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Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500189192-7BWQZ7KX8MKZMPXTG5CJ/A+wedding+party+c.1890.+I+want+one+of+those+hats... Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500638595-IOZZAQTAIANIBN3E0PUS/The+entrance+to+the+Rockefeller+Forest+Hill+Estate%3A+crowds+would+line+the+entrance+daily+to+catch+a+glimpse+of+the+famous+man+returning+home+on+a+daily+basis. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500741025-QWDSCNGW6PYFTCKJVBPY/Forest+Hill+exterior--a+strange+mix+of+styles. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500221101-99ADIZUB6AKEK52HWYPK/Eventually%2C+cars+and+carriages+shared+the+street%2C+and+the+character+and+scale+of+the+avenue+began+to+change. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549499035381-Y1EAJWPGQKE15JVJEAOT/The+full-livery+carriage+in+the+entrance+of+the+40%2C000+sq.-ft.+mansion+of+Sylvester+Everett. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500002614-ED51Y7MAZBLEF6MW3N39/In+the+1800s%2C+the+street+was+lit+with+romantic+gas+lamps%2C+before+avenue+resident+Charles+Brush+invented+the+arc+lamp%2C+the+earliest+form+of+street+lamp+in+America. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500920851-XM7V220EMOY62Q1JCHAV/Demolition+of+the+Hanna+mansion+to+make+way+for+the+I-90+Inner+Belt+Freeway+underpass. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549501217237-L0CSN1HOIDRTVX0RRR8N/Echoes+of+a+Grand+Age%3A+Cleveland%27s+Vanished+Euclid+Avenue Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549499076575-81S387UHV5GLSWIR4MAR/The+50%2C000+sq.-ft.+mansion+belonging+to+Samuel+Andrews+%28an+associate+of+Rockefeller%29--it+had+33+rooms+and+required+a+full-time+staff+of+100+servants.+It+was+designed+to+host+the+Queen+of+England%3B+several+U.S.+Presidents+visited+instead. 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Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500524322-I5AYMUNVSHI68A7MVH7E/Ella+Grant+Wilson+was+a+florist+and+historian+for+the+avenue.+She+poses+here+with+a+sculpture+in+front+of+the+Everett+mansion. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500788452-1O833PBW25E0DDOHI4CM/The+end+of+an+era%3A+the+Avenue+saw+its+decline+with+unregulated+pushes+of+commercial+construction%2C+taxes%2C+pollution%2C+crime%2C+and+the+rise+of+the+automobile+and+subsequent+flight+to+the+suburbs.+The+Andrews+mansion+sits+empty+for+decades+then+is+demolished+in+1923. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549499703616-A77H4WU3CE63CJM6IC78/The+mansions+%C2%A0attracted+visitors+from+around+the+world.+The+house+in+the+center%2C+the+Stager-Beckwith+mansion%2C+still+stands+today%3A+the+last+19th-c.+Euclid+Avenue+mansion+in+existence.+Note+the+sculptures+in+the+front+yard.+On+the+left+is+the+Charles+Brush+Mansion%3B+to+the+right+is+the+Wade+Mansion. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500390805-46T6V76YUVUFY7HA0JOW/Fountains+and+sculptures+were+a+common+sight+in+front+lawns--this+scene+is+set+in+1870. 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Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500841297-T5G4MK4GB4ZFLU0FHJAU/Demolition+of+the+Samuel+Andrews+estate%2C+1923.+By+that+time%2C+the+glory+days+of+the+avenue+were+already+over. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549499665722-SQ3H9ID4YTJFV8UVZEYF/It+was+on+the+surface+very+much+a+man%27s+world+at+the+time--but+in+fact+all+the+stay-at-home+ladies+formed+clubs+and+effected+incredible+social+change+and+brought+charities+and+progressive+work+to+the+city.+And+they+dressed+fabulously. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500040208-GVU6BYCPHZA597PQLAM6/Inventor+Charles+Brush+was+a+longtime+resident+of+the+avenue%2C+witnessing+its+quick+decline+towards+the+end.+In+his+will+he+specified+that+his+beautiful+home+be+torn+down+to+avoid+his+beloved+home+being+turned+by+a+new+owner+into+divided+boarding+houses%2C+as+was+common+even+before+the+Great+Depression. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549499843175-OCKM04VJH0MGO78S97DN/A+famous+tradition+was+the+winter+sleigh+races--anybody+who+was+anybody+on+the+avenue+had+to+participate+in+full+livery. 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Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500423740-NGK8O8EG78EB6T9FIFQS/The+vast+home+of+Sylvester+Everett.+As+with+many+of+the+mansions%2C+many+U.S.+Presidents+were+frequent+guests.+This+home+had+a+completely+sound-proof+room+for+their+daughter+who+was+afraid+of+thunder. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500489369-1WM6TLW97PPM81OH01KN/Interior+of+the+Everett+Mansion. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500575425-M6YZCD1AA7SK8RW8HW7Z/The+Mather+Mansion+was+the+last+to+be+built%2C+in+1912%2C+and+was+one+of+the+largest+at+an+estimated+50%2C000+square+feet.+It+still+stands+today%2C+largely+unchanged--but+empty.+This+home+hosted+the+grandest+collections+of+art+and+the+most+incredible+musical+parties+on+the+third+floor+ballroom.+Pictured+are+Elizabeth+Ring+Mather+and+Samuel+Mather.+It+housed+the+Cleveland+Institute+of+Music+for+some+years. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549499581990-9ALFXZOOKTVSJ740W49U/Carriages+were+an+incredible+sight+on+the+avenue%2C+and+this+was+the+Four-in-Hand+Club+on+Millionaire%27s+Row. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549499479475-NEYPELWXA833QKIVL50M/A+collection+of+19th-c.+architectural+styles%2C+the+picturesque+mansions+went+on+for+miles%2C+even+beyond+University+Circle. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500092278-SXKTBLU9NJ952UPWPN0O/Charles+Brush+was+an+inventor+whose+backyard+hosted+the+world%27s+largest+windmill+for+electricity.+Note+the+tiny+size+of+the+human. Blog - Echoes of a Grand Age: Cleveland’s Vanished Euclid Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549500675770-EC0OA0S5HZYC5QZSOP77/Rockefeller+playing+golf+on+his+Forest+Hill+courses--dressed+like+this. 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Photo by Roger Mastroianni. https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2017/1/29/my-search-for-the-old-russian-soul monthly 0.5 2019-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549236413936-7SJY4LRRCK8B6MSR239Q/Sea+of+Mud Blog - My Search for the Old Russian Soul “Sea of Mud” 1894. Alexei Savrasov (1830–1897) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549236450085-RF4RN1U7LSM3L9TRO1PE/Chaliapin Blog - My Search for the Old Russian Soul At the grave of Chaliapin in 1998 in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, an extraordinary site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549236155570-768JHB904CGLUZEGQUAU/Rival+Ladies Blog - My Search for the Old Russian Soul “Rival Ladies” from 1890 by Nikolaj Alexejewitsch Kassatkin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549236208297-IXRLU5VL0FGK1HT564F6/Rublev_Arhangel_Mikhail Blog - My Search for the Old Russian Soul Perhaps the most famous Russian icon painter was Andrey Rublev, born in the 14th century. 