"Behind the Candelabra Behind the Candelabra is a 2013 American biographical drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh. It dramatizes the last ten years in the life of pianist Liberace and the relationship he had with Scott Thorson. It is based on Thorson's memoir, """" (1988). Richard LaGravenese wrote the screenplay. Jerry Weintraub was the executive producer. It premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2013 and competed for the Palme d'Or. It aired on HBO on May 26, 2013 and was given a cinematic release in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2013. The film received critical"
"Wigmore Hall in 1987 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Ravel's death with two recitals comprising all the composer's piano works; a feat he repeated at the age of 89, with a valedictory recital at the Victoria Hall in Geneva. His final years compromised by memory loss and failing sight, he died at the American Hospital in Paris in 2002 at the age of 98. Perlemuter married Jacqueline Deleveau in 1934; she died in 1982. Vlado Perlemuter Vlado Perlemuter (26 May 1904 – 4 September 2002) was a Lithuanian-born French pianist and teacher. Vladislas (Vlado) Perlemuter was born to a"
"6 May 1935. They had three children. They were divorced on 28 December 1962. Cavallaro died from prostate cancer on 12 October 1989 in Columbus, Ohio. He was survived by his wife Donna S. Cavallaro and children Dolores Cavallaro Buscher, Paul Cavallaro and Anita Cavallaro Finkelstein, Step children Charles, Frederick and Robert, and grandchildren Andrea Finkelstein Sherman and Joseph, Michael, Matthew (Jordan), Michael, Caroline, Jane, Sarah, and Frank Cavallaro. Albums: Carmen Cavallaro Carmen Cavallaro (May 6, 1913 – October 12, 1989) was an American pianist. He established himself as one of the most accomplished and admired light music pianists of"
"prominent student was one of the most critically acclaimed violinists of the twentieth century, Isaac Stern. At one time, he had 17 students in the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and all the members of the first violin section of the Oakland Symphony Orchestra were Blinder students as well. Other noted students were David Abel, Austin Reller, and Glenn Dicterow, who was the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. Blinder died in San Francisco on November 21, 1965, of heart failure, aged 76 years. Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, violin 1753c ex-Rauer 1933 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, violin 1774 ex-Blinder Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, violin"
"price. I am quite aware that Butterfly cut short my career by at least five years"". Giulietta Simionato remarked on her ""animal sensuality"" and said ""She gave away a great deal of herself – more than was good for her – but the result was extremely moving."" She died in Milan in 1981, aged 78. Preiser have published a collection of her recordings on CD in their ""Lebendige Vergangenheit"" series (Mono 89162). This contains the 1937 'Cherry Duet' (""Suzel, buon di"") with Tito Schipa from Mascagni's ""L'amico Fritz"", one of the glories of the gramophone. Mafalda Favero Mafalda Favero (6"
"her place on the programme with Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Du Pré died in London on 19 October 1987 at age 42, and is buried in Golders Green Jewish Cemetery. The Vuitton Foundation purchased her Davidov Stradivarius for just over £1 million, and made it available on loan to Yo-Yo Ma. After being owned by the Norwegian cellist Øyvind Gimse, the 1673 Stradivarius, named by Lynn Harrell the ""Du Pré Stradivarius"" in tribute, is now on extended loan to Hungarian cellist István Várdai. Du Pré's 1970 Peresson cello is currently on loan to cellist Kyril Zlotnikov of the Jerusalem Quartet."
