arts. Could We be Next? - Make it stand out “The Death of Boris” from the premiere production of the opera Boris Godunov at the Mariinsky Theatre in Moscow (1874), part of the golden age of Russian opera. Political ideology would severely undermine such creativity after the Russian Revolution of 1917. (Photo credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/6251a4f6-c9a6-42f1-83ee-b2dc732279c5/Arnold+Schoenberg+in+1948.jpg Blog - DECLINE AND FALL—It is Easy for Countries to Lose Their Pre-Eminence in the Arts. Could We be Next? - Make it stand out Arnold Schoenberg in 1948, well after he immigrated to the United States after fleeing the Nazis who considered his music “degenerate.” (Photo credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/161dcb1f-55fa-4bf3-8e3d-12c520990e82/Adventures+of+Robin+Hood+with+Errol+Flynn+program+flier.jpg Blog - DECLINE AND FALL—It is Easy for Countries to Lose Their Pre-Eminence in the Arts. Could We be Next? - Make it stand out The music for the 1938 film, “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” was composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Like so many film scores by German émigrés, this one received an Academy Award. (Photo credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/08578546-d9ac-43a4-a6fd-7143f6d2ceff/Lea+Luboshutz.jpg Blog - DECLINE AND FALL—It is Easy for Countries to Lose Their Pre-Eminence in the Arts. Could We be Next? - Make it stand out Lea Luboshutz at about the time she fled Russia in 1921. After a few years in Berlin and Paris, she moved permanently to the United States, teaching for many years at the Curtis Institute of Music alongside fellow Russians Leopold Auer and Efrem Zimbalist. (Photo courtesy of the Luboshutz/Goldovsky/Wolf archive.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/fdf4144b-d876-4a5b-8425-bd321c221cc6/Curtis+Institute+of+Music.jpg Blog - DECLINE AND FALL—It is Easy for Countries to Lose Their Pre-Eminence in the Arts. Could We be Next? - Make it stand out The Curtis Institute of Music, founded a century ago, benefitted tremendously from the mass immigration of musicians from Russia and Western Europe to the U.S., as did so many American conservatories. As a result, their superb faculties attracted and continue to attract the most talented students from around the world. (Photo courtesy of Curtis Institute of Music archive.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/63b6e8af-ee92-4a54-a8b3-c7cb891fb620/Kennedy+Center_Ron+Cogswell%2C+Flickr.jpg Blog - DECLINE AND FALL—It is Easy for Countries to Lose Their Pre-Eminence in the Arts. Could We be Next? - Make it stand out The leadership of the Kennedy Center (pictured above) has historically been professional and non-partisan. With its recent take-over by President Donald Trump who promised “NO MORE DRAG SHOWS, OR OTHER ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA” and with a board led by his loyalists, some artists have cancelled their performances at this, the nation’s capitol’s leading performing arts venue. (Photo credit: The Kennedy Center -- From the Georgetown Waterfront Washington (DC), August 2014, Ron Cogswell, 2014 via Flickr. This image is in the Creative Commons allowing for modifications and commercial use. No changes were made.) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2025/2/10/musician-familiesno-its-not-merely-about-inherited-talent monthly 0.5 2025-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/692088f0-53eb-4e83-a5f8-ee214389f62c/Andy+and+Tom+as+children.jpg Blog - Musician Families—No, It’s Not Merely About Inherited Talent - Make it stand out My brother, Andy (right) and me about the time we started learning how to play instruments. It was immediately apparent that he had great talent. I did not. In spite of these differences, we both became professional musicians. (Photo credit: Luboshutz/Goldovsky/Wolf archive.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/64c68e17-4525-41eb-b731-1f4618282226/Pianist%2C+Kathie+Johnson%2C+with+her+two+daughters%2C+Nicole+and+Kirsten.jpg Blog - Musician Families—No, It’s Not Merely About Inherited Talent - Make it stand out Pianist, Kathie Johnson, with her two daughters, Nicole and Kirsten, who had been exposed to music from birth. Later, Nicole would play cello in the Cassatt String Quartet and become a specialist in Bulgarian music. Kirsten would become assistant principal violist in the Philadelphia Orchestra. Their father, Marc, was the long-time cellist of the Vermeer Quartet and their grandmother was also a quartet player. (Photo courtesy of the Johnson family.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/9ab35d4d-244e-455b-8e14-d4b0d1b1f0a9/Violinist+Anne+Kadarauch+instilled+proper+habits+as+she+taught+her+daughter%2C+Katie.jpg Blog - Musician Families—No, It’s Not Merely About Inherited Talent - Make it stand out Violinist Anne Kadarauch instilled proper habits as she taught her daughter, Katie, who years later would become assistant principal violist in the San Franciso Symphony. Katie’s father, David, who was principal cellist of the San Francisco Opera and Ballet, also took on some of Katie’s instruction and coaching as she got older. (Photo courtesy of the Kadarauch family.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/bf93cc54-1ea0-4fbe-bffc-7a58c7ce8027/Cellist+Michael+Reynolds%2C+Director+of+the+School+of+Music+at+Boston.jpg Blog - Musician Families—No, It’s Not Merely About Inherited Talent - Make it stand out Cellist Michael Reynolds, Director of the School of Music at Boston University and the child of two professional musicians, feels so strongly about the importance of good quality instruments for young musicians that he created the Classics for Kids Foundation to help cover their costs. (Photo by Joshi Radin courtesy Reynolds family.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1bed1d8b-fbef-48b7-99d2-cd0aba5617a8/Peter+Zazofsky+%28left%29+with+his+father%2C+George+Zazofsky.jpg Blog - Musician Families—No, It’s Not Merely About Inherited Talent - Make it stand out Peter Zazofsky (left) with his father, George, who served as associate concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as the two prepare for a concert with the Orchestra. Peter would later have a solo career before becoming first violinist of the Muir String Quartet. Four other family members in his father’s generation were professional musicians and it seemed that everyone who counted in the music business knew members of his family. (Photo by Photography Incorporated, courtesy BSO Archives.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/097eaf43-1957-4659-9162-5923bf1a64dd/Boris+Goldovsky+%28left%29+and+Thomas+Wolf+%28right%29.jpg Blog - Musician Families—No, It’s Not Merely About Inherited Talent - Make it stand out In this picture, I’m with my uncle Boris Goldovsky, preparing the flute part for an opera tour of his eponymous Goldovsky Opera Theatre prior to the first orchestra rehearsal. Nepotism clearly facilitated my selection as his principal flutist and company manager and garnered me extra rehearsal time. (Photo credit: Luboshutz/Goldovsky/Wolf archive.) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2025/1/17/for-those-in-the-music-business-when-is-old-too-old monthly 0.5 2025-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/fd874fe9-b788-4b5d-b9be-08dd5511a542/Mieczys%C5%82aw+Horszowski.jpg Blog - For Those in the Music Business, When Is Old, Too Old? - Make it stand out Pianist Mieczysław Horszowski at 90. He was still giving recitals at age 100. (Photo credit: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/7dbda1a1-38f7-4709-84bd-43314dca85f3/Menahem+Pressler+%28right%29+and+Thomas+Wolf.jpg Blog - For Those in the Music Business, When Is Old, Too Old? - Make it stand out Menahem Pressler (right) with me when I presented him in concert. He was 92. Musicians still lined up to perform with him at that point in his career. (Photo credit: Luboshutz/Goldovsky/Wolf Family archive.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/37e1aee3-2ac2-438d-baf5-4aa9beb55ba6/Joseph+Silverstein+%28left%29+with+my+brother+Andrew+Wolf.jpg Blog - For Those in the Music Business, When Is Old, Too Old? - Make it stand out Joseph Silverstein (left) with my brother Andrew Wolf with whom he performed often. Through surgery and hard work, Silverstein was able to regain his superb technique playing concerts until age 83. (Photo credit: Luboshutz/Goldovsky/Wolf Family archive.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/fa61f5ce-f774-47ce-8bfe-5fd5153c51d0/Eleanor+Sokoloff.jpg Blog - For Those in the Music Business, When Is Old, Too Old? - Make it stand out Eleanor Sokoloff still teaching piano at the Curtis Institute at the age of 105. (Photo credit: The Nightingale’s Sonata.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/e5067820-d351-47f8-952c-2dee8ceabcc7/Aloysius+Maria+Eli+Petruccelli.jpg Blog - For Those in the Music Business, When Is Old, Too Old? - Make it stand out Aloysius Maria Eli Petruccelli (known by most of his colleagues as “Al Pet,” served as technical director for many groups well into his seventies. (Photo credit: unknown photographer; LEGACY obituary.) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2024/11/26/arts-funding-is-direct-public-funding-for-the-arts-worth-the-headache monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/64dec6dc-fc29-474a-aa89-41cf71748b28/Nattional+Endowment+for+the+Arts+logo.png Blog - Arts Funding—Is Direct Public Funding for the Arts Worth the Headache? - Make it stand out The National Endowment for the Arts, created in 1965, is an independent agency of the U.S. government that offers support and funding for the arts. In its first decade, its appropriation increased an incredible 3500 percent. (National Endowment for the Arts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/3a9fa2d2-f9a8-4a1d-bec7-c2d875bf10af/Ronald+Reagan.jpg Blog - Arts Funding—Is Direct Public Funding for the Arts Worth the Headache? - Make it stand out In his first budget speech in 1981, President Ronald Reagan proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts. It was a rude awakening for those who believed federal arts funding enjoyed broad-based support from Republicans and Democrats. (Michael Evans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/a88b1ecb-8375-4a73-8be6-7646cc747fc9/Andres+Serrano.jpg Blog - Arts Funding—Is Direct Public Funding for the Arts Worth the Headache? - Make it stand out Photographer Andres Serrano, whose 1987 photograph Immersion (Piss Christ) caused a firestorm that led to a cut in NEA funding. In time, the agency, bowing to the anger of legislators, would eliminate funding to individual visual artists entirely. (Photo: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/8cd95bd3-54e7-476a-9931-075fc631d89b/Fogg+Museum.jpg Blog - Arts Funding—Is Direct Public Funding for the Arts Worth the Headache? - Make it stand out Some private donations are criticized just as public grants are. However, the ratio of controversial funding is far smaller in the private sector than for public agency grants. One high-profile example concerns donations by the Sackler family. Some museums bowed to the pressure to remove the Sackler name from its donor list given the family’s involvement in the opioid crisis. Controversially, Harvard University chose not to do so and the Sackler name can be found prominently displayed as above. (Photo: Thomas Wolf.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/16fd208d-8746-4bb0-b1e0-af6427cef95e/Zilker+Theatre+Productions.jpg Blog - Arts Funding—Is Direct Public Funding for the Arts Worth the Headache? - Make it stand out Zilker Theatre Productions has brought free summer musical theater to the heart of Austin, Texas for the past 65 years. Changes in grant guidelines have resulted in its loss of local City funding after decades and a major budgetary crisis for the organization. For those who criticize private funding because it is dependent on the whims of the wealthy, one could lodge the same complaints about the subjective decisions of public bureaucrats. (Photo: Courtesy Zilker Theatre.) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2024/11/4/the-versatile-flute-family monthly 0.5 2024-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/add1b56d-8f1a-4ee2-ac11-9ee1c6734bf3/musical+stanza.jpg Blog - The Versatile Flute Family - Make it stand out A typical orchestra score shows the flute part at the top. If there is a piccolo part, it is listed above the flute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/df2d4351-3446-4696-93a6-68559e0d28ca/Violinists_Samuel+Sianipar.jpg Blog - The Versatile Flute Family - Make it stand out Look at all those violinists. They often outnumber the flutists in a symphony orchestra by thirty to four. (Photo by Samuel Sianipar.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/7541c293-5fa8-46d8-9d72-7dc0a791f9e0/480px-Luscinia_megarhynchos_-_01.jpg Blog - The Versatile Flute Family - Make it stand out The flute is often assigned the character of birds with the nightingale being especially popular, as in Beethoven’s sixth symphony and Stravinsky’s “Song of the Nightingale.” (Source: Wikipedia Creative Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/c90ae11e-312f-4b66-9750-6a55ca222c70/Unhatched+Chicks_Institute+of+Russian+Literature.jpg Blog - The Versatile Flute Family - Make it stand out The chirping flutes beautifully illustrate in music this image of the Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.” (Source: Institute of Russian Literature [Pushkin House], Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/6b32800f-e778-433e-b1a8-6113b5a5e5f3/Wooden+orchestral+flutes_Jean-Paul+Wright.jpg Blog - The Versatile Flute Family - Make it stand out While band piccolos are generally made of metal, orchestral piccolos, like those above, are made of wood giving them a more mellow sound. Even so, they are often used by classical composers like Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony to simulate fifes and piccolos in military bands. (Source: Jean-Paul Wright.