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Mikhail Nesterov (1862–1942) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549235932947-ORR8GU558QRKYLKIMV9I/Russia Blog - My Search for the Old Russian Soul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549236703221-GNN4BC4F86B7N5DE3FS6/troika+by+vasily+perov Blog - My Search for the Old Russian Soul Troika (1866) by Perov–very much evokes the hardship of the people in Godunov https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2015/7/2/reflections-on-the-lake monthly 0.5 2019-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549235326507-FJ19J3VBHJWA80DHH30V/Martha+Argerich+and+Sergei+Babayan Blog - Reflections on the Lake Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan perform the premieres of new selections of Prokofiev as transcribed by Sergei Babayan. Turning pages for the great artists required a level of focus I could hardly imagine, in order not to get distracted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549235421696-DQEN91F0M7MC2AJMQTLR/gastronomic+delights Blog - Reflections on the Lake Lugano is the home of incredible (and incredibly expensive) gastronomic delights. Here are a selection of eclairs and meringues with cookie and chocolate crumble, with vaporized essence of mint, presented at the Metamorphosis restaurant in Paradiso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549235472031-9V4MVW3HBHG86P431KC9/Sergei+Babayan+with+Maestro+Jacek+Kaspszyk Blog - Reflections on the Lake Sergei Babayan with Maestro Jacek Kaspszyk and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana after Babayan’s colossal performance of the Prokofiev Second Concerto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549235596727-QLPS9OBZR1FZKXGAKFA5/Swiss+scenery Blog - Reflections on the Lake Swiss scenery north of Lugano from the train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549235520351-84PG2ZXCBSYFT5UZWWAP/teens Blog - Reflections on the Lake Where would we be without smart phones, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549235373940-ZGUPSEW9W6ZGMJAP67Z6/Playbacks Blog - Reflections on the Lake Playbacks during a recording session of the pieces in the hall, that took place amazingly enough immediately before the concert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549235275668-API42IBAFLPFN9ZG55EI/Lake+Lugano Blog - Reflections on the Lake The view of Lake Lugano from a boat excursion on the “Paradiso” https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2015/6/1/pennsylvania-station-destruction-of-an-american-masterpiece monthly 0.5 2019-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549234048902-QLZ65Z9KOYQJUEZZA38Q/Old+Penn Blog - Pennsylvania Station: Destruction of an American Masterpiece Inspired by the Paris Gare d’Orsay, Pennsylvania Station was conceived to be twice the size of its European counterpart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549234088979-8HZWRFGUOZS25PAAV2BB/Pennsylvania+Station Blog - Pennsylvania Station: Destruction of an American Masterpiece The great waiting room was inspired by the Roman baths of Caracalla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549234200654-71R9RT4NRU83LYMTFGID/Incoming Blog - Pennsylvania Station: Destruction of an American Masterpiece At its peak in 1945, the station handled 100 million passengers in a single year, an average of 274,000 per day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549234292030-K96QCUAUTS77D014CDN9/1963+protest Blog - Pennsylvania Station: Destruction of an American Masterpiece The protests in 1963 were apparently carried out by very well-dressed people https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549234248193-EJE4IGEKC417NZZAA80S/Old+Penn Blog - Pennsylvania Station: Destruction of an American Masterpiece Pennsylvania Station stood for only 53 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549234337275-CPBH468F440ZE7LZQYVX/Demolition Blog - Pennsylvania Station: Destruction of an American Masterpiece The New York Times: “Until the first blow fell, no one was convinced that Penn Station really would be demolished, or that New York would permit this monumental act of vandalism against one of the largest and finest landmarks of its age of Roman elegance.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549234374678-YKIVVP0XIOZNAUCC61B6/Madison+Square+Garden Blog - Pennsylvania Station: Destruction of an American Masterpiece Madison Square Garden goes up in its place. Comparing the new and the old Penn Station, renowned Yale architectural historian Vincent Scully once wrote, “One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549233920374-S4DP44914KUK6T62OD40/Penn+Station Blog - Pennsylvania Station: Destruction of an American Masterpiece Built in 1910 by the famous architects McKim, Mead, and White, Pennsylvania Station was a masterpiece of the Beaux Arts style. Of enormous proportions, it took up two city blocks and was one of the largest public spaces in the world. It was the first station to divide travelers into arrivals and departures in two concourses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549233978324-YMET6SBFHGX4GFTXGI0L/Old+Penn Blog - Pennsylvania Station: Destruction of an American Masterpiece Inspired by the great halls of Rome, visitors “entered the city like a god”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549234177567-WC87GX1RBG3UMCTJOX4M/Lobby Blog - Pennsylvania Station: Destruction of an American Masterpiece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549234125794-C9GW0J676ABLGVOC8YJM/Old+Penn Blog - Pennsylvania Station: Destruction of an American Masterpiece The vaulted ceilings reached 150 feet https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2015/5/13/nicholas-king-and-the-art-of-giving-back monthly 0.5 2019-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549233473078-FCH4YJ1B727D0JV92PC2/Nicholas+King Blog - Nicholas King and The Art of Giving Back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549233576624-YNHHWVJM9C2LU9XSWO16/Nicholas+King Blog - 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Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549233060756-99R9XT6LI3TPS72LJ7XT/Zsolt+Bognar Blog - Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549232249040-4VBG2JEXOK741I4QGNYJ/Zsolt+Bognar Blog - Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549232211340-IPDHGQHLVMM7TYV6IRZP/Zsolt+Bognar Blog - Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549233090006-M7THB8BIL5W1GZ4E2GEY/Zsolt+Bognar Blog - Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549233130303-7MNYU67Y77ZDLG71KLQS/Zsolt+Bognar Blog - Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549233041793-XR8BOFEO7M79DXVTSGGF/Zsolt+Bognar Blog - Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549232592371-YC8C55IRDJMVWDK7D199/Zsolt+Bognar Blog - Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549232435105-C6LTCDP0A7GMM69DIT5C/Zsolt+Bognar Blog - Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549232167313-P5BY43G0XPA2TFYDOSU2/Zsolt+Bognar Blog - Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231947040-1JGHBHC8828DN4Q9JLOU/Luminous Blog - Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549232456494-G4UZC4O8B2GRUL615U5X/Zsolt+Bognar Blog - Friendship with an Artist: Kaupo https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2015/2/27/living-the-classical-life-why-bother