"his home in Fort Worth, Texas, an apparent suicide by gunshot. José Feghali José Feghali (March 28, 1961 – December 9, 2014) was a Brazilian pianist, who, until his death, was an Artist-in-Residence at Texas Christian University's school of music in piano. He was the Gold Medalist winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1985. The Van Cliburn Foundation and the Texas Christian University announced Feghali's death on December 9, 2014, by apparent suicide. José Feghali made his recital debut at the age of five and concerto debut three years later with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra. Feghali studied"
"company of Marco Alemanno when he died. An estimated 50,000 people attended his funeral in Bologna. Dalla's 1986 song ""Caruso"", dedicated to Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, entered the Italian Singles Chart after his creator's death, peaking at number two for two consecutive weeks. The single was also certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Lucio Dalla Lucio Dalla, OMRI (; 4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards. Dalla was the composer of ""Caruso"" (1986), a song dedicated to Italian opera tenor Enrico Caruso, and"
"in his 1919 opera ""Die Frau ohne Schatten""), when German virtuoso Bruno Hoffmann began revitalizing interest in his individual goblet instrument version that he named the glass harp for his stunning performances. Playing his ""glass harp"" (with Eisch manufactured custom designed glasses mounted in a case designed with underlying resonance chamber) he transcribed or rearranged much of the literature written for the mechanized instrument, and commissioned contemporary composers to write new pieces for his goblet version. Franklin's glass armonica design was reworked yet again without patent credit by master glassblower and musician, Gerhard B. Finkenbeiner (1930–1999) in 1984. After thirty"
"Carmen Cavallaro Carmen Cavallaro (May 6, 1913 – October 12, 1989) was an American pianist. He established himself as one of the most accomplished and admired light music pianists of his generation. Carmen Cavallaro was born in New York City. Known as the “Poet of the Piano”, he showed a gift for music from age three, picking out tunes on a toy piano. His parents were encouraged to develop the child’s musical talents and he studied classical piano in the United States. As a young pianist, he toured Europe, performing in many capitals. In 1933 Cavallaro joined Al Kavelin's orchestra,"
"Bruno Hoffmann Bruno Hoffmann (15 September 191311 April 1991) was a German player of the glass harp. Hoffmann is widely acknowledged as the virtuoso who reanimated contemporary interest in the glass harp and glass harmonica. Bruno Hoffmann was born in Stuttgart, Germany, the son of a church music director. He was trained in piano and organ playing, but on encountering the ""musical glasses"" at age 16, his lifelong devotion to resurrecting this unearthly beauty was begun. He discovered and mastered the old repertoire for glass harp by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Karl Leopold Röllig, Johann Abraham Peter Schulz,"
"a song exceeded its limited range. The name was coined by his wife, who took to calling the instrument a ""foot-diller"" (a ""killer-diller"" instrument played with the foot), which was shortened to ""fotdella"". The term ""foot piano"" has been used by some performers and musicologists to describe this type of instrument. Fuller died in January 1976 in Oakland, California, from heart disease, at the age of 79. He was interred at Evergreen Cemetery, in Oakland. His fotdella and his 1962 Silvertone Electric-Acoustic guitar (the latter purchased from a Sears and Roebuck store in Detroit to replace his Maurer guitar, which"
"the movie ""Smilla's Sense of Snow"" (1997); the last part was also used in the movie ""Amadeus"" (1984) and in the movie ""The Mirror"" (1975) by Andrei Tarkovsky. The film ""Cactus"" (1986) by the Australian director Paul Cox also features Pergolesi's ""Stabat Mater"" on the soundtrack. ""Nothing Left Unsaid"", a 2016 documentary on Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper, used the last movement (""Quando Corpus / Amen"") of Pergolesi's ""Stabat Mater"". Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian composer, violinist and"
"caused by a fatal slip, aged 79, in Tlalnepantla. su ni Zeferino Nandayapa Zeferino Nandayapa (born 26 August 1931, Copainalá – died 28 December 2010, Tlalnepantla) was a Mexican folk and classical marimba player. In Mexico City, his classical music teachers were Blas Galindo, María García Genda, Carlos Chávez and Carlos Jiménez Mabarak. su nieto gustavo nandayapa es conocido como don ""ruiditos"" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcHndvIF3UY He formed the Marimba Nandayapa in 1956, a popular marimba band that has traveled to several countries performing Mexican and Latin-American folk music. Zeferino Nandayapa has been a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and"
"think that Pantaleon Hebenstreit's reputation, which extended far beyond the confines of the Holy Roman Empire, died with him. In 1772 the English musicologist Charles Burney spotted the ""famous Pantalon"" in the house of Christian Sigmund Binder, who had succeeded Richter as head of court music. It was explained that the Duke felt unable to ""let the instrument go"". Hebenstreit's most notable pupils were the two Viennese Pantaleonists, and . Pantaleon Hebenstreit Pantaleon Hebenstreit (27 November 1668 – 15 November 1750) was a German dance teacher, musician and composer. Today his notability rests primarily on the pantalon, a keyboard instrument"
