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Q & A with Zubin Mehta on Making Music After a Historic War
When the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), conducted by Zubin Mehta, played at Walt Disney Concert Hall in October, it was part of a farewell tour for the 81-year-old maestro, who will retire in October 2019.Born in India and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra from 1962 to 1978, Mehta is much attached to […]
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Towering Voices at 9/11 Flight 93 Memorial
This Sunday September 9, 2018, The National Park Service will mark the dedication of “The Tower of Voices,” a 93-foot high tower of wind chimes that stands in Pennsylvania, at the entrance to the 2,200 square National Memorial Park dedicated to the 40 heroes of Flight 93 who perished on 9/11. View Original Article […]
The Getty Museum's Freakin' Amazing Ancient Hebrew Manuscript
“Freakin” Amazing!”Those are words I never expected to hear from Rabbi Steven Leder, the senior Rabbi at Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles (the congregation to which I belong).Rabbi Leder was marveling at the Getty Museum’s latest acquisition, The 13th Century Rothschild Pentateuch (which is also the first Hebrew manuscript in the Getty’s collection). View […]
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Woven Women: Helen and Dido Tapestries at the Norton Simon
As I stood before the magnificent tapestries and tapestry cartoons (full sized drawings made in preparation for weaving) on display in “Once Upon a Tapestry: Woven Tales of Helen and Dido” at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena (on view until May 27, 2019) I wondered if during the Middle Ages persons of means looked […]
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MØ Waves, MØ Better Sound
Danish singer-songwriter MØ (Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen ) was singing “I assure you I would dye my hair in crazy colors just to make you smile,” from her song Nights With You, dancing and striking poses that were silhouetted on a giant scrim behind her as her band played and a sophisticated light show […]