monthly 0.5 2019-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231284851-8EH068WJ397YRYDC6RVI/Gunn.jpeg Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? Studying questions with producer Elizabeth Foley, ahead of filming with baritone Nathan Gunn: our first episode in partnership with Rhinegold Publishing in London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231561603-29JCD11QHHGW37D12BNQ/Anne+Akiko+Meyers Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? One of our most recent shoots at Time Warner Center in NYC: Anne Akiko Meyers, violinist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231158318-NO9JVF739YTPUHZ0NVYI/Daniil+and+Zsolt Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? One of our unique episodes in terms of look and content–Daniil Trifonov demonstrated unusual practice techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231493036-9KTOAKY1Z7DDX5KAKV57/Roger+Chase Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? Rogue violist Roger Chase–an astonishing conversation and rehearsal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231092619-763TFV9LR4GUU7GYCYCH/Host.jpg Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? I sometimes spend weeks preparing questions with my team. Having researched every existing interview, I try to reveal new material. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231217412-84NPPSF3O9IOAGFKIX36/Yuja.jpg Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? Yuja Wang filmed in old Steinway Hall in NYC–she used the piano to demonstrate musical examples https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231331458-WRQOQS3ZEGHQ0JSLSDVW/Collage+of+interviews Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? UL: Joshua Bell in his home in NYC. UR: Jerome Lowenthal. LL: Mark Ainley LR: Isabel Leonard at Carnegie Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231448875-XS8BJ8IO18YYW5YQG62B/Many+interviews Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? UL: Liz DeMio turned the tables and interviewed me (not yet released). UR: Peter Takacs. LL: Young Classical Musicians. LR: David Aladashvili https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549230894019-9MXKANPYF26P7C6UZ4VM/More+early+filming Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? UL: filming the theme music (Beethoven) with Elizabeth DeMio. UR: with Dmitri Levkovich. LL: in the Bronx with record producer Joe Patrych. LR: the accidental first episode with cellist Joshua Roman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231619056-Y0AZ70AASPRVAVHQ5QQN/Rhinegold+LTCL Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? Thanks to Jonathan Eifert, our publicist, and the teams of editors at Rhinegold, we will soon have a global media partnership–this means subscribers and a large distribution network https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549230818077-OHGJJ3KKDCUJLD1OQ2V4/early+filming Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? Filming in Ohio: the early days were filmed as a portrait of me: there was not an idea for interviews yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549230956904-GN12VPACUF99B37ZQYB2/Early3-980x370.jpg Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? L: accidental episode with President Joel Smirnoff at Stone Oven in Cleveland. R: with Denajua at her crêpe restaurant in my building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231028613-VIJAJ2DMQUK3M48URTJQ/Crew.jpg Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? Pete, Liz, and Ben, our cameras, and assistants. These are long filming days that require endurance–sometimes the entire day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549231398974-I7BRA5TG6V8ZNG1CWK0U/many+interviews Blog - “Living the Classical Life”: Why Bother? UL: The Jupiter Quartet. UR: Case Scaglione, Associate Conductor at the NY Phil. LL: Christopher O’Riley. LR: Stephen Hough https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2015/2/2/a-half-light-between-heaven-and-despair monthly 0.5 2019-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221918131-3NO0LA37YY53JA7NN803/olive+and+lemon+trees Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair Olive trees and lemon trees are stalwart presences on the cliffs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549222267417-0G5RRP1ADQSZNX0L5388/The+dawn+of+a+new+day+and+hope Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair The dawn of a new day and hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221579449-S3JK9PMGA5AFZKX726YU/A+very+young+Wilhelm+Kempff Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair A very young Wilhelm Kempff looking fabulously ready for a Prussian winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221617846-D280BWJU5ZQD22HVPP28/Casa+Orfeo Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair Casa Orfeo–the beauty here was stark: a confrontation of the individual with dramatic nature, jagged cliffs, and primordial weather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221851129-VEZJSNS7RKXU9SQGZ53K/trees Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221879123-2OO7S387BNU5Y1WCXS0D/water Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair As night approached, one only sensed the sea as a vast presence and a void of energy in the darkness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221516455-UC4HYAWIZSGOWNL55U16/Positano Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair This is how Positano appeared every night in the storms–every evening they enveloped the enclave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549222034975-ZM2E2NSM2KKAXWY1WDJ4/beethoven+courses Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair Wilhelm Kempff teaches a student at the Beethoven Courses in Casa Orfeo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221735936-2P7HKOWUZDP5W2V2QYNI/doors Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair Even the entrance to Casa Orfeo seems legendary and medieval https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221764381-W7Q2F39LD49EWKNFRMKL/mountains Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair Casa Orfeo is truly on an inhospitable mountain that somehow became a refuge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549222197653-KBYGEULPI1SY20VT75MF/perfect+for+a+stage Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair I thought this would be a fine setting to stage theater, because of the purity of light and spirit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549222071160-UGOBN2GTNRK4UTBTAZMP/views+to+infinity Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair The views from the house seem to look to infinity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549222230209-RJ90JJA7FCHZJLH85EZW/An+eerie+calm+in+the+twilight Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair An eerie calm in the twilight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549222121903-07Z91OD59SX1CIGUNTVZ/master+classes Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair Today, the courses are lead by Bernd Goetzke, one of the most illuminating master teachers I have ever encountered–the last pupil