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The VSO strike is over.
Cristian Markos. cellist. Star Wars, The return of the orchestra.
VSO strike.
Angela Schneider. Violist. With notable exceptions musicians are bottom feeders. Their income does not equal their expertise.
VSO strike.
Zoltan Rozsnyai. Cellist. Musicians work long hours, from 10am rehearsals to evening concerts which may last beyond 10.30 pm. not home to kiss the children goodnight.
VSO strike.
Natasha Boyko. Generally one only hears a conductor at rehearsals.
VSO strike.
Otto Tausk. Conductors with international reputations such as Otto Tausk expect orchestras to perform to international standards.
Christoph von Dohnanyi, 1929-Sept.6th. Distinguished conductor with a long association with the Cleveland orchestra. ‘ That upbeat look.’
Related on his father’s side to composer Erno Dohnanyi with whom he studied and on his mother’s side to Dietrich Bonhoeffer,Lutheran pastor, who was executed for being implicated in the plot to kill Hitler.
Rodion Shchedrin,1932-Aug.29th, 2025. Distinguished Soviet/Russian composer.
Recipient of international commissions and of numerous awards and honours.
Tom Lehrer. 1928-26th.July, 2025. Precocious mathematician and musical satirist.
His dark humour ruffled quite a few feathers across the English speaking world.
Dame Cleo Laine, 1927-24th.July 2025. Singer, Actress and a tumultuous career.
From Scat to Schoenberg she bestrode the musical divide.
Bare knuckle diplomacy
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 