"Marianne Kirchgessner Marianne Antonia Kirchgessner, also Mariana Kirchgessner, Kirchgäßner, (5 June 1769 in Bruchsal, Germany, - 9 December 1808), was a German glass harmonica player. She was blind from eye disease caused by smallpox when she was four years old. Kirchgessner's artistic qualities brought her the attention of great composers such as Muzio Clementi, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Johann Friedrich Reichardt and Franz Anton Hoffmeister. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in Vienna, in the last year of his life, composed for her—producing one of his best works for this instrument, the Quintet ""Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe,"
"Carlos Salzedo Carlos Salzedo (6 April 1885 – 17 August 1961) was a French harpist, pianist, composer and conductor. He led a multi-faceted career, but his main focus was the harp. His compositions brought a modern sensibility to the harp's virtuoso repertoire. He influenced many composers with his thirty-seven tone colors newly derived from his unique perception of the harp's acoustic nature, and also through through his work establishing and leading the International Composers' Guild. He became the most prominent harp teacher of the 20th Century, his many harp students earning teaching positions, and performing in symphony orchestras. His influence"
"Lauterbach Stradivarius The Lauterbach Stradivarius of 1719 is an antique violin fabricated by Italian luthier, Antonio Stradivari of Cremona (1644–1737). The instrument derives its name from previous owner, German virtuoso, Johann Christoph Lauterbach. Composer and violinist Charles Philippe Lafont owned the violin. On his death, the violin was acquired by luthier and expert Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. Vuillaume sold the violin to Johann Christoph Lauterbach. Polish textile manufacturer Henryk Grohman acquired the violin in 1900. Upon his death in 1939, he bequeathed his entire art collection to the Polish state. The violin was exhibited in the National Museum of Warsaw. In 1944,"
"neck. In the interests of conservation, the ""Messiah Stradivarius"" violin—on display in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England—has not been played at all in recent years. Notes Sources Articles Historical books Antonio Stradivari Antonio Stradivari ; (1644 – 18 December 1737) was an Italian luthier and a crafter of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, ""Stradivarius"", as well as the colloquial ""Strad"" are terms often used to refer to his instruments. It is estimated that Stradivari produced 1,116 instruments, 960 of which were violins. Around 650 instruments survived, including 450"
"had an extra 1/8 inch spacing between notes in the low register to reduce buzzing. Forty Salzedo harps were made from 1931–1954. New ""Salzedo"" harps resumed production before 1985. In alphabetical order: Carlos Salzedo Carlos Salzedo (6 April 1885 – 17 August 1961) was a French harpist, pianist, composer and conductor. He led a multi-faceted career, but his main focus was the harp. His compositions brought a modern sensibility to the harp's virtuoso repertoire. He influenced many composers with his thirty-seven tone colors newly derived from his unique perception of the harp's acoustic nature, and also through through his work"
"the genius of the two. After Maria Milanollo's untimely death in 1848, Teresa continued performing solo, establishing a system of ""Concerts aux Pauvres"" (charitable concerts). She retired in 1857 on marriage and died in Paris in 1904. Teresa Milanollo was a pioneer among women violinists, however, her musical compositions are now largely forgotten. Three of her violins survive today, a 1728 Stradivarius (the ""Milanollo-Dragonetti"") played by Paganini and bequeathed to Teresa by Domenico Dragonetti, a c. 1680 Ruggieri small violin (the ""Milanollo"") the property of her younger sister Maria, auctionied by Tarisio in April 2010, and a 1703 Stradivarius (the"
"years away. Francesco Rovigo Francesco Rovigo (1540/1541 – 7 October 1597) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance, active in Mantua and Graz. Nothing is known of his life prior to 1570, when he went to Venice, already 29 or 30 years old, to receive a musical education with the renowned organist and composer Claudio Merulo of the Venetian School. By 1573 he was in Mantua, where he composed hymns which were used in the church of Santa Barbara, which was the ducal chapel of the Gonzaga family. He served that aristocratic family until 1582, when he"
"José Feghali José Feghali (March 28, 1961 – December 9, 2014) was a Brazilian pianist, who, until his death, was an Artist-in-Residence at Texas Christian University's school of music in piano. He was the Gold Medalist winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1985. The Van Cliburn Foundation and the Texas Christian University announced Feghali's death on December 9, 2014, by apparent suicide. José Feghali made his recital debut at the age of five and concerto debut three years later with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra. Feghali studied in London with Maria Curcio, then continued his studies at the"
"on the radio, but did not record again. He died in Philadelphia. Harry Kandel Harry Kandel (1885–1943) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, one of the pioneers of modern klezmer music. He ran an orchestra which consisted of a variety of instruments, including himself on clarinet, trombone, tuba, xylophone, cornet, violin, flute, viola and piano. Their hits peaked from about 1916 to 1927, and included ""Der shtiler Bulgar"", a 1926 song that was later recorded by Benny Goodman as ""And the Angels Sing"" and Ziggy Elman as ""Fralich in Swing"". Kandel was born in Lemberg, Galicia. He studied at the"