of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221666689-UJ9S54VKADS3LPGOA4R1/edge+of+the+world Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair To me, Casa Orfeo was something akin to Prospero’s Lair–lonely, intense, and desolate. It felt like the edge of the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221952868-4WSLHICDLFQHVO7R1L3F/inward+drama Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair The half-light of this place is unique… it seems to describe an inward drama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221798166-484ZZ64OFN83Y5E6TNXP/trees Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair The vegetation is probably like that on Prospero’s Melonia–dramatic and other-worldly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549222165266-8QJIIVWAWI1X4WVUR6BE/Arturo+Benedetti+Michelangeli+%281920-1995%29+in+Cortina Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995) in Cortina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221692908-0LQWVVPH26IXT4ARBA6J/stairs Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair To climb nightly to the village for meals required climbing Shakespearean stairs, which became torrential rivers of rain flow every night with the storms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221414802-EK1EOG2FLU8FK15AP2OJ/Casa+Orfeo Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair The view from Casa Orfeo: Wilhelm Kempff’s mountain-top estate is today the home of the Kempff Foundation Beethoven Courses. He built the home especially for the purpose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221459085-OEAP2XLTFGFOIQPKUB5V/Wilhelm+Kempff Blog - A Half-Light between Heaven and Despair Wilhelm Kempff (1895-1991) was a master at spiritual illumination of music, and a poetic messenger of its essence. He was at his best in concert. https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2015/1/22/the-greatest-teacher-her-face-became-the-face-of-beethoven monthly 0.5 2019-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549489361971-DEMHRWH53GGZJ5CY8IO2/Vera+Gornostaeva.jpg Blog - THE GREATEST TEACHER, ‘HER FACE BECAME THE FACE OF BEETHOVEN’ Vera Gornostaeva https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2014/7/28/the-making-of-a-recording-in-berlin monthly 0.5 2019-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221109495-9KNY51ZAEY4BMGZ6AGMM/interview+crew Blog - A Winter Journey: The Making of a Recording in Berlin The intensity of the crew impressed me as matching the effort I had tried to commit, myself https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220502129-V1T57PKAD64X7EFXYZQ6/b-sharp+studios Blog - A Winter Journey: The Making of a Recording in Berlin The b-sharp Studios in Berlin, where I recorded with Grammy-winning producer-engineer (“tonmeister” is the appelation in German) Philipp Nedel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220821496-05JESMUWJTBMX2LP2YC5/Zsolt Blog - A Winter Journey: The Making of a Recording in Berlin Sometimes I went three hours at a time without a break, to find and stay in a zone. Pacing is variable and very individual~ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549221048427-97FLKOXPHWIO1DJGHRNB/interview Blog - A Winter Journey: The Making of a Recording in Berlin The interview lasted half an hour–the preview ended up using only a few seconds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220740896-KILX6DRFY86GPMIR9BR1/CD+cover Blog - A Winter Journey: The Making of a Recording in Berlin The CD cover–the recording was only released three years later. Since nobody buys CDs anymore, labels do not wish to take risks with new voices. Hopefully, a second release will not be as seemingly impossible~ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220600796-6ZX4J10Q8EDHYLN8G926/Zsolt+at+piano Blog - A Winter Journey: The Making of a Recording in Berlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220673673-D87V3HLG1U7UZLLWEEB2/snowstorm+in+Berlin Blog - A Winter Journey: The Making of a Recording in Berlin During the recording days, there was an atmospheric snowstorm in Berlin–useful for playing Schubert, in fact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220869813-VPKR8Q7IBO0XCFPIHG2W/microphone Blog - A Winter Journey: The Making of a Recording in Berlin Eventually, the microphone must become a muse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220981199-YRBUC6NOEF1X7413D9YX/Overhead+shots Blog - A Winter Journey: The Making of a Recording in Berlin Overhead shots seemed athletically involved for the crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220784368-F90KYPT05VRRMHUPSQTG/intimate+setting Blog - A Winter Journey: The Making of a Recording in Berlin The atmosphere was intensely intimate, of warm aesthetic, and controlled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220924047-OGBI7ZXGTT43CJ668ZBK/playbacks Blog - A Winter Journey: The Making of a Recording in Berlin Listening to playbacks–I tried to not lose too much momentum with these, but rather used them as reference for sound–interpretive choices of course had to be solved many months before, of course https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2014/6/4/have-piano-will-fly monthly 0.5 2019-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219365882-BZC1ME0BWNZI4HMAE827/Bridge Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly The problems with bringing a piano overseas began in Cleveland. I had no clue what to do. (Photo Tom Bueno) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219798201-U8MK26YRG39KXX73MS34/Mykonos+Island Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly When we reached Mykonos Island, we were greeted by the rich flora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219618918-WB74D55ZMOS19EXLVO7D/Subway+transfer+in+Athens Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly Subway transfer in Athens–after getting yelled at on the first leg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219412614-G1TZVI492HVNN1WAZFAH/Rachmaninoff Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly Rachmaninoff–pictured here in Amsterdam–took a dummy keyboard with him when sailing overseas. I don’t think he would have blogged about it though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219727186-E4BGMGE1N7939O2SR2HQ/Practice Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly An odd place to practice Schumann in Athens–wrong height from bed to piano–too much of this arm position would injure a pianist. My teacher Bob Durso would be horrified. For some reason, there are sunglasses on while practicing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220100005-YIM6RAZVEM2HN6P1T1GH/sunset Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly Mykonos Sunset at dinner–no color correction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219567872-GY9HKY9GFUCMABJ1WFT9/airplane Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly We flew the new 747-8, and so did the instrument. Note the raked wingtips rather than winglets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219760969-LL9Y6JFOKHE4N8DQ7TMY/Mykonos Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly Arrival in