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/895edc7d-ef8d-4e78-b7bf-9e27cc2f2af8/La+Boheme_metopera.org.jpg Blog - The Versatile Flute Family - Make it stand out The piccolo simulates the fifes of the military band at the end of Act II of Puccini’s La Boheme. (Source: metopera.org.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/db10eb1a-4826-4c24-8279-555b514e1f31/402px-Paas_floote.jpg Blog - The Versatile Flute Family - Make it stand out The weird looking instrument is an upright bass flute, a relatively modern invention. It is rarely used in orchestral classical music in part because it does not produce much volume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/c4b8ec73-094f-49ae-9d69-df76a01ebdd7/cemetery.png Blog - The Versatile Flute Family - Make it stand out The grave of Toothless Nell in Boot Hill Cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas. The graveyard was often featured in the TV Western “Gunsmoke.” “Boot Hill” background music sometimes included bass flute to convey the loneliness of death on the western prairie for those who defied the law. (Source: Digital Commonwealth.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/27b0f7e8-285d-421a-96bc-8e631afd862b/Record+label+of+Prelude+a+L%27apress+Midi+d%27un+faune.jpg Blog - The Versatile Flute Family - Make it stand out An early recording of Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” in which the flutist is Marcel Moyse who had earlier played the piece under the composer’s direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/0a029f89-10f8-4c23-83de-db39b29cfa5e/Record+label+The+Philadelphia+Orchestra.jpg Blog - The Versatile Flute Family - Make it stand out This iconic recording of “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” from 1959 features the legendary flutist, William Kincaid, at a time that I was studying with him.. It was one of several he recorded with the orchestra. In the first version, under conductor Leopold Stokowski, the flute sound was intentionally muffled by placing a handkerchief over the fingers to achieve the mystical quality that the conductor was after. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/66f3b5ae-380e-4e32-8863-5cdf7d09a352/Vaslav+Nijinsky_Adolf+de+Meyer.jpg Blog - The Versatile Flute Family - Make it stand out Vaslav Nijinsky helped make “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” famous when he began dancing the part of the faun in 1912 for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe in Paris. (Source: Adolf de Meyer.) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2024/9/16/one-hundred-years-of-harpists monthly 0.5 2024-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/427ecf24-622d-44da-83c6-4bd8db18c8a1/Carolos+Salzedo+1936.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out Carlos Salzedo meticulously instructing one of his students in 1936 on properly muffling the harp strings. (Photo credit: Kosti Ruohomaa Black Star Collection, Penobscot Marine Museum, ©Black Star.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/e2b050dc-a760-403d-ac2c-fb4e8dc7f547/Carlos+Salzedo+1924-snip.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out Carlos Salzedo in 1924, the year he inaugurated the harp department at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. A few summers later he would establish the Salzedo Harp Colony in Maine. (Source: Carlos Salzedo - Wikipedia, accessed 9/10/24.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/3368b93b-1fb0-4786-b8d5-53e2518c711f/Carlos+Salzedo+with+Heidi+Lehwalder.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out It didn’t matter whether they were nine-year-old prodigies like Heidi Lehwalder (pictured above) or harpists already advanced in the profession; they flocked to Camden, Maine each summer to study with “Maître.” (Photo: Carlos Salzedo | Harp Wiki | Fandom.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/53c7b30b-cdc6-4a7a-9009-56a330d9b9fa/Alice+Chalifoux.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out Alice Chalifoux in Maine in her ninties, still teaching many hours each summer day. Credit Camden (Maine) Herald. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/ad9acdec-1522-4c97-8fdd-453de4bd302a/7+harpists.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out Seven harpists rehearse in the Rockport (Maine) Opera House in July 2024 while thirteen additional covered harps sit ghostlike on the stage awaiting their use later in the weekend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/bb489b9a-7f63-4d48-a5f5-e4d291c695d8/Harpists+performing+in+Camden%2C+Maine%E2%80%99s+Bok+Aamphitheater+1936.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out Harpists performing in Camden, Maine’s Bok Aamphitheater during the summer of 1936. (Photo credit: (photo credit: Kosti Ruohomaa Black Star Collection, Penobscot Marine Museum, ©Black Star.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/a8aaa2ce-53c2-4f11-9f11-3a7767fde8c6/Paula+Page+conducting+25+harpists+in+the+Bok+Amphitheater+in+Camden%2C+Maine+2024.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out Paula Page conducting 25 harpists in the Bok Amphitheater in Camden, Maine in works by Carlos Salzedo (July, 2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/d17b5ee5-6751-4ece-945d-2031dd16316a/Margarita+Csonka%2C+Thomas+Wolf%2C+Andrew+Wolf.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out As a fifteen-year-old flutist, I was coached by Salzedo along with nineteen-year-old harpist Margarita Csonka on the Debussy trio, a work Salzedo had studied with the composer. Csonka joined the Philadelphia Orchestra a month later. My brother, Andy, holding the music, had organized the concert. (Photo: Luboshutz-Goldovsky-Wolf archive.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/3170231b-c3bd-4cec-b28c-1382885754b9/Detail+of+guest+room+at+Salzedo+House%2C+one+of+many+designed+by+Jules+Bouy.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out Detail of guest room at Salzedo House, one of many designed by Jules Bouy. (Source: Alyce Rideout.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1af177cf-6ee3-4434-b8ad-81f7029aec41/Lyon+%26+Healy%E2%80%99s+Salzedo+model+harp%2C+originally+designed+by+Witold+Gordon.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out Lyon & Healy’s Salzedo model harp, originally designed by Witold Gordon, was based on Art Deco design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/0f51b9db-8a98-44e5-bafd-268afdc89b18/Salzedo+Harp+Colony+class+photo+from+1953.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out Salzedo Harp Colony class photo from 1953. Salzedo towers above the group on the right. (Source: Alyce Rideout.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/2a5ed8dd-a4e7-4a2e-9fbb-f11ad3daf1cc/Memorial+bench+%28detail%29%2C+Camden%2C+Maine+dedicated+in+2024.jpg Blog - One Hundred Years of Harpists - Make it stand out Memorial bench (detail), Camden, Maine dedicated in 2024. (Thomas Wolf photo.) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2024/7/9/classical-music-going-to-the-dogs monthly 0.5 2024-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/7690bee2-88b8-42d4-8ffa-be005b5ae9fe/His+Master%27s+Voice.jpg Blog - Classical Music—Going to the Dogs? - Make it stand out His Master’s Voice (1898) by Francis Barraud. Public Domain image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/8e8fec6d-78c4-4ff4-8cdf-457fd9cc21ec/Black+Key+with+Genia+and+Pierre.jpg Blog - Classical Music—Going to the Dogs? - Make it stand out “Black Key,” the dog that preceded Vodka, being hugged by my Great Aunt Genia, Unfortunately, Black Key was remarkably untalented, musically speaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/85721ba4-b31d-4bdb-a0f9-271d138b7eda/Pierre+and+Genia+in+Maine+with+%E2%80%9CVodka.jpg Blog - Classical Music—Going to the Dogs? - Make it stand out Pierre and Genia in Maine with “Vodka” soon after acquiring her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/e2c1acee-1764-4638-816c-f902cea6ab52/Three+pianists%E2%80%9D+photo+%28Genia%2C+Vodka%2C+and+Pierre.jpg Blog - Classical Music—Going to the Dogs? - Make it stand out “Three pianists” photo (Genia, Vodka, and Pierre) in Musical America, January 1, 1954. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/aa929a2a-2d89-4640-a684-611a746122b4/Pierre+Luboshutz%2C+Genia+Nemenoff%2C+and+Vodka+on+the+%E2%80%9Cthree-piano%E2%80%9D+tour.jpg Blog - Classical Music—Going to the Dogs? - Make it stand out Pierre Luboshutz, Genia Nemenoff, and Vodka on the “three-piano” tour when Vodka made her debut on stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b6afd0e4-81c2-4edc-bc94-d871628a4096/Vodka_by_the_piano_Luboshutz_and_Nemenoff_concert_March_28_1958.png Blog - Classical Music—Going to the Dogs? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2024/5/23/handling-bad-reviews-rule-for-musicians monthly 0.5 2024-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/94bc2a34-ef20-4a58-9b92-50f4a84a251a/Nicolas+Slonimsky.jpg Blog - Handling Bad Reviews - Make it stand out Nicolas Slonimsky collected dozens of bad reviews from Beethoven’s time to the mid-twentieth century in his book, Lexicon of Musical Invective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/02a805b4-7d41-416c-827c-da6beea53cdb/Max+Reger.jpg Blog - Handling Bad Reviews - Make it stand out Composer, Max Reger, responded to a negative review by suggesting it was headed for his toilet where it belonged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/6e0421ec-7345-450d-9950-fd125babf939/Goldovsky+Opera+Theatre.jpg Blog - Handling Bad Reviews - Make it stand out The Director of the Goldovsky Opera Theatre promised his singers on the first day of the tours that they need not worry—he would not read any of the reviews, a promise that others in positions of authority might emulate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/e159981a-770b-4b06-bb32-e793b1f12ebe/Luboshutz-Hofmann+program.jpg Blog - Handling Bad Reviews - Make it stand out Copy of the Luboshutz-Hofmann program at Carnegie Hall that received flattering reviews. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/0fa9cec8-efbd-4b44-9a35-fd17a8f8b1c1/Lea+Luboshutz+and+Felix+Salmond+in+Maine.jpg Blog - Handling Bad Reviews - Make it stand out Lea Luboshutz and Felix Salmond in Maine at about the time of the concert and devastating review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/4a82639a-33b8-4594-b7f1-f3fd21d350fb/Josef+Hofmann.jpg Blog - Handling Bad Reviews - Make it stand out Curtis Director, Josef Hofmann, did not appear to take the review too seriously based on the fact that all the faculty members remained at the Institute and Boris Goldovsky received this generously inscribed photograph. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2024/4/24/how-a-maine-fishing-village-became-the-curtis-institute-of-musics-secret-weapon monthly 0.5 2024-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/0683fd39-abe5-4e01-a56d-fa01ac868c3a/Curtis+Institute+of+Music.jpg Blog - How a Maine Fishing Village Became the Curtis Institute of Music’s Secret Weapon - Make it stand out The Curtis Institute of Music in its early days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b969a0ee-ed32-4fa0-bde1-0910814f1b77/Rockport+%28Maine%29+harbor.jpg Blog - How a Maine Fishing Village Became the Curtis Institute of Music’s Secret Weapon - Make it stand out Rockport (Maine) harbor at about the time that Mary Curtis Bok began her transformation of the waterfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/0f6746d3-df89-410d-bcb1-77473117a031/Josef+Hofmann.jpg Blog - How a Maine Fishing Village Became the Curtis Institute of Music’s Secret Weapon - Make it stand out Josef Hofmann, the Curtis Director who insisted there be a summer colony where students could continue year-round instruction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/215f4a69-279f-42ca-b4ad-d7ae53bf550b/1934+Map%2C+sign%2C+amphitheater.png Blog - How a Maine Fishing Village Became the Curtis Institute of Music’s Secret Weapon - Make it stand out Top image: Map showing the many waterfront properties in Rockport, the majority of which Mrs. Bok had acquired by the date of the map (1934). Bottom image: Captain Eels’ boat barn was purchased by Mrs. Bok, which she had converted into a concert hall. On right: Mrs. Bok had an outdoor amphitheater constructed surrounded by a park designed by the Charles Olmsted firm (the same firm that designed Central Park in New York). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/3f1b67df-c891-40fe-a3b4-be43686900c4/Conductor+Eugene+Ormandy+relaxing+in+Rockport%2C+Maine+with+pianist+Genia+Nemenoff+%28left%29+and+violinist%2C+Lea+Luboshutz+%28right%29..jpg Blog - How a Maine Fishing Village Became the Curtis Institute of Music’s Secret Weapon - Make it stand out Conductor Eugene Ormandy relaxing in Rockport, Maine with pianist Genia Nemenoff (left) and violinist, Lea Luboshutz (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/c7ceb2d6-fa67-4933-a5ea-d7e9763c9c37/Sokoloffs+and+harpists.png Blog - How a Maine Fishing Village Became the Curtis Institute of Music’s Secret Weapon - Make it stand out Top image: Pianists Eleanor and Vladimir Sokoloff, Rockport, Maine. Bottom image: Harpist Carlos Salzedo’s students in the amphitheater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/bd27f7c0-94e9-4a2e-98ad-d6d056e184a0/Mary+Curtis+Bok+Zimbalist+with+Efrem+Zimbalist+on+their+wedding+day+in+1943.jpg Blog - How a Maine Fishing Village Became the Curtis Institute of Music’s Secret Weapon - Make it stand out Mary Curtis Bok Zimbalist with Efrem Zimbalist on their wedding day in 1943. As of 1941, he had become Director of the Curtis Institute of Music that she had founded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/9bdce152-d60a-4b83-bac3-d851439cb174/Baychamber+Concerts+program+cover+1961+and+renovated+concert+hall.png Blog - How a Maine Fishing Village Became the Curtis Institute of Music’s Secret Weapon - Make it stand out Left image: Program cover from first season of Bay Chamber Concerts in 1961 for which Curtis’ founder, Mary Curtis Bok Zimbalist, [1] was the honorary chair and patron. A quartet of Curtis students opened the series. Right image: The renovated Rockport Opera House built in 1891 became the place there Curtis students and faculty played. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/fa9be4e4-b787-4287-b977-900d59180b3c/New+community+music+center%2C+Rockport%2C+Maine%2C+July+2024.jpg Blog - How a Maine Fishing Village Became the Curtis Institute of Music’s Secret Weapon - Make it stand out This new community music center, nearing completion, will open during the summer of 2024. It will continue a Maine tradition established by Mary Louise Curtis Bok a hundred years ago. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2024/3/4/will-artificial-intelligence-spell-the-end-of-high-quality-violin-pedagogy monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/c3294366-0c99-4f9f-91ee-90e6ff7f1f0d/Paul+Taffanel+%26+Shinichi+Suzuki.png Blog - Will Artificial Intelligence Spell the End of High-Quality Violin Pedagogy? - Make it stand out Top: Many flutists trace their lineage back to Paul Taffanel (1844-1908) and use his studies as part of their instruction. Does citing a pedagogue who died more than a hundred years ago make them better players? Source: Unattributed, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Bottom: Shinichi Suzuki developed a revolutionary method for teaching the violin. Though originally controversial, it has been part of the learning process for millions of students since the mid-20th century. Source/credit: Nimajs, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/a09555b8-2eb0-4936-b0f4-3753139184c7/Suzuki_violin_recital.jpg Blog - Will Artificial Intelligence Spell the End of High-Quality Violin Pedagogy? - Make it stand out A violin instructional group. According to one criticism, a significant amount of group teaching too early encourages students to develop bad habits that would get eradicated much earlier through individual instruction. Another claims group instruction prevents students from developing their own unique voice. Source/credit: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/0137957c-74e8-40c6-80f0-793634138496/Bremen-_Hahn21_%28cropped%29.jpg Blog - Will Artificial Intelligence Spell the End of High-Quality Violin Pedagogy? - Make it stand out Superstar violinist, Hilary Hahn, began her studies as a Suzuki student and endorses the method. Source/credit: Quincena Musical, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/d7c34bb3-04e4-479e-8c45-dd7cd067d9c0/boy+with+violin+internet+instruction_alamy.jpg Blog - Will Artificial Intelligence Spell the End of High-Quality Violin Pedagogy? - Make it stand out A child learning violin via the internet. Such teaching and learning became ubiquitous during the COVID pandemic and now is considered quite acceptable as a teaching approach. Source/credit: famveld / Alamy Stock Photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/07743c83-246d-4962-a4d4-887d01d262f1/Matthew+Garcia.jpg Blog - Will Artificial Intelligence Spell the End of High-Quality Violin Pedagogy? - Make it stand out Matthew Garcia, who taught himself how to play the viola on the internet and became sufficiently proficient to play with many competitive ensembles. Source:/credit: Matthew Garcia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b80c5874-765d-4b4a-a92f-14b462b47e4e/Irina+Muresanu.jpg Blog - Will Artificial Intelligence Spell the End of High-Quality Violin Pedagogy? - Make it stand out Irina Muresanu, the violinist member of the University of Maryland team exploring the potential role of artificial intelligence in violin pedagogy. Source/credit: Irina Muresanu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b2ef0bfc-a1c4-4bc4-9c18-59d435f58d5a/A+student+in+the+Play+On+Philly+program.jpg Blog - Will Artificial Intelligence Spell the End of High-Quality Violin Pedagogy? - Make it stand out A student in the Play On Philly program where Steven Holochwost conducted research showing the positive impact of studying an instrument and academic achievement and executive functions. Source/credit: David DeBalko, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/6a84376d-7d9e-4dad-82ff-6d01b4a53438/4314529654_b0ddbb933f_o.jpg Blog - Will Artificial Intelligence Spell the End of High-Quality Violin Pedagogy? - Make it stand out Seniors playing piano. Such activity can sustain good memory and the ability to solve complex problems. Source/credit: Arlington County on Flickr, with CC license. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2024/1/15/the-magic-bullet-eight-prescriptions-for-bringing-back-audiences monthly 0.5 2024-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/d4b15273-6fc5-418b-bcbe-0ffcda11334c/single+bullet.jpg Blog - The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences - Make it stand out Is there a magic bullet for fixing the audience problem in the performing arts? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/24cd2042-1516-4a3d-9c4e-79d3403f115d/multiple+bullets.png Blog - The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences - Make it stand out Lots of magic bullets to solve the audience development problem. And none appear to work consistently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/d819614f-fc25-4608-8ecc-dd6cde113b84/Leonard+Bernstein.png Blog - The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences - Make it stand out The late conductor, Leonard Bernstein, speaking to an audience at Tanglewood. Some respondents to the Royal Philharmonic survey believed that if more conductors would do so, audience numbers would go up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/456e9453-1064-487d-89dc-70640b9040c8/Audience.jpg Blog - The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences - Make it stand out Many classical music audience members are quite senior and like things the way they are. They are also often people who do not fill out audience surveys which tends to bias the results indicating that most people want change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/3f08a417-0197-43ea-b6da-2522c2abdd32/Yuja+Wang.jpg Blog - The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences - Make it stand out Yuja Wang plays a recital accompanied by art works by David Hockney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/9914ccf0-bcf1-4551-911b-9569242014f3/dessert+table.png Blog - The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences - Make it stand out A table at the Grand Toer Restaurant at the Metropolitan Opera that is prepared to serve a pre-ordered dessert at the first intermission to a group of five attending the opera together. A so-called “initiator” bought the tickets and organized the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/376a4362-4b50-4bdf-953e-58265d9c8392/report+cover.png Blog - The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences - Make it stand out The so-called “Americanizing Report” called for many changes for orchestra institutions aligning repertoire with modern American culture. The result, it was said, would have a positive impact on audience interest and attendance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/9fd90057-6e73-4263-b2db-a4eefab480a5/Florence+Price.jpg Blog - The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences - Make it stand out The African-American composer, Florence Price (1887-1953), whose work was largely ignored by major musical organizations during her lifetime is being programmed frequently these days. Conductor Riccardo Muti claims her third symphony is—“a fantastic piece, well-written, well-orchestrated”—and he is taking on the European tour of the Chicago Symphony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/5ceef531-20a8-44de-9b0c-d5ba674c3406/chart.png Blog - The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/d8ecebf2-db1c-4fa3-894a-d0f586d41385/Conductor+Benjamin+Zander.jpg Blog - The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences - Make it stand out Conductor Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. The quality of the ensemble is quite extraordinary even though most of the young people will not pursue music as a profession. The hall is routinely full for the Orchestra’s concerts. There is a strong correlation between young people who play instruments and later concert attendance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/399d072c-4c6c-466a-bef8-0b1a9b3a8400/Yo+Yo+Ma.jpg Blog - The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences - Make it stand out There is no question that Yo Yo Ma is a celebrity who can consistently fill halls of any size. But what about filling the hall for the rest of the season? https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2023/10/11/three-strands-of-a-jewish-musical-tradition monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/25fa8829-5a38-4b20-abba-1afebed2a8c5/Maine+Jewish+Museum+in+Portland.jpg Blog - Three Strands of a Jewish Musical Tradition - Make it stand out The Maine Jewish Museum in Portland. It was here that I was to deliver a pre-concert lecture on “The Jewish Musical Tradition.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/39dbcf08-2ec6-427a-aa8c-7f57c95bf7f6/Abraham+Mendelssohn.jpg Blog - Three Strands of a Jewish Musical Tradition - Make it stand out Abraham Mendelssohn, Felix’s father, who converted to Christianity and refused to have his son circumcised as would have been required by the Jewish faith. The drawing was by his son-in-law, the artist, Wilhelm Hensel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b1798189-f99b-4c91-94fa-cdd486f6d550/Moses+Mendelssohn.jpg Blog - Three Strands of a Jewish Musical Tradition - Make it stand out Moses Mendelssohn, Felix’s grandfather, in a famous portrait by Anton Graff (1773). He was one of the most important Jewish philosophers and theologians of the German Enlightenment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/3b46c4d3-dc6d-4486-bd38-b03ca6cf6a0f/Felix+Mendelssohn.jpg Blog - Three Strands of a Jewish Musical Tradition - Make it stand out Felix Mendelssohn at about the time he wrote his opus 12 string quartet at the age of 20 in a drawing by Mary Evans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/a99491eb-9f23-406b-976a-13376a12dbbc/Paul+Ben-Haim.jpg Blog - Three Strands of a Jewish Musical Tradition - Make it stand out Israeli composer, Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984), born Paul Frankenburger in Munich, Germany, wrote music that drew on Jewish modal music with ancient origins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/7185df63-1722-44c2-a0ac-bd26d4733c3d/Eug%C3%A8ne+Ysa%C3%BFe.jpg Blog - Three Strands of a Jewish Musical Tradition - Make it stand out Eugène Ysaÿe, first violinist of the Ysaÿe Quartet that premiered the string quartet of Claude Debussy in 1893. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b1f113ea-28b4-4ce6-868e-50d21c80e8c5/Koussevitzky+grave+stones.JPG Blog - Three Strands of a Jewish Musical Tradition - Make it stand out Serge Koussevitzky’s gravestone along with those of his two wives is prominently etched with a cross (photo credit: Bridget Carr). Even a memorial stone located nearby, donated by the Israel Symphony Orchestra has a cross at the bottom indicating that this Jewish musician converted and died a Christian. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2023/9/20/bravo-encore monthly 0.5 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/11fba149-05af-418b-8d54-d43612630ee3/%E2%80%9CThe+Concert%E2%80%9D+by+James+Joseph+Jacques+Tissot.jpg Blog - Bravo! Encore! - Make it stand out My grandmother, Lea Luboshutz, was famous for her encores. She played eleven of them at her first concert in Carnegie Hall in 1907 at the age of 22 and just as many or more in the great salons in her native Russia. I have always loved this particular painting which I first saw at the Manchester Art Gallery in England because it is how I imagine my grandmother must have appeared at those salon concerts as she prepared to play an encore. The painting is “Hush” or “The Concert” by James Joseph Jacques Tissot (1875). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/8296bb11-2a21-4396-b6da-56b97e58abd7/Sviatoslav+Richter.jpg Blog - Bravo! Encore! - Make it stand out Sviatoslav Richter, the great Soviet pianist, did not have to rely on any tricks when it came to encores. Audiences always demanded them. At his debut concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra, he ended the program with the hour-long second Brahms concerto and then repeated not one but two final movements adding another 25 minutes to the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/e0753300-c0c4-4287-abb6-c5fc0563b512/standing+ovation.png Blog - Bravo! Encore! - Make it stand out A standing ovation at the sold-out historic Opera House at a summer concert in Rockport, Maine where we often played. My hunch is that my mother, sitting up near the front, was the first to stand up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/c9b28b79-8bd2-4440-93c6-4b9b1ee784aa/Andy+%26Tom+Wolf+-+flute+and+piano+-+circa+1960.png Blog - Bravo! Encore! - Make it stand out My brother Andy and I as teen-agers, playing an encore at a house concert. Even by this age, we had already been schooled in how to elicit the “demand” for encores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b5f85ba2-c4f5-4044-aa71-fc46748de31f/Jules+Massenet.jpg Blog - Bravo! Encore! - Make it stand out Jules Massenet, the composer of the Méditation from the opera Thaïs (1894). It was one of my grandmother’s favorite encores that I too could play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/88473763-fdac-423c-9cbf-93fdbdec1249/Genia+and+Pierre.jpg Blog - Bravo! Encore! - Make it stand out My great Aunt Genia and Uncle Pierre. They were elegant and regal and refused to hurry off stage and rush back again for an encore. Their more deliberate method of a slow walk and several minutes back stage before returning was entirely in character and always worked for them. I never attended one of their concerts when they didn’t play at least two encores. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2023/9/20/what-can-we-learn-from-banff monthly 0.5 2023-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/53c4a145-7fc0-48eb-a22b-51c8a0a2a863/Barry+Shiffman.png Blog - What Can We Learn from Banff? - Make it stand out Barry Shiffman, the innovative Director of the Banff International String Quartet Competition and Festival was a founding member of the Saint Lawrence String Quartet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/74d7f5cc-ea41-4a39-8aef-e88713ea524a/Anna+%C5%A0tube.jpg Blog - What Can We Learn from Banff? - Make it stand out Not all the events at the Banff International String Quartet Festival feature quartets. Barry Shiffman likes to introduce other musicians to his audiences and in 2023, this included the remarkable 17-year-old violinist Anna Štube. A video profile of Anna is supplemented by a performance video of Wagner’s Albumblatt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/c010f30a-0b44-48b4-92e5-90177b686a77/Elk+in+Banff.jpg Blog - What Can We Learn from Banff? - Make it stand out An elk ambled by as I came out of one of the concerts and I couldn’t resist snapping this photograph. Located in a national park, Banff can boast plenty of wildlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/4cf0c4d3-cdae-45c5-a941-2873b367e02a/Ceramics+facility%2C+Banff.jpg Blog - What Can We Learn from Banff? - Make it stand out One of three outdoor kilns that supplement more than ten inside. The ceramics facilities and equipment constitute some of the best in the entire country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1113d6df-0cb7-4f76-a348-0f0fd0ee8aab/dining+hall%2C+Banff+Centre.jpg Blog - What Can We Learn from Banff? - Make it stand out Views from the dining facility at the Banff Centre. For those attending the String Quartet Festival, the Centre provides a full package of meals and accommodations with everything, including performance venues within easy walking distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/5396bd0a-22bc-40e5-9bb7-15447a46ffc7/Michael+Bridge.jpg Blog - What Can We Learn from Banff? - Make it stand out Calgary accordionist, Michael Bridge, astonished audiences with his remarkable technique, especially in a special arrangement of the last movement of the Brahms G minor piano quartet performed with three string players from the Festival. (CBC photo.) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2023/8/3/want-to-improve-your-musicianship-try-this-fczed monthly 0.5 2023-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/58dc6364-419b-4552-ae92-83452451c0e9/Muir+String+Quartet.jpg Blog - Want to Improve Your Musicianship? Try this! - Make it stand out Mike Reynolds, second from left, with his colleagues from the Muir String Quartet (Steven Ansell. Lucia Lin, and Peter Zazofsky). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/c2877643-20c3-4cd0-b377-803e3fc776df/Biozaman+montana+1950.jpg Blog - Want to Improve Your Musicianship? Try this! - Make it stand out Bozeman, Montana in the 1950s when the Reynolds family moved there. Not exactly a booming capital for classical music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/98eef088-833b-4397-b3aa-7015cea0fe7e/Mike+Reynolds+with+cello+streamside.jpg Blog - Want to Improve Your Musicianship? Try this! - Make it stand out The fishing is slow, so Mike Reynolds decides to practice his cello streamside. (Photo Bob Durling.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/e7ad939f-66e1-40bb-9f7f-e6e57b468247/box+of+flies.jpg Blog - Want to Improve Your Musicianship? Try this! - Make it stand out A good fisherman may have several boxes of fishing flies in an endless variety of patterns. It is best to change flies often until you find the right one just as it is important to practice difficult musical passages any variety of ways until you achieve mastery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/7a7f2793-166e-4106-b438-7b16864b3f6a/Pinky+Gillum+fly+rod.jpg Blog - Want to Improve Your Musicianship? Try this! - Make it stand out A “Pinky Gillum”—the “Stradivarius” of fly rods. Finding great equipment, like finding a great instrument, is an important strategy for effective execution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/93ba115e-3893-4131-9461-319d8ce92466/Lucia+Lin+with+rod.jpg Blog - Want to Improve Your Musicianship? Try this! - Make it stand out Muir Quartet and Boston Symphony violinist, Lucia Lin, decked out for an early fly fishing lesson. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2023/6/8/the-world-is-a-poorer-place-losing-two-musical-giants-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2023-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/86bd4118-b21a-47c8-8782-6e6755c43eb0/Menahem+Pressler-edit.jpg Blog - The World is a Poorer Place – Losing Two Musical Giants By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Menahem Pressler in 2009 one year after the disbanding of the Beaux Arts Trio at age 84. His concert schedule did not let up though. It simply shifted to solo work and other kinds of chamber music well into his nineties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/ce1e5f0b-bd38-4226-a6d5-009398ad3f1a/Beaux+Arts+Trio.jpg Blog - The World is a Poorer Place – Losing Two Musical Giants By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out The Beaux Arts Trio in 1980 (from left: Menahem Pressler, Isador Cohen, Bernard Greenhouse) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b84c6c92-cb76-4156-91d1-ad24107dbe42/Saint+Lawrence+String+Quartet.jpg Blog - The World is a Poorer Place – Losing Two Musical Giants By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out The most recent iteration of the Saint Lawrence String Quartet (from left): Christopher Costanza, Leslie Robertson, Owen Dalby, Geoff Nuttall. Geoff and Leslie were founding members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/4fa1be22-d268-4046-9f20-39d03762b510/Geoff+and+Tom.jpg Blog - The World is a Poorer Place – Losing Two Musical Giants By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Tall and lanky, Geoff Nuttall, violinist and founding member of the Saint Lawrence String Quartet with me at an after-concert party. I used to joke that he was such a great musician and so tall, he would always be looking down at me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/e88e9ba3-cc50-4902-91b4-bbf5c521048c/Menachem+and+Tom.jpg Blog - The World is a Poorer Place – Losing Two Musical Giants By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Menachem Pressler with me after a concert in which he was wearing one of my father’s ties. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2023/5/30/does-every-city-need-an-orchestra-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2023-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/588ca992-9b88-4be7-a6a9-0cfe0aa7f65a/Nadia+Boulanger.jpg Blog - Does Every City Need an Orchestra? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979), the esteemed French musical pedagogue. Musicians who wanted to burnish their resumés would often claim her as their teacher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/77ba812b-5a5e-4710-8cd1-b0c20da66365/New+Orleans+Symphony+Group.jpg Blog - Does Every City Need an Orchestra? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Polish-born Alexander Hilsberg, conductor of the New Orleans Symphony (right), recounting a story to my European musical relatives who had just played the Mozart triple piano concerto with his orchestra. The story Hilsberg told captured what he considered the musical ignorance of so many in American audiences. (from left: Nella Hilsberg, my uncle Boris Goldovsky, uncle Pierre Luboshutz, aunt Genia Nemenoff, and Hilsberg.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/661e2602-e3a4-4bf9-9719-bf3fa3e68da3/Jordan+Hall.png Blog - Does Every City Need an Orchestra? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Most people who know about orchestras are familiar with the sterling reputation of Boston’s Symphony Hall. What they may not know is that Boston’s healthy orchestra scene (which supports multiple orchestras) depends on other venue jewels like Jordon Hall pictured above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/719d8b75-69dd-4efe-8de9-414f53b79ba4/Orlando+Philharmonic.jpg Blog - Does Every City Need an Orchestra? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out An educational program of the Orlando Philharmonic. The ratio of such programs to formal classical concerts often needs to be significantly higher for orchestras in smaller cities. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2023/4/27/musical-immigrants-how-luboshutz-and-nemenoff-found-success-in-america-part-ii-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/96a9c9dd-94fc-4c0d-8b2f-f4dd429c0257/Immigrants.jpg Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Luboshutz and Nemenoff Found Success in America - Part II by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Immigrants arriving from Europe at Ellis Island. Many were musicians who found success in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/ba7de4b2-e01e-45ff-845b-5284f59ab33d/L%26N+in+NYC.jpg Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Luboshutz and Nemenoff Found Success in America - Part II by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Luboshutz & Nemenoff in their New York apartment at about the time they launched their joint career in 1936. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/aa691fb1-b20b-4a83-b242-396c3fdaba34/L%26N+at+end+of+tour.jpg Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Luboshutz and Nemenoff Found Success in America - Part II by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Luboshutz & Nemenoff returning from first tour (photo in Musical Courier, 1937). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/38298529-9e1b-44ed-bb8e-2276ef92ed47/L%26N+facing+pianos.png Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Luboshutz and Nemenoff Found Success in America - Part II by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Luboshutz & Nemenoff practicing in their New York apartment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/d44977a2-d90b-449c-8b7a-28010d44ea50/PL+Music.png Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Luboshutz and Nemenoff Found Success in America - Part II by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out One of many transcriptions by Pierre Luboshutz that both enhanced the concert repertoire for two pianos and were popular with amateurs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/e79a03dd-fe54-4dba-98c2-8a8a8fc2bd88/L%26N+in+ME+%231.png Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Luboshutz and Nemenoff Found Success in America - Part II by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out The artists in repose – piano duo Pierre Luboshutz & Genia Nemenoff enjoying some well-deserved rest and relaxation during summers in Maine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/99a1832c-8cf4-4b63-93a3-81b4c71aa2e8/L%26N+in+ME+%232.png Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Luboshutz and Nemenoff Found Success in America - Part II by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/3675959d-1bd9-4386-8734-7056688a5326/PL+grave.jpg Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Luboshutz and Nemenoff Found Success in America - Part II by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Gravestone of Pierre Luboshutz & Genia Nemenoff in Seaview Cemetery, Rockport, Maine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/fc49ff07-1370-4378-9dd7-04096672e302/L%26N+Publicity.png Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Luboshutz and Nemenoff Found Success in America - Part II by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out RCA Victor Red Seal Record ad – music lovers could now listen to great artists in your own home. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2023/4/5/musical-immigrants-how-two-pianists-found-success-in-america-part-i-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2023-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/c25fba76-8fe9-4246-bfd0-1233a0632515/P%26G+concert+attire.jpg Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Two Pianists Found Success in America - Part I by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Pierre Luboshutz & Genia Nemenoff’s formal portrait in concert attire by Bruno of Hollywood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/fc709335-c4c4-42fb-8908-0cb0f60357b3/K+Luboshutz.jpg Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Two Pianists Found Success in America - Part I by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Pierre Luboshutz’s mother—Katherine—who ran the family piano business in Odessa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1f19b2ed-3ff0-401f-9b50-e514b4975255/Nemenoff+Family.jpg Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Two Pianists Found Success in America - Part I by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out The Nemenoff Family in Paris circa 1908. Genia is on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b9aef7a8-5b7c-4993-bfcd-9f2b1ceaeaf1/Lea+and+Anna.png Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Two Pianists Found Success in America - Part I by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Anna Luboshutz (left), cellist, and Lea Luboshutz, violinist, both considered prodigies, paved the way for their brother Pierre at the Moscow Conservatory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/94bcd307-509c-4730-a91b-7b871390a73d/Pierre.jpg Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Two Pianists Found Success in America - Part I by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Pierre Luboshutz, age 24, ten years before leaving Russia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/54d18821-7fe5-4bcb-a2f5-739c02cfa192/S-PH-LT0002d+-+Luboshutz+trio-Edit.jpg Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Two Pianists Found Success in America - Part I by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out The Luboshutz Trio Lea, Pierre, and Anna became one of the most famous chamber groups in Russia. Had political events been different, all three would most likely have stayed in Russia where successful careers were assured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/7f959e6b-d76f-440e-9472-c3b8cef0b853/P%26G+at++home.jpg Blog - Musical Immigrants: How Two Pianists Found Success in America - Part I by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Pierre Luboshutz & Genia Nemenoff soon after settling in the United States. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2023/3/13/musical-excellence-for-music-directors-does-anything-else-matter-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2023-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/72822319-40c7-4f31-a9bf-bf22b070c429/Dudamel.jpg Blog - MUSICAL EXCELLENCE - For Orchestra Music Directors, Does Anything Else Really Matter? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Gustavo Dudamel with young musicians in Venezuela (photo by Daniel Velma) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/d5ceac36-9b51-4515-902d-c5e9b6931e0a/Koussevitzky.png Blog - MUSICAL EXCELLENCE - For Orchestra Music Directors, Does Anything Else Really Matter? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out The symposium too place at Serenak, at one time the summer home of Serge Koussevitzky, former music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra with its magnificent views as pictured here (photo courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/6e9a4294-94a9-4c65-8035-6897dcf7fe0f/Ozawa.png Blog - MUSICAL EXCELLENCE - For Orchestra Music Directors, Does Anything Else Really Matter? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out At the time of the symposium in 2001, Seiji Ozawa was one of five major music directors who was planning to step down from his post. There was a real question of what the profile of successors would or should look like. Photo by Stu Rosner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b1f48cd2-469c-4df6-bb6d-6d7934942807/Eschenbach.jpg Blog - MUSICAL EXCELLENCE - For Orchestra Music Directors, Does Anything Else Really Matter? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Christoph Eschenbach, one of a number of high profile music directors conducting and touring with Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra—USA (photo courtesy of Carnegie Hall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b40d394c-db6e-455c-aaa5-073f8449dfd7/New+World.jpg Blog - MUSICAL EXCELLENCE - For Orchestra Music Directors, Does Anything Else Really Matter? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Soundscape Park in Miami with its large screen where many of Michael Tilson Thomas’ evening concerts with the New World Symphony have been projected to be enjoyed free of charge by community members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/daf32c70-16c5-400b-82ce-7f2818f66d0d/Alsop.jpg Blog - MUSICAL EXCELLENCE - For Orchestra Music Directors, Does Anything Else Really Matter? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Marin Alsop with young musicians from OrchKids, a program she founded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/60b8295f-8ca0-4fe1-be42-a937b449fe4e/Makela.jpg Blog - MUSICAL EXCELLENCE - For Orchestra Music Directors, Does Anything Else Really Matter? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Young Finnish conductor, Klaus Mäkelä. Will he and others of his generation demonstrate a strong commitment to a young generation of potential music lovers and musicians, a local community (or several), and the orchestra art form itself? https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2023/2/1/who-paid-for-all-those-free-concerts-you-got-to-be-kidding-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2023-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/ead0f873-ac82-42f1-a50d-933af2925d32/Recording+industry+strike.png Blog - Who Paid for All those Free Concerts…? You Got to Be Kidding! By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out One of the longest labor actions in American history was a musicians strike against the recording industry that began in 1942. It lasted more than two years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/7a21e6ef-e62e-4982-b90e-08c421fd8fe3/Duke+Ellington.jpg Blog - Who Paid for All those Free Concerts…? You Got to Be Kidding! By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Duke Ellington by photographer Gordon Parks. Ellington’s recording of “Take the A Train”—one of the popular hits recorded before musicians went on strike—indicated just how devastating a successful labor action could be to the revenues of record companies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/0b823b2e-6eb0-4318-a756-3cc8cb4a47a7/Roosevelt.jpg Blog - Who Paid for All those Free Concerts…? You Got to Be Kidding! By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Few labor leaders would have ignored a directive from a popular war-time President. But Roosevelt’s demand that Petrillo end the strike went unheeded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/b67bc689-bd45-429b-b40d-a480ff012103/Rosenbaum.jpg Blog - Who Paid for All those Free Concerts…? You Got to Be Kidding! By Thomas Wolf Samuel R. Rosenbaum, the first trustee of the Music Performance Trust Fund, had the confidence both of the record company executives on the one hand and Petrillo and his musician members on the other. It didn’t hurt that Rosenbaum’s wife, Edna Phillips, was the principal harpist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and a union member. Photo by Bachrach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/50a8f52f-08e0-4012-832e-f292b20d24af/Sam+Rosenbaum+speeches.jpg Blog - Who Paid for All those Free Concerts…? You Got to Be Kidding! By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Sam Rosenbaum delivering one of countless speeches around the country urging community leaders to provide local matching support to programs sponsored by MPTF (photo courtesy Joan Rosenbaum Solaun). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/81725ac7-e91f-4810-8653-f75a96ae2255/Edna+Phillips.jpg Blog - Who Paid for All those Free Concerts…? You Got to Be Kidding! By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Edna Phillips, principal harpist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and wife of Samuel Rosenbaum. To honor her, he had a tiny harp printed at the bottom of every check issued by the MPTF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/c88ed919-2938-4c19-84b5-f4ba2168407e/NO+French+Quarter+Festival.jpg Blog - Who Paid for All those Free Concerts…? You Got to Be Kidding! By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out As communities opened up after the most intense period of the COVID pandemic, MPTF played an important role in encouraging audiences to attend musical programs once again. This concert, sponsored by MPTF together with the American Federation of Musicians Local 174-496, helped keep the music flowing in the New Orleans community (photo courtesy of the Musician Performance Trust Fund and the French Quarter Festival) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2022/12/14/the-tyranny-of-specialization-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2023-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/8b36de1d-3795-49c5-809e-a5ec40922d07/1taimanov.jpg Blog - The Tyranny of Specialization by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Can a concert pianist also be a chess champion? How realistic is it to have multiple professions in an age of specialization? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/2d58b13e-24b2-49d2-9173-0a778a2d4de9/L+Bernstein.jpg Blog - The Tyranny of Specialization by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Conductor Leonard Bernstein in his other roles as composer and pianist. Was it really possible to do all those things well? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/cb5695a9-4e91-4e34-9b08-5a3e0f648b91/Rattle+and+Kozena.jpg Blog - The Tyranny of Specialization by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Mezzo-soprano, Magdalena Kožená appearing with her husband, Simon Rattle, in a song recital, with the conductor in the role of collaborating pianist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/38d85d06-5dbe-4b22-8920-56613c0e2481/D+Oistrakh.jpg Blog - The Tyranny of Specialization by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Can one imagine the iconic recordings of David Oistrakh with a pianist other than Lev Oborin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/3326abf5-f4dd-4d91-a1ed-ed5f9dc79878/Yuja+Wang.jpg Blog - The Tyranny of Specialization by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Yuja Wang coming on stage to perform Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2022/11/16/maybe-we-need-all-those-arts-administrators-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2024-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/6a6700bd-95cd-45eb-86cf-9b548d0c1283/Take+a+breath.jpg Blog - REBUTTAL: Maybe We Actually Need All Those Arts Administrators by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Lourdes Starr-Demers: In many organizations, there is rarely the time to pause, take a deep breath, reassess the situation, and possibly rethink and redesign staff structures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/0c8a6dc2-f2cc-44b4-ab52-732547971c16/J+Kluger.jpg Blog - REBUTTAL: Maybe We Actually Need All Those Arts Administrators by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Joe Kluger: “Administrative expenses are like cholesterol: some are bad and should be minimized, while others are good and should be maximized.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/e74f42b7-9695-45b8-b235-c4b2cc2dd4f4/ROI.jpg Blog - REBUTTAL: Maybe We Actually Need All Those Arts Administrators by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/2d4edbf7-c479-48b8-bcb3-b8561b4ed03e/S+Thompson.jpg Blog - REBUTTAL: Maybe We Actually Need All Those Arts Administrators by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Stanford Thompson: “For small and emerging organizations, many of which are led by people of color, building out a competent administrative staff is one of the keys to success. Small administrative teams are often not adequate to do the job.” https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2022/9/21/how-many-arts-administrators-does-it-take-to-change-a-lightbulb-by-thomas-wolf-1 monthly 0.5 2022-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1663765980589-VRC581GNBG493XYAG4TQ/Many+workers.png Blog - How Many Arts Administrators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out How many (fill in the blank) does it take to change a light bulb? If the question is how many administrators does it take to run an arts organization, some people would answer “too many.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1663765121552-CZVQN025Z09U1AGYDFQU/Many+players.jpg Blog - How Many Arts Administrators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out It can take upwards of a hundred musicians to perform some orchestral music. Do we really need so many administrators to produce their concerts and run these organizations? And shouldn’t these uniquely talented musicians be paid as much as those in senior management who are responsible for running these organizations? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1663765291346-JUMRVCBEVR3DJN2I086S/Squeezing+head.jpg Blog - How Many Arts Administrators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out With the addition of so many events to sell, greater pressure was placed on ever-expanding marketing departments to squeeze blood from stones [i.e., come up with more creative (and often expensive) ways to convince new audience members to purchase tickets]. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1663765371378-G578SBM6WM365SVTD8G9/Fancy+dinner.jpg Blog - How Many Arts Administrators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Over time arts organizations not only had to compete with ever more ticket-selling entertainment options but with the expanding fine dining sector. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1663764940463-974KH1XU20NY4SDVUPZZ/Heart+of+Art.png Blog - How Many Arts Administrators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2022/8/24/live-performing-arts-events-for-every-man-woman-and-child-a-look-back-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2022-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1661349478719-HP2T89TM6GQDE6Z4OF85/Church+as+concert+venue.jpg Blog - Live Performing Arts Events for Every Man, Woman, and Child: A Look Back By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out In small towns, whether in churches, high school auditoriums or make-shift venues, Community Concerts offered local people a chance to hear some of the finest performers of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1661351387206-8BU16L4KP5J3KCKJ4ALR/Screenshot+2022-08-24+102748.jpg Blog - Live Performing Arts Events for Every Man, Woman, and Child: A Look Back By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1661349587585-8R70DXGMU7D7XT1PING1/Don+Giovanni.jpg Blog - Live Performing Arts Events for Every Man, Woman, and Child: A Look Back By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Imagine attending a fully staged production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni by Goldovsky Opera Theatre, right on your local high school auditorium stage for the price of a few dollars compliments of Community Concerts. This presentation from 1971, of which I was a part, went to over 50 communities, many quite small. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1661349782692-NXGCCY94DAJXL0YTGO5P/Civic+Concert+Music+Program.jpg Blog - Live Performing Arts Events for Every Man, Woman, and Child: A Look Back By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out An inscribed Civic Music Association program by my great aunt and uncle (the duo-piano team Luboshutz & Nemenoff) from Waco, Texas (April 19, 1940). The New York management office supplied these generic programs free of charge to presenters though they lacked the details of the time and place of the event. Enterprising presenters or audience members had to write that information in themselves. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2022/5/10/why-does-most-writing-about-music-so-often-miss-the-point-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2022-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1652190579061-0F7N5SRS48JTP8MH2AD3/Suzanne+Langer.gif Blog - Why Does Most Writing About Music So Often Miss the Point? By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Suzanne Langer: Her book Philosophy in a New Key explains why it is so difficult to clearly describe a piece of music so that someone else will be able to imagine it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1652190714424-YHQACBZJUZZ7V3XBHQPQ/Cezanne+picture.jpg Blog - Why Does Most Writing About Music So Often Miss the Point? By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out How would you describe this painting by Cézanne if you wanted someone to be able to recreate it without the benefit of looking at it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1652190842569-GBK4ZID97ZHZX6B7A73F/Sinfonie+in+C.jpg Blog - Why Does Most Writing About Music So Often Miss the Point? By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1652190907772-CRY74DTEUAZQJQ2S2326/Glass+Bead+Game.jpg Blog - Why Does Most Writing About Music So Often Miss the Point? By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse. This magnificent novel provides additional insight about why it is so difficult to convey what music sounds like from one person to another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1652191115425-4JU2SQIPKT73M2LRXHC8/George+Bernard+Shaw.jpg Blog - Why Does Most Writing About Music So Often Miss the Point? By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out George Bernard Shaw, himself a distinguished music critic, had little patience for music writing that was overly technical in nature. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2021/11/3/its-never-too-late-to-start-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2022-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1635959372786-NREYA07L9NSAD68JSU1F/Pierre+and+Genia.jpg Blog - It's Never Too Late to Start by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out The duo-piano team of Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff. They enjoyed a close relationship with Serge Koussevitzky, the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, whose inscribed photograph sat on one of their pianos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1635959471731-JU1KPXR3MZ7THU7CGT6R/Boris+and+Pierre.jpg Blog - It's Never Too Late to Start by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Boris Goldovsky (left) and his Uncle (and first piano teacher) Pierre Luboshutz discussing the possibility of performing together, possibly at Tanglewood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1635959663287-0XQBJI87XLZ1MVKG7SMR/Pierre%2C+Genia%2C+and+Boris+%231.jpg Blog - It's Never Too Late to Start by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Publicity photo for the 1956 three-piano Mozart tour featuring Pierre Luboshutz, Genia Nemenoff, and their nephew, Boris Goldovsky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1636038780882-H3DC6M3X6PJ2Y0A91H7E/S-PH-LNG0001+-+Luboshutz%2C+Nemenoff%2C+Goldovsky+-+3+piano+Mozart+tour+-+Pierre+conducting.jpg Blog - It's Never Too Late to Start by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Pierre practicing his conducting skills in publicity photo for 1956 Mozart tour with wife, Genia Nemenoff, and his nephew, Boris Goldovsky. In fact, he never conducted when both Boris and Genia were playing together…but he insisted that the photo be used anyway. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2022/4/12/how-a-musical-misprint-led-to-a-named-psychological-phenomenon-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2023-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1649776565371-0D5E5OH7KH4FQDUV4UDC/Waltteri+Seretin.jpg Blog - How a Musical Misprint Led to a Named Psychological Phenomenon by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Waltteri Seretin, the Finnish boy who noticed that the image purported to be a Russian submarine that had been distributed by Reuter was actually a film clip from the movie “Titanic.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1649776635916-FC5GS4WK078S3NVPBOHC/George+Armitage+Miller.jpg Blog - How a Musical Misprint Led to a Named Psychological Phenomenon by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out George Armitage Miller (1920-2012), often referred to as the father of the cognitive revolution in psychology, whose seminal paper “The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two” established experimentally the limit of information we can process at any one time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1649776709312-T4NTMKSEVJ0ZJXDR6BKI/Herber+Simon.jpg Blog - How a Musical Misprint Led to a Named Psychological Phenomenon by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001), a psychologist whose seminal paper on the abilities of skilled chess players to recreate game board from memory led to speculations about musical sight reading and the discovery of the Goldovsky error. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1649776781567-RVOU1BJUFQR7XXPKSODR/Boris+Goldovsky.jpg Blog - How a Musical Misprint Led to a Named Psychological Phenomenon by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out “You are playing the wrong note,” said Boris Goldovsky to his student. But to his surprise, she was playing a misprinted note that neither the composer, the publisher, the proofreader, nor scores of pianists, had ever caught. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2022/3/17/women-musical-trailblazers monthly 0.5 2022-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1647535548982-8MQ7QV0N829L8DFEHMAR/Phil+Orch+Program.jpg Blog - Women Musical Trailblazers by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out All-Beethoven programs of the Philadelphia Orchestra on November 15 and 16, 1940. The three soloists in the concerto were women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1647535662517-0TQGBQ15CRGKPGYO7UYW/Elsa+Hilger.png Blog - Women Musical Trailblazers by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Elsa Hilger as a young prodigy cellist in Vienna with her Guarnerius cello, a gift to her at the age of thirteen—one of the three female soloists at the All-Beethoven concerts in 1940 in Philadelphia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1647535822400-I07KVFSHXCPVYKUFTJY7/Edith+Braun+and+Lea+Luboshutz.jpg Blog - Women Musical Trailblazers by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Edith Braun, pianist, performing with Lea Luboshutz, violinist, during the spring of 1939 at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music where both women were faculty members. While Luboshutz had trained at the Moscow Conservatory and established a distinguished career as a soloist in Europe, Braun had trained at a midwestern college in the United States and her early professional experience was accompanying the Marysville (Ohio) Church choir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1647535997918-6QMJFV6BQZFOG0LTK10Z/Luboshutz+Trio.jpg Blog - Women Musical Trailblazers by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out The Luboshutz trio in 1913: Lea (left), Pierre (center), Anna (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1647536103231-HOPVAAUCGB16BLNZXEP9/Hilger+Trio.jpg Blog - Women Musical Trailblazers by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out The Hilger trio in 1920: Maria (left), Elsa (center), Greta (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1647536205823-0X5SNQL5XEU0GRKRD1IL/Elsa+Hilger+Portrait.jpg Blog - Women Musical Trailblazers by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Elsa Hilger as I remember her in a portrait by Monica Acee. She played in the Philadelphia Orchestra for 35 years, only missing a single concert on the day her son was born. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1647536301901-PYW9QXT0SDNTEJD3RMQZ/Lea+Luboshutz+with+Phil+Orch.jpg Blog - Women Musical Trailblazers by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Lea Luboshutz at a rehearsal for her final concerts as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1945. Elsa Hilger is on the right. Between bows, she planted a kiss on Maestro Eugene Ormandy’s cheek which caused a minor sensation as noted by the critics. Such stage etiquette was completely unknown at the time. (photo by Adrien Siegl) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1647536400312-DGOCOOQQRDHZ1TK4I7VT/Edith+Braun.jpg Blog - Women Musical Trailblazers by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Edith Braun in her office at the Curtis Institute of Music where she taught theory, composition, and history until 1972. She became a friend and semi-patroness of Curtis graduates, composers Samuel Barber and Gian-Carlo Menotti. (courtesy Diana Steiner collection/Curtis Institute of Music Archives) https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2022/3/23/could-it-happen-again-the-fate-of-the-other-russian-musicians-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2022-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1648048330632-9BXLLGBAK7RAQAVUEXSL/Valery+Gergiev.jpg Blog - Could it Happen Again? – The Fate of the Other Russian Musicians By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Conductor Valery Gergiev, a supporter of Putin who is being shunned by organizations in the west. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1648048432472-KJ2SKQQN08UMUK0O0LZB/Violin+Label.jpg Blog - Could it Happen Again? – The Fate of the Other Russian Musicians By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Label inside a violin made by a member of the Amati family in Cremona in 1662. The Soviet government started confiscating fine Italian instruments like this one in 1920 that were owned by musicians considered flight risks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1648048729924-CZVEPSEJNMM53LJG0G07/Anatoly+Lunacharsky.jpg Blog - Could it Happen Again? – The Fate of the Other Russian Musicians By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Anatoly Lunacharsky, the first Commissar (Minister) for Education and Art in the Soviet Union who intervened to restore Lea’s Luboshutz’s violin to her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1648048908270-DTEBM8OWCYL72GA0ECAP/Lunacharsky+letter.jpg Blog - Could it Happen Again? – The Fate of the Other Russian Musicians By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out The top-secret Lunacharsky letter of 17 December 1921 that led to the return of my grandmother’s violin that had been confiscated by the Soviet state [courtesy of the Glinka Museum of Musical Culture (Moscow)]. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1648049036062-513CAEEIAM16FPHE0ACC/Lea+and+Boris.jpg Blog - Could it Happen Again? – The Fate of the Other Russian Musicians By Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Lea Luboshutz fled Soviet Russia in 1922 taking her recently returned violin and her young son, Boris Goldovsky, with her to serve as her accompanist. 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Sometimes a wonderful hall with superior acoustics can itself be a motivator of a great performance. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2021/10/13/why-should-we-listen-to-old-recordings-or-any-recordings-for-that-matter-by-thomas-wolf monthly 0.5 2022-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1634145593642-7C2AQ8B9FBWSOBQQEWIO/REcording+studio.jpg Blog - Why Should We Listen to Old Recordings (or Any Recordings for That Matter)? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out An early recording studio. 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The performances were often far more spontaneous and fun than our concerts and recordings even if there were many wrong notes. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/blog/2022/1/11/what-is-lost-when-musical-tastes-change-by-thomas-wolf-3Wu6Z monthly 0.5 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1641927695855-0RE0T59ZJRB426425JMK/Reis+pic.jpg Blog - What is Lost When Musical Tastes Change? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Composer, Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838), friend, pupil, and secretary of Beethoven. His music is virtually unknown today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1641927836297-BS9NW8NKZ99ZM5AQ5I7I/Telemann+pic.jpg Blog - What is Lost When Musical Tastes Change? by Thomas Wolf - Make it stand out Georg Philip Telemann (1681-1767). In his time, he was far more famous than his contemporary, J. S. 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The violin she is holding is a magnificent example of the work of Nicolo Amati, the eminent luthier from Cremona, Italy. It was a gift from the wealthy Russian banker, Lazar Polyakov, who had been Lea’s patron while she was a student at the Moscow Conservatory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635753203-Q3CD9XO34OJ6764PLCP3/5.+S-PH-LL0034+-+Lea+sitting+with+violin.png Photographs 1880-1930 - Publicity Portrait of Lea Luboshutz Lea, in one of her first official publicity portraits. The violin she is holding is a magnificent example of the work of Nicolo Amati, the eminent luthier from Cremona, Italy. It was a gift from the wealthy Russian banker, Lazar Polyakov, who had been Lea’s patron while she was a student at the Moscow Conservatory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551888867526-8CFC2UFFLKLLZXAMTCCP/2.+Cesar+Franck.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Cèsar Franck The Belgian composer who presented his great sonata for violin and piano to his countryman, the violinist Eugène Ysaÿe in 1886. Subsequently, Ysaye taught the piece to Lea Luboshutz. © Lebrecht Music Arts / Bridgeman Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635749377-1TXEF89AJS3HSDV06P31/1.+S-PH-OG0005.2+-Portrait+of+Onissim+-+Cropped.PNG Photographs 1880-1930 - Portrait of Onissim Goldovsky Onissim Goldovsky was Lea’s patron and later the father of her children. Some have claimed that this portrait was painted by Leonid Pasternak who assisted Onissim in putting together a publication in 1901 to raise money for indigent Jews. Pasternak’s wife, Rosa, a pianist, performed for a brief time with Lea and her sister Anna, including at Tolstoy’s memorial service in Moscow. The Pasternak’s son Boris became world famous as the author of Doctor Zhivago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635748871-LAM0NGFX1PZEDM9FMI9I/2.+220px-Apollinaria_Suslova%5B1%5D.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Polina Suslova Polina Suslova, the mistress of Dostoyevsky and later the wife of Onissim’s friend, the philosopher Vasily Rozanov. During a summer visit to the pair in Bryansk, Onissim rejected Polina’s advances and paid dearly for it. In her anger, she denounced him to the police. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635749005-EMWH2N4APM2GEGYY2OYQ/3.+%D0%A3%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%5B1%5D.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Prince Alexander Ivanovich Urusov Prince Alexander Ivanovich Urusov was one of the great legal minds in Russia in the 19th century. Onissim benefited greatly from his tutelage and patronage. It was Urusov who introduced Onissim to the younger man’s future wife, Rashel Khin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551889003508-4Q8JKGZF92WMYOHB04EG/Rashel+Khin.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Rashel Khin Rashel Mironovna Khin, Onissim Goldovsky’s wife, was considered one of the great intellectuals of her day. A writer and translator of major French works, she also hosted a salon in Moscow and at her country estate. For years, she rejected the warnings of friends that her husband was unfaithful to her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635760627-TCZDCOO3W32IFW7GFF0I/4.+X-TRA+-+Wolf+clan+%28circa+1910%29+-+Billy%27s+father+all+the+way+to+the+right.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - The Wolf Family The Wolf clan, German Jews who settled in Philadelphia, became leaders of the business community there. It was Walter (Billy) Wolf who married Lea and Onissim’s daughter, Irina (later Irene). Billy’s father, Albert is the child pictured all the way to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635755478-VL8Q4QN20YDD6UGNC3BW/6.+S-PH-AL0012+%E2%80%93+Anna+Luboshutz-Edit.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Anna Luboshutz Anna Luboshutz, Lea’s younger sister, was also a prodigy and like Lea won the gold medal at the Moscow Conservatory. Unlike the rest of the family, she stayed in the Soviet Union after the 1917 Revolution with her husband, the physician Nikolai Shereshevsky. Despite his eminence, he was arrested on trumped up charges as part of Stalin’s infamous “Doctors’ Plot” in 1953. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635759675-988ZUUW2FELY6R1WZYP3/7.+S-PH-PL0002+-+Pierre+Luboshutz+-+Photo+with+unidentified+gentlemen.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Pierre Luboshutz (left) Pierre (left), the youngest of the three Luboshutz siblings, was a pianist. Like his sisters, he also graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and began performing as an accompanist for many of the leading instrumentalists and singers of the day. The unidentified gentleman on the right may be one of these performers. Does anyone know who he is? Please let the author know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635759966-52UZONUMYRA390CK7U2N/8.+isadora_duncan%5B1%5D.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Isadora Duncan Isadora Duncan, the American dancer who established a whole new technique of free-flowing movement, became quite popular in Russia. Her style of dance and her flamboyant reputation made it difficult to find an accomplished pianist who would work with her. Young Pierre Luboshutz had no qualms and worked with her for several years. It was Duncan who helped Pierre leave the Soviet Union after the Revolution of 1917. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635764253-3MLRS901P2TFNDXUKMCR/9.+X-tra+-Luboshutz+trio+circa+1913.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - The Luboshutz Trio It was perhaps inevitable that the three Luboshutz siblings would form a trio to capitalize on Lea’s growing fame. The group was in great demand throughout Russia. During a single tour in 1913-1914, the group played in fifty cities during a five-month period, a remarkable accomplishment given the fact that performances took place during the harsh winter months when travel was challenging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635766364-B8HK1ULUQALOEFBAVUAN/10.+Lea+photo+inscribed+to+Mrs.+Rosenwald+of+Sears+fortune+-+Copy.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Lea, 1925 Publicity Photograph During her 1925 tour of the United States, Lea made an effort to meet wealthy music lovers who could become her patrons. Among them was Mrs. Lessing Rosenwald, whose husband was heir to the Sears fortune. In examining the inscription on this photo, one can see that Lea had still not settled on the final Anglicized spelling of her name and includes a “c” in “Luboschutz,” which by the next year was eliminated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635765466-P0GZ9VK7QG9GQYBTK5LU/11.+Yuri+Goldovsky.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Yuri Goldovsky Yuri Goldovsky, oldest son of Lea Luboshutz and Onissim Goldovsky, showed great promise as a mathematician, matriculating at Moscow University at the age of sixteen. Coddled by the Soviets and treated well by his Aunt Anna’s family, he had no intention of leaving the Soviet Union despite Lea’s pleas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551889366259-ALHFNVSAPR468PV8QYX5/Young+Boris+and+Lubo.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Boris Goldovsky Boris Goldovsky, Yuri’s younger brother and Lea and Onissim’s second son, became a professional musician out of necessity at the age of nine, accompanying his mother, to help support the family after the Russian Revolution. His earliest concert attire was a sailor suit as pictured here. He continued to appear in high-profile concerts with Lea in Western Europe and the United States. Eventually he became a conductor and opera producer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549648811129-WHGACUGRQ3DRS5ADF1MT/13.+S-PH-IGW0021+-+Irene+Wolf+on+shipboard+%281929%29.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Irina (later known as Irene) Goldovsky Irina (later known as Irene) Goldovsky, Lea’s third and youngest child, was born nine years after her brother Boris, just at the time the Russian Revolution was breaking out in 1917. At one time, Lea had hopes that Irina might have a career as a dancer. Eventually that idea was abandoned in favor of bringing Irene up as a proper lady who would dress elegantly, have perfect manners, and marry a rich man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549648824561-7Q0295OLRT744MID8UL1/14.+S-PH-M0002+-+Mary+Louise+Curtis+Bok+inscribed+to+Lea+Luboshutz+also+in+Lea+Luboshutz.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Mary Louise Curtis Bok Mary Louise Curtis Bok, the daughter of the founder of the Curtis Publishing Company, put her immense fortune to work in founding the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Lea joined the Curtis faculty in 1927 and the two women enjoyed a close friendship until Lea’s death nearly forty years later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551889154422-6UWHLERG55FX484ZW7P9/A-6.+photograph+of+the+Nightingale+stradivarius.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Lea’s Stradivarius The “Rossignol,” or the Nightingale Stradivarius violin, was a gift to Lea from the Naumberg family. Note the magnificent back of the violin from a single piece of maple cut on the slab. This was Lea’s concert instrument from the late 1920s until her retirement and eventually went to one of her students, Rafael Druian, upon her death in 1965. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635773201-X6HIM0C42D7GUT9N08OC/15.+2017-08-30+13.12.47.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Harbor at Rockport, Maine In 1929, Mrs. Bok decided to establish a Curtis summer music colony in Rockport, Maine. Faculty members of the Institute, including Lea, were encouraged to bring students who would benefit from year-round instruction. The transformation of Rockport’s commercial waterfront required year-round employment of scores of local men who had lost their jobs with the advent of the world-wide Depression. Rockport and its neighboring town, Camden, were thus spared the worst effects of the economic downturn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549635776041-309DYTZIJ2YSOHGA7FT5/16.+2017-10-03+17.01.48.jpg Photographs 1880-1930 - Rockport Village This view of Rockport Village from the outer Harbor is enhanced by the Camden Hills in the background. Today, the harbor is a favorite destination of yachtsmen who can enjoy gourmet restaurants only a short walk from the shore. 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She was also an attraction for many of the adolescent male music students, much to the concern of her mother, Lea, and her grandmother, Katherine (Gitel). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551896775410-YOZW4QP29879VY9QZIO3/17.+S-PH-IGW0023+-+Irene+Wolf+at+unknown+beach+in+bathing+suit.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Irene at the Beach Irene (as she was called once she came to America) loved the ocean and proved a strong swimmer. She was also an attraction for many of the adolescent male music students, much to the concern of her mother, Lea, and her grandmother, Katherine (Gitel). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551892907254-NF40PFB7VOTINHT5FZUJ/18.+X-TRA+-+S-PH-LL0058+-+Lea%27s+house+in+Maine+-+Mary+Lea+Cottage.