"with instruments such as the nail violin and Aeolian harp, of ""Empfindsamkeit"", but ""the instrument fell into oblivion,"" around 1830. Since the armonica's performance revival during the 1980s, composers have again written for it (solo, chamber music, opera, electronic music, popular music) including Jan Erik Mikalsen, Regis Campo, Etienne Rolin, Philippe Sarde, Damon Albarn, Tom Waits, Michel Redolfi, Cyril Morin, Stefano Giannotti, Thomas Bloch, Jörg Widmann (""Armonica"" 2006), and Guillaume Connesson. The music for the 1997 ballet ""Othello"" by American composer Elliot Goldenthal opens and closes with the glass harmonica. The ballet was performed at San Francisco Ballet, the American"
"Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast oeuvre, including more than 600 secular vocal works (mainly Lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music and a large body of piano and chamber music. His major works include the Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 (""Trout Quintet""), the Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 (""Unfinished Symphony""), the three last piano sonatas (D. 958–960), the opera ""Fierrabras"" (D. 796), the incidental music to"
"Faustino Oramas Faustino Oramas Osorio (4 June 1911 – 27 March 2007), better known as El Guayabero, was a Cuban trova singer, tres guitarist and composer. Most of his repertoire consisted of sones and guaracha-sones, many with double entendres in the lyrics. His composition ""Candela"" gained international fame due to its inclusion in the ""Buena Vista Social Club"" album. When he was 15 years old he began playing the maracas as part of a septet of sones known as ""La Tropical"" made up by some friends with the purpose of enjoying and performing at the country dances. During the 1940s,"
"Jesús María Sanromá Jesús María Sanromá (November 7, 1902 – October 12, 1984) was a Puerto Rican pianist who is one of the 20th century's most accomplished and important pianists. In 1932 he gave the first North American performance of Maurice Ravel's Concerto in G under the baton of Serge Koussevitzky, the same day as Sylvan Levin did with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Sanromá's father, José María, was born in Barcelona, Spain, and studied at a Jesuit Seminary but did not take his final orders to become a priest. After graduation from college, he became a political gadfly writing for a"
"song, soprano, piano, 1990 Concert Piece for Piano Four Hands, 1991 Seven Deadly Modes, for chorus SATB, 1991 with piano or synthesizer Kid’s Stuff, for Children’s Chorus, 1991 Three for Four, for four cellos, 1991 Canons for Two Equal Instruments, 1991 Fugue for String Orchestra, 1991 Hanon Sampler, piano and strings, 1991 In(ter)ventions, for timpani and piano right hand, 1991 Petite Sonata, for young violinist, 1991 End of the Short, Short Story, chorus and piano, 1991 I, Why?, vocal duo, 1991 Louis Calabro Louis Calabro, (November 1, 1926 Brooklyn, New York – October 21, 1991 Bennington, Vermont) was an Italian"
"the Musical Society of London, and succeeded Prosper Sainton as leader at Covent Garden in 1869. He died at Hampstead, London on 13 July 1895. For many years he had led the Philharmonic Orchestra and those of the great provincial festivals. The coveted ""Carrodus"" violin, made by Italian luthier Guarneri Del Gesu in 1743, was said to have belonged to Carrodus. He published two violin solos and a Morceau de salon, and was a very successful teacher. John Tiplady Carrodus John Tiplady Carrodus (1836–1895) was an English violinist. He was born on 20 January 1836, at Keighley, in the West"
"who have owned Landolfis include Carl Flesch, the Hungarian violinist and teacher (1873 - 1944) who played both a Landolfi and the Brancaccio Stradivarius. Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, PA Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi (c. 1714 – 1787) was a master luthier who was active in the Italian 18th century during the golden age of stringed instrument making. Landolfi is considered among the half dozen finest stringed instrument makers in history, along with Stradivarius and Guarneri del Gesu and Pietro Guarneri. Instruments created centuries ago by Landolfi and his fellow Italian luthiers have not been improved upon despite modern technology"
"""Kruse-Vormbaum"" Stradivarius (1728), the ""ex-Stern"" Bergonzi (1733), the ""Panette"" Guarneri del Gesù (1737), a Michele Angelo Bergonzi (1739–1757), the ""Arma Senkrah"" Guadagnini (1750), a Giovanni Guadagnini (1754), a J. B. Vuillaume copy of the ""Panette"" Guarneri del Gesu of 1737 (c.1850), and the ""ex-Nicolas I"" J.B. Vuillaume (1840). He also owned two contemporary instruments by Samuel Zygmuntowicz.and modern Italian Jago peternella Violins. In 2001, Stern's collection of instruments, bows and musical ephemera was sold through Tarisio Auctions. The May 2003 auction set a number of world records and was at the time the second highest grossing violin auction of all"
"Verdi, Donizetti, Debussy, Smetana, Kodály, Janáček, Hindemith, Alban Berg, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Witold Lutosławski, Milko Kelemen, Wittinger and Horvath. They made a conscious decision to have a wide-ranging repertoire in order to avoid getting stuck to any particular period. For most of the Schubert recordings the instruments were a cello by Francesco Ruggieri (1682), a viola by Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi (18th century), first violin by Domenico Montagnana (1731) and second violin by Carlo Annibale Tononi (18th century). They were planning a farewell tour in 2005, when Wilhelm Melcher, the first violinist died unexpectedly just before his 65th birthday. Among others,"