Mykonos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219975966-GH5Y61O2MZWERPNICED8/Gelato+in+Mykonos Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly Gelato in Mykonos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220066758-LEGK3P742G1HCONA90DY/Clouds Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly Even with clouds, Mykonos is a fairy-tale and the light other-worldly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549220020064-V01K5YNPQ27OKLBFTKSQ/outdoors Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly This made the hassle worth the trouble, though the telephone pole could go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219688448-AKEVECLZDXTIMM595IXH/Parthenon Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly We briefly navigated the slippery steps of the Parthenon before I bolted off for practice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219842757-475G4N6ZIMPR2OBKV3O6/Practicing+outdoors Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly Classical pianists don’t usually get to practice outdoors–maybe that’s why most of us are pale and tubercular, like Chopin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219900459-FN97WJUWYQ72YIUO7M37/relaxing+outdoors Blog - Have Piano, Will Fly I highly recommend the Hermes Hotel in Mykonos, or just anything in Mykonos in general, starting with the gelato https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2014/4/23/preview-the-birth-of-a-russian-concerto monthly 0.5 2019-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218781597-UEO00DI15XBNOCN3PD3X/Trifonov Blog - Preview: The Birth of a Russian Concerto This poster/flyer has been circulating for weeks ahead of the event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218848568-4BQXB3HIZMQUDPOF000O/Daniil+Trofonov Blog - Preview: The Birth of a Russian Concerto Daniil Trifonov, shown here in an episode of Living the Classical Life, plays his work with great virtuosity and inner tension https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219015120-TDPOOWNPNLCDQTI9RX7G/Concert Blog - Preview: The Birth of a Russian Concerto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549219056672-SD9B5N18QOOT8FLOXMTN/Zsolt+and+Daniil Blog - Preview: The Birth of a Russian Concerto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218914196-8IJUI47Z2ZHZSZ4WYPXL/The+Cleveland+Institute+of+Music Blog - Preview: The Birth of a Russian Concerto The Cleveland Institute of Music is prepared for a spectacular event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218960804-GQ6MXLD6QA9W95G2VB8S/An+exclusive+rehearsal Blog - Preview: The Birth of a Russian Concerto An exclusive rehearsal, “no exceptions”. https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2013/8/23/god-is-in-the-philadelphia-details monthly 0.5 2019-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217728656-RXMV2CQNHSQTG0JMGRFH/Downtown Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218057803-QHN3D6TXBA0PTUHUM9GL/Green+spaces Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218392751-HVW3X7AX05UGEHA8HJV3/Facades.png Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218437768-Z7BSR3QPBU5OX4AHOKRX/Walnut.png Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217967400-6VB6PANNO63S4VG0GGWE/Green+spaces Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217590372-X83G7AOZTQHBFJVXQA5S/Rittenhouse-2.png Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218413532-6NUNIHYGCCZ6EYTVE2DO/Gardens Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218243435-HVZ9KTJ2II4KZYD4EUZW/Doors Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217857435-YWGY7I72V8O3TEW7XXWK/Green+spaces Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217378478-YXKD9DIXATWEF8TW7B16/Fairmount+Row+Houses Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” Fairmount Row Houses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549216973969-PH3Y9WYB08FI6M7WVSBE/Parkway.jpg Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” Rodin Museum and Lamp-post base https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217084749-7UMDCPWKB1JL16167PCW/Bay-Windows.png Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” Bay Windows on Green Street and an 1890s Fireplace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217416317-WHV4TWYULKGL3K3646E2/Art+Deco+mailbox+and+an+iron+window+grill Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” Art Deco mailbox and an iron window grill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218081986-K34PK9LXD5MFOXKEZPFB/green+spaces Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218316474-MNMUYCWV6Z481UUO9U98/Chestnut Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217780202-HMJQJ8AARHG6LQRHODPA/Downtown Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217827046-LN5QGER30MMH41FFAU2X/Downtown Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549216915872-EXYWVY9G0LF64F9JSIZY/Ludwig+Mies+van+der+Rohe Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 – 1969), Architect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217134704-OV4FYFL4R82XSYNBZ3TM/Rittenhouse.png Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” Near Rittenhouse Square https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218340711-568JO6TMEKH7ME4TQYGR/Horse.png Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” Between Walnut and Chestnut Streets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217755013-ZSI6Q6070SGBQ9KKAS4Y/Downtown Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218195093-V8VJRIQ2B2RJBSOK57CN/Eastern Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217924806-D3MKDKN0FOYXNN3FXQ70/Green+spaces Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549218279608-AVMRP3Y8TM57F33O7FPA/Doors Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217654987-OBCYJQ88GHG0UA5WZ2RR/Row+houses Blog - “God is in the (Philadelphia) Details.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549217619045-O0NEU0IN64VSVE9HNSX6/Row+houses Blog - 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artsJournal/Norman Lebrecht Feature about Zsolt Bognár The piano outside ABC Tavern in University Circle https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2013/8/01/stages-stagecoaches-airplanes-old-europe monthly 0.5 2019-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549163819208-XJBCLFVXJF89VNPCOSDP/Frankfurt+airport Blog - Stages, Stagecoaches, Airplanes, and Old Europe Frankfurt Airport–I wonder how traveling pianists did it in the age of stagecoaches? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549163965375-RIDO018IQX2EFJ1SY2JI/Fazioli Blog - Stages, Stagecoaches, Airplanes, and Old Europe Very rare to have a ten-foot Fazioli concert grand in a private home, for many reasons including sheer size and cost–this piano had to be lifted by crane through the window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549164026301-OF2N7B5CDM5KRKPSBKCP/Ferrari Blog - Stages, Stagecoaches, Airplanes, and Old Europe Klaus’ Ferrari was a thrill to drive~ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549163918766-E7T6HQMX2OPC66I8OJNZ/Concerts+in+the+Box Blog - Stages, Stagecoaches, Airplanes, and Old Europe “Concerts in the Box” Series in Berlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549164220728-768EZ7U0XVKKWBC25TIA/B%C3%B6sendorfer+Salon Blog - Stages, Stagecoaches, Airplanes, and Old Europe Rehearsal in the Bösendorfer Salon in the Musikverein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549164069005-MJ678VSJS18G8FXRHCHU/Hauptbahnhof Blog - Stages, Stagecoaches, Airplanes, and Old Europe Berlin Hauptbahnhof is an exciting travel hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549164104338-HZ6SCRAETIML8ZJVK2X3/Past Blog - Stages, Stagecoaches, Airplanes, and Old Europe Glimpses into Europe’s past were everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549164283564-OU6H1C1MGMNMISVIB7ZR/Samy+Molcho+1960 Blog - Stages, Stagecoaches, Airplanes, and Old Europe Samy Molcho in 1960 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1549164256652-SIA2YFV5GW6FND7XIOQ0/Vienna Blog - 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Stages, Stagecoaches, Airplanes, and Old Europe My host Klaus will soon build the world’s first hall with holographic acoustic https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2013/7/24/106-degrees-of-princeton-golandsky-piano monthly 0.5 2019-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652835464-62V0XQ4IW2WC9YEPZ14V/gothic+revival Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Gothic revival details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652883126-XX0BHRTJH6O8B5IH12PT/portrait Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Turn of the century Princeton aesthetic portrait. One doesn’t sense a lack of funds [Library Archives] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548653043312-GL7Q5DHFDPG5Y4M9HO3Z/Richardson+Auditorium Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Baronial and in heavy Romanesque style, the Richardson Auditorium is where we heard the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ilya Itin’s astonishing recital. Note that one can see the humidity in the air–the day this photo was captured, humidity was 97% https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548993737225-ILYVQ809E88T7YLXL5PC/One+of+the+daily+lectures+on+specific+aspects+of+physicality+and+motion+at+the+piano Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano One of the daily lectures on specific aspects of physicality and motion at the piano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652447719-B1RML9QVDTS89POTXAJ4/Edna+Golandsky Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Edna Golandsky teaches a performance masterclass–to my surprise, she did address many musical concerns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652923985-39G21BYSADYHXPXWSHTD/F.+Scott+Fitzgerald Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano F. Scott Fitzgerald was impressed by Princeton’s air of leisurely privilege–although he was a poor student, the experience and his friends influenced his life and work. [google images] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548994413601-0R2JYPVUO34KZP3SZ5UZ/The+Sacrifice Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano A scene from Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1986 film “The Sacrifice” [google images] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548993847730-Y8LZSUS4H72G2CK8ZEBC/Craftmanship Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano It would be impossible to build with these materials and craftsmanship today on account of labor costs–back then both were inexpensive. Hence, the masterpieces~ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652539000-CKIRN7D52GSWT3OS0ME4/Princeton Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Before WW1, this was the main gate to Princeton. I walked through its gothic splendor each morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548993879488-A7AHA0QWF01T55OWQZHW/building Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano A view of some actual ivy–I would have felt ripped off otherwise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652642236-UKKT1VTK2EJR64WW9QFD/cloister Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano The cloisters at Rockefeller College. This was the walk to the dining hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652581493-H3LAZXH9NHNNASWHHWEF/train+tracks Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano As it appeared before the war, complete with train tracks for arrival [Princeton Library Archives] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652095015-48NII6PANOEEFHWDII0Q/campus+gateways Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Campus gateways–luminous and architecturally magnificent [All photos in this post are my own unless otherwise credited.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652764463-NRR7O1ZR45BIT7Q38C5S/ivy+league Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano The atmosphere of an ivy-league school prevailed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652340256-8SIJUTMT5FXEREUNJWB4/Robert+Durso Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Appassionata: Robert Durso–his artistry and commitment to teaching are the reason I attended a program I was initially deeply skeptical of, based mostly on passing hearsay. As it turned out, the week was thought-provoking and inspiring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652277446-36SPMBY52EW7EVLJ6B4E/Penn+Station+Newark Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano An Edward Hopper-like scene at Penn Station Newark. I was amazed to notice this scene–nobody else paid attention~ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652711617-2W3355CZOZCAWBBUS72F/country+club Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Night of the Living Musicians? …In fact, the daily morning yoga session. Alas, on account of the weather, I only attended once. Many aspects of a musician’s life were considered in this complete approach to wellness. The campus looked like a country club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548993988828-37MJGV756VRJRFZ4SQA6/painting Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Monet: one of the most impressive highlights of the Princeton Museum of Art–full of treasures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548994355217-FCZCXF2YURUW7U7ANLL3/Ilya+Itin Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Ilya Itin announces a Rachmaninov encore after a recital of Debussy and Liszt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548994257892-KJBJNXXV7TCBF38PYSNC/Sept+11+memorial Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano A rather zen-like September 11 memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548993929471-L3TVLODQCZ571CS2M8TY/pompous Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Pompous, bombastic, or impressive? Perhaps all of the above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548652193088-IVAL8H7NRBUV23Z3XKYD/Uptown+Cleveland Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Sunset light the new Uptown Cleveland construction had the luminous appearance of a wrapped Christo and Jean-Claude installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548994060086-YYOVXS0JQ0EAH0SVZR2Q/Woodrow+Wilson Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Woodrow Wilson at Princeton: he was a leader of the Progressive Movement and was President of Princeton from 1902 to 1910; in 1913 he was elected the 28th President of the United States https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548994119075-SI3P6QQ5VOGSWGE6587R/New+areas Blog - 106 Degrees of Princeton: Golandsky and the Piano Not everything in Princeton is old and baronial–this hip Mediterranean restaurant boasted exceptional fare https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2013/7/9/after-lugano-loire-wine-chateaux-roses-to-stormy-cleveland monthly 0.5 2019-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650557526-522KM8K0TSMF9DP0UBKD/Vineyards+stretched+in+peaceful+fields+across+the+horizon%2C+with+wildflowers+between Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Vineyards stretched in peaceful fields across the horizon, with wildflowers between https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651012730-SHAEOZJ7ZENA5E5QQ6Q4/A+view+to+the+pasture+from+the+bedroom+seemed+to+open+to+a+garden+of+Eden Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night A view to the pasture from the bedroom seemed to open to a garden of Eden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651647940-BIOM3D87BKNWPHPYFU89/tall+ships+in+a+stormy+night Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651232577-XSETEGRZ60SXEFSGFVWE/The+gardens+and+chateaux+everywhere+had+the+feeling+that+the+lush+fruits+of+Mother+Earth+were+in+full+bloom Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night The gardens and chateaux everywhere had the feeling that the lush fruits of Mother Earth were in full bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650602743-39RN5LIMG2TNI55F46NN/A+map+of+the+area+showing+the+local+wine+growers%2C+including+the+famous+Vouvray+region Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night A map of the area showing the local wine growers, including the famous Vouvray region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651459927-P7F3PGI65LLKDMR16V8K/A+tree-lined+illumated+approach+to+Chenonceau Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night A tree-lined illumated approach to Chenonceau was majestic and surreal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651507529-LJNVDDBH3LLFA79YUFZU/Night+life Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Night life, cafés, and restaurants in the old center of Tours at the Medieval Place Plumereau and its half-timbered buildings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651268882-B35KETC8RZ8E5HRNODI9/Sunset+over+the+vineyards Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Sunset over the vineyards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650962261-ZB3XDYK2O4VXH99BGJTM/Rose+gardens+beyond+the+terrace+and+a+tranquil+reading+spot Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Rose gardens beyond the terrace and a tranquil reading spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651557546-2T2JONVVNU1XLIEOXG1E/Arrival Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Arrival to Cleveland by night with terrific thunderstorms, seen from the Port https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650748301-ZMW1V2QQWK1PT773YIOR/A+lineup+of+white+wines+from+Vouvray%E2%80%93some+dry%2C+some+bright%2C+some+bubbly%E2%80%A6+all+magnificent Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night A lineup of white wines from Vouvray–some dry, some bright, some bubbly… all magnificent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651066351-PUHQ7RM54RAHWZ8D33CR/An+evening+journey+along+the+Loire+to+Amboise%E2%80%93note+that+this+is+930pm+and+the+golden+light+is+still+bright Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night An evening journey along the Loire to Amboise–note that this is 930pm and the golden light is still bright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651150194-UEUSSCMIKEE55F08AHFK/Almost+everything+one+sees+here+seems+to+have+an+authentic+feel%E2%80%93from+the+source+of+tradition Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Almost everything one sees here seems to have an authentic feel–from the source of tradition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650658717-40FYTK1CSKY95IAQS7LG/Arrival+from+Paris+to+Tours+was+very+speedy+in+the+TGV Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Arrival from Paris to Tours was very speedy in the TGV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651400206-C2VN2D5481GXSGVN14GR/Chenonceau+at+night Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Chenonceau at night evoked the immediacy of an evening in the French countryside in the Middle Ages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651602702-PRUIXDX7I9DLS92DUG3O/Tall+Ships Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night I wanted to see the Tall Ships and found a forest of them; the seen was majestically deserted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650710719-6XD9WVLBBRNDP61OGN44/Wildflowers+are+everywhere+in+this+region+of+Touraine Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Wildflowers are everywhere in this region of Touraine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650914903-9WIHIP92F64MIAIKDI5E/Meals+outdoors+were+perfect+in+the+splendor+of+late+July+evenings%3B+the+melodies+of+birdsongs+and+frog+calls+surrounded+the+scene%2C+with+the+smells+of+rosemary%2C+coriander%2C+and+thyme+floating+from+dinner+in+the+midst+of+a+cool+evening Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Meals outdoors were perfect in the splendor of late July evenings; the melodies of birdsongs and frog calls surrounded the scene, with the smells of rosemary, coriander, and thyme floating from dinner in the midst of a cool evening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651300069-IW8B4NKWZ5QIA3O7K1YJ/Arrival+at+Chenonceau Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Arrival at Chenonceau was coordinated with a night-walk with baroque music and changing light shows over manicured gardens and ancient fountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651118180-GUGBVYSFL904M5N93HTG/Moncontour Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night We passed Chateau Moncontour and its famous vineyards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548651200951-GG19H23DEYZ8XDZ4RWJE/Headed+towards+Chenonceau%2C+we+passed+Chateau+d%E2%80%99Amboise%2C+behind+which+Leonardo+Da+Vinci+lived+in+late+life Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night Headed towards Chenonceau, we passed Chateau d’Amboise, behind which Leonardo Da Vinci lived in late life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650874043-DOO7LRYC0ZG27U80HXF4/A+familiar+face+on+a+poster+in+front+of+a+private+residence Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night A familiar face on a poster in front of a private residence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650823554-VGSQELG65VOKF4EZLOYJ/The+medieval+city+of+Tours+along+the+Loire+in+the+late+evening Blog - After Lugano-The Loire: Wine, Chateaux, and Roses–to Stormy Cleveland by Night The medieval city of Tours along the Loire in the late evening https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2013/7/4/part-5-festival-beethoven monthly 0.5 2019-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650108928-7NK5JHPRQQULSDES9R8D/A+miraculous+performance+of+Beethoven+First+from+Martha+Argerich Blog - Part 5: Conclusion of the Festival, Beethoven, and Bewilderment A miraculous performance of Beethoven First from Martha Argerich https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650046551-N5G8JO4C99L4BGXRYKFK/Everybody+was+excited+to+look+important%2C+just+like+at+a+high+school+prom Blog - Part 5: Conclusion of the Festival, Beethoven, and Bewilderment Everybody was excited to look important, just like at a high school prom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650174647-98RVGBHS3FBEQ5YFJZIB/After+the+performance Blog - Part 5: Conclusion of the Festival, Beethoven, and Bewilderment After the performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548649904298-DLLP5B9XTXYRJ3Q121XO/Unusually+somber+light+on+the+last+day Blog - Part 5: Conclusion of the Festival, Beethoven, and Bewilderment Unusually somber light on the last day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548649972431-MJ2W56HH42S9VT945PZY/One+of+my+favorite+books%2C+set+here+in+Ticino%E2%80%93the+weather+today+was+apt+too Blog - Part 5: Conclusion of the Festival, Beethoven, and Bewilderment One of my favorite books, set here in Ticino–the weather today was apt too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548650225350-U4W66YELBRJUCC3YFUA1/Early+dawn+for+a+farewell Blog - Part 5: Conclusion of the Festival, Beethoven, and Bewilderment Early dawn for a farewell https://zsolt-bognar.com/blog/2013/7/3/part-4-martha-argerich-sergei-babayan monthly 0.5 2019-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548649225380-IRDTJZR9I1XIUFJQH9EJ/Why+is+the+world+of+backstage+always+so+clinically+cold+and+anxiety-inducing%3F Blog - Part 4: In Close Quarters with Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan Why is the world of backstage always so clinically cold and anxiety-inducing? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548649623506-F6UZLIO5BZ7QPUGDOMAG/Beethoven+Rehearsal+at+the+Palace+of+the+Congress Blog - Part 4: In Close Quarters with Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan Beethoven Rehearsal at the Palace of the Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548649330025-VTLFAQRXK23HRYJCRHT2/The+last+sight+before+we+faced+the+audience+and+the+difficult+premiere+of+the+work Blog - Part 4: In Close Quarters with Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan The last sight before we faced the audience and the difficult premiere of the work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548648903191-HET4OAI48ZCH97SQC4YE/All+around+town+and+outside+of+Lugano%2C+posters+for+the+festival+announce+Martha+Argerich Blog - Part 4: In Close Quarters with Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan All around town and outside of Lugano, posters for the festival announce Martha Argerich https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548649121136-XVHK337U8WZQT42BV9NJ/A+paddleboat+ride+with+friends+afforded+this+view+on+Lake+Lugano Blog - Part 4: In Close Quarters with Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan A paddleboat ride with friends afforded this view on Lake Lugano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548649477044-FJYANM4QKLIUMMMNT0EF/I+had+to+sit+unusually+far+from+the+pianos%E2%80%93I+was+not+to+block+the+camera+views+of+Argerich.+My+outfit+was+specially+selected+for+the+occasion%2C+drawing+lots+of+feedback Blog - Part 4: In Close Quarters with Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan I had to sit unusually far from the pianos–I was not to block the camera views of Argerich. My outfit was specially selected for the occasion, drawing lots of feedback https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548648814668-7FI0YT3K6NGRUB1FG6D9/By+the+time+night+rehearsals+finished+each+morning%2C+the+view+and+light+were+amazing Blog - Part 4: In Close Quarters with Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan By the time night rehearsals finished each morning, the view and light were amazing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548649571965-PLKSGGLMWIHWCMXG3R7K/The+Radio+Cafeteria%2C+the+site+of+many+gatherings+of+musicians%2C+including+the+two+soloists Blog - Part 4: In Close Quarters with Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan The Radio Cafeteria, the site of many gatherings of musicians, including the two soloists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548648977027-K7LRDCTAQ7ICLPX1EMWI/Argerich+and+Claudio+Abbado+in+the+1960s Blog - Part 4: In Close Quarters with Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan Argerich and Claudio Abbado in the 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548649395731-RS6MGK2GL4VV6TUK8ICA/In+the+music%2C+Sergei+Babayan+and+Martha+Argerich+perform Blog - 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Part 3: Martha Argerich Project Blog–Wardrobe, Bach, Maisky, and More In the arcades and in the streets, large numbers of locals of all ages were dancing around midnight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548648022008-7Q6FMGVFMWFF1DVHHLHN/I+can%E2%80%99t+believe+I%E2%80%99m+posting+a+food+picture%E2%80%93there+is+little+one+can+do+with+such+pictures+as+a+reader%2C+except+realize+what+one+is+not+eating Blog - Part 3: Martha Argerich Project Blog–Wardrobe, Bach, Maisky, and More I can’t believe I’m posting a food picture–there is little one can do with such pictures as a reader, except realize what one is not eating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548648066695-5K6KKITAXJC2ORE2TQ9B/A+single+bench+and+spotlight+on+stage+illuminated+a+darkened+hall+for+a+full+five+minutes+before+each+piece%2C+inviting+silence+and+anticipation Blog - Part 3: Martha Argerich Project Blog–Wardrobe, Bach, Maisky, and More A single bench and spotlight on stage illuminated a darkened hall for a full five minutes before each piece, inviting silence and anticipation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548647811819-K39S3ATKHOLD1DTW38VJ/Piazza+Riforma+in+the+afternoon%E2%80%93one+of+many+plazas+joined+by+interior+streets Blog - Part 3: Martha Argerich Project Blog–Wardrobe, Bach, Maisky, and More Piazza Riforma in the afternoon–one of many plazas joined by interior streets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548648238471-S8UPJ9A6IJLCSX81H8JI/The+city+is+full+of+elegant+restaurants+and+wine+bars+with+local+specialties Blog - Part 3: Martha Argerich Project Blog–Wardrobe, Bach, Maisky, and More The city is full of elegant restaurants and wine bars with local specialties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548648371865-6C9QR3L114VLXEEIYT9V/Provide+your+own+caption%3B+notice+the+bemused+smile+on+the+gentleman+standing+to+the+extreme+right Blog - Part 3: Martha Argerich Project Blog–Wardrobe, Bach, Maisky, and More Provide your own caption; notice the bemused smile on the gentleman standing to the extreme right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c40dffe2714e5d0d8ddee31/1548647941188-7BC7NXZ952TUGYM85MHM/Lake+Lugano+by+boat%