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Lea’s House in Maine Lea’s house in Maine she named Mary-Lea Cottage in honor of her friendship with Mrs. Mary Curtis Bok. With a spectacular view of the harbor and a large room for music making, Lea could not part with it once the Curtis Institute decided to end the summer music colony due to its heavy expense in 1945. With the help of her son-in-law, Lea purchased the property from the School and, upon her death, it was inherited by Irene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551892908502-291EJCZZ46E1JC145SF1/19.+X-tra+-Billy+Wolf+on+horseback.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Billy Wolf Lea did not anticipate that she would find a husband for Irene when her daughter was only fifteen. But she was not about to let Billy Wolf slip away. He came from an established Jewish family in Philadelphia and was wealthy enough that he could afford to go fox hunting on weekends and ensure that Irene would be well cared for. Billy promised Irene that he would provide her with the six children she desired (three boys and three girls) and in time the promise was kept. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551893996556-3KCG6LFCQBYYMPZXJBUQ/20-PH-BG0020+-+hoffman+headshot+inscribed+to+Boris-Edit.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Josef Hofmann The great pianist, Josef Hofmann, was the Director of the Curtis Institute who hired Lea and became her recital partner and, most likely, her lover. He was disparaging about Boris’s ability as a pianist and would only accept Lea’s son as a Curtis student if he specialized in conducting. Though initially a great disappointment for Boris, who had anticipated a major career as a pianist, it turned out to be a blessing. Working under the esteemed Fritz Reiner, Boris not only learned the conductor’s craft but also began specializing in directing and producing opera, eventually heading the opera department at Curtis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894011191-FX285T6Q7WA3O4L7FI6V/21+-+Pierre+Luboshutz+and+Genia+Nemenoff.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Pierre Luboshutz & Genia Nemenoff While in Paris, Pierre became the piano teacher of Genia Nemenoff. The two fell in love, eventually married, and moved to the United States. Soon thereafter, they formed the duo-piano team, Luboshutz & Nemenoff, and became more famous than Lea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894029395-EDCY65913EDISL88TS7F/22.+X-TRA+-+S-PH-LF0006+-+Lea%2C+Pierre%2C+Genia%2C+with+Ormandy%27s+2016-09-20+14.42.38.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Relaxing with Eugene Ormandy Pierre, Genia, and Lea all appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Music Director Eugene Ormandy. All of them enjoyed a relaxing moment at Lea’s house in Maine joined by Mrs. Ormandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894040470-6TX41NXPQJPGA0XPSTGD/23.S-PH-MSMC-CC0007+-+451+eell%27s+boat+barn+1.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Post-concert Reception at the Captain Eels’ Boat Barn Mrs. Bok purchased and renovated Captain Eels’ Boat Barn in Rockport for concerts. In this photograph at a post-concert reception, Lea is speaking with Jascha Brodsky, first violinist of the Curtis Quartet. Harpist Carlos Salzedo stands to her left. Other quartet members (violist Max Aronoff and cellist Orlando Cole) can be identified by the bows they hold in their hands. Pianist Vladimir Sokoloff, with mustache, stands to the right of the photo. (Courtesy Curtis Institute of Music Archive) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894049639-TED5RWPRTK2KHKWZ6JFE/24.+From+left%2C+Leonard+Bernstein%2C+Sarah+Caldwell%2C+Boris+Goldovsky+and+Seymour+Lipkin+in+pit+at+Tanglewood+-+NY+Times+%281952%29.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Planning “Trouble in Tahiti” with Leonard Berstein Boris was invited to teach at the Berkshire Music Center (Tanglewood) by Serge Koussevitzky in 1940 and became head of the Opera Department soon after. Here he is seen planning the premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s opera “Trouble in Tahiti” with the composer, Boris’ assistant Sarah Caldwell, and Seymour Lipkin (in the pit). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894127670-ECJIY09K5ECYELTTMXEN/25.S-PH-LL0050+-+Lea+Luboshutz+in+her+first+car+-Maine+circa+1935.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Lea’s First Automobile Lea learned to drive in Maine and soon after purchased her first car. In time she was able to drive the round trip between Philadelphia and Maine, much to the concern of her daughter Irene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894176445-3OW3SZ51XZ9K8NZLVP95/26.+IMG_6309-Edit.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Lea at a Rehearsal with the Philadelphia Orchestra In 1945, at age 60, Lea still had the elegant deportment for which she was famous. According to the reviewers, she was still at the top of her form. According to her students, she still had “her chops.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894201467-6S2I0A7022FW5B13G9PZ/27.+S-PH-LF0003+-+Katherine%2C+Lea%2C+Pierre+Luboshutz%2C+Genia+Nemenoff+in+Maine+2016-09-20+14.42.36-1.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Pierre, Babushka, Lea, and Genia Near the end of her life, Lea and Pierre’s mother, Katherine (Gitel), could feel great satisfaction that her aspirations for her children had been realized. Her summers in Maine were relaxing and fun — especially the evening poker games with various Curtis musicians. By this time everyone called her “Babushka.” In this photo (left to right) are Pierre, Babushka, Lea, and Genia (Pierre’s wife). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894202084-CQMSXCJM6AUUTPZ5QYKO/28.+S-PH-LL0013+-+Boris+and+Lea+%28head+shot%29.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Lea and Boris Lea and Boris began to grow apart after his marriage in 1933. Lea often second-guessed Boris’ career choices and regularly criticized his wife, Margaret. Boris was careful to remain a loving son but did so from a distance (it helped that he lived in Boston and Lea in Philadelphia). One thing that helped keep them close were occasional joint recitals which Boris, now increasingly famous, could arrange whenever he wanted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894237694-YWWIVH9E3PWF41I0NBOT/29.+Lea+-second+from+left-+after+soloing+with+Montreal+Women%27s+Symphony+Orchestra+conducted+by+her+student+Ethel+Stark+-third+from+right.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Mentoring Other Women Lea had success teaching women as well as men. One of her successful female students was Ethel Stark who co-founded and led an orchestra made up entirely of women — the Montreal Women’s Symphony Orchestra — that was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. This photo was taken when Lea, second from left, performed with the group. Ethel is third from the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894256299-UNZ8S1D5YS1CAZTTM4MQ/30.+Lea+and+Leopold+Godowsky.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Leopold Godowsky Many people thought Leopold Godowsky, the great pianist, composer, and teacher, was related to the family. In fact, his name was spelt differently, he was Polish, not Russian, and only met Lea when both had emigrated to the United States. Both musicians admired each other and his was the only fan letter that the family found with her papers when she died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894253128-LCCZ5UN4RGKGFA98XYUP/31.+Rockport+Boat+Club+Fireplace+made+possible+by+Lea%27s+benefit+concert+-+1951.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Rockport Boat Club Throughout her summers in Rockport, Maine, Lea made a point of playing benefit concerts for local organizations. This practice continued after her retirement including a 1951 benefit to raise money for a new flagstone fireplace in the main meeting room of the Rockport Boat Club of which she became an honorary member. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551896185649-47COH2K4Y9BR2XMAXT88/32.+S-PH-LNG0001_Page_1.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Genia, Pierre and Boris Rehearsing, 1956 Genia Nemenoff, her husband Pierre Luboshutz, and their nephew Boris Goldovsky prepare for a tour commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Mozart in 1956. For Pierre, it provided an opportunity to conduct for the first time in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1553635077205-CG5JXAW0XYQMGC1MTFEA/psnypl_the_4373u.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Lea, Marlene Dietrich, and Leo Lerman, 1957 In her later years, Lea was a fixture in the Philadelphia social scene. Her photo would appear frequently in the society pages of local newspapers in conjunction with local galas, often with the guest of honor. Here she is at the Philadelphia Fashion Group’s tribute to Marlene Dietrich in 1957. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894258023-3ZHAP49ZVVQK0ORUM2PJ/33.+S-PH-LL0036+-+LL+with+grandsons+photo+from+Philadelphia+Bulletin.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Lea and Grandsons Tom, Nick, and Andy in 1960 Lea supervising three grandsons in a music session (from left, Tom, Nick, and Andy). At one time she had told a reporter that none of her grandchildren had musical talent. But by the time this photo was taken for a newspaper article in 1960, Lea had changed her tune and believed that at least one of her grandchildren should pursue a performing career. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894260558-RMJPDU82IMBKSTI45DCE/34.+X-TRA+-Lea+on+beech+in+Maine+circa+1960.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Enjoying the Beach Lea sitting on her rocky beach in Maine. Throughout her seventies, Lea continued to swim every day in the cold Maine ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894278845-K0H9WP0LD1HBU3NNLESJ/35.+S-PH-A%2BTW0001b+-+Andrew+%26+Thomas+Wolf+-+first+publicity+circular+for+camp+tour+-+1959-1960.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Brothers and Business Partners Andy and Tom Wolf enter the concert business in 1960 with a tour of ten girls’ camps in Maine. This is their very first promotional offering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894475020-KAJXOPVSHO3OD5JP3DTJ/36.+SMALL+-+Irene+and+Billy+Wolf+with+their+six+children+-+circa+1970.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Irene, Billy, and Their Family Irene, Billy, and their family of six children. From left: first row – Andy, Cathy, Lucy; second row – Sani, Tom; back row – Nick, Irene, Billy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894416560-T6T1PO3ZZE01KUN0H1VH/37.+S-PH-MSMC-BCC0007+-+Rockport+Maine+Opera+House.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Rockport Opera House In 1972, the Rockport (Maine) Garden Club undertook a renovation of the Rockport Opera House. Built in 1891, it had not been used for performances for decades. Boris assisted with the renovation of the performance space and Andy and Tom Wolf decided to move their Bay Chamber Concerts series there in 1974. Since that time, the organization has offered over 1,000 concerts there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894419916-EWCUFR6ZRIAZKL1X9VRC/38.+S-PH-MSMC-OH0010+-+painting.jpg Photographs 1931–present - The Rockport Opera House's Historic Painted Curtain The historic painted curtain at the Rockport Opera House depicts a scene looking toward Rockport from its outer harbor. The curtain stays closed until concert time so the audience can enjoy the beautiful scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894418771-RFGRLGQBWR66C7C4RCM7/39.+S-PH-A%2BTW0002a+-+Andy+and+Tom+Wolf+lying+under+tree+%281%29+-+circa+1975+-+Rockport%2C+Maine+-+Nancy+Scanlan+phoo.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Tom and Andy Wolf Tom (left) and Andy Wolf relax and discuss the upcoming summer season of concerts at Lea’s place in Rockport, Maine. The tree they are leaning against produced the apples that Lea used to make many quarts of apple sauce for the winter months. (photo by Nancy Scanlan) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894420153-HOB8XVJP56FH44QF4QVP/40.+S-PH-BG0013+%E2%80%93Boris+Goldovsky+in+bathrobe+in+Maine+%281980s%29.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Boris Relaxing in Maine As Boris aged, his visits to Maine were entirely for relaxation. He would often spend the entire day in his pajamas and wrapped in a bathrobe that he had bought decades before when he had spent the summer with Lea in St.-Jean-de-Luz. A straw hat capped the outfit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1551894421752-0IRCCDF8YML39VP0JZ79/41.+Andy%27s+grave+at+Seaview+Cemetery+in+Rockport%2C+Maine.jpg Photographs 1931–present - Andy’s Grave at Seaview Cemetery Andy’s grave at the beautiful Seaview Cemetery in Rockport, Maine. Pierre and Genia are buried in graves close by, as was their wish. https://www.nightingalessonata.com/the-nightingales-sonata daily 0.75 2019-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1549554787272-UDNMD0FF34HV18K4JNE1/Franck_pg1.jpg The Nightingale's Sonata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c48b94c2714e5229b8adc61/1548275493024-EPRTZLZ01F4GTXGVI9XX/The%252BNightingale%252527s%252BSonata-AD-cmyk-bleed.jpg The Nightingale's Sonata The Nightingale’s Sonata: The Musical Odyssey of Lea Luboshutz by Thomas Wolf. Publisher: Pegasus Books. Publication date: June 4, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-64313-067-5. $27.95 U.S. | $36.95 Canada; Hardcover: 366 pages; 16 pages of B&W photographs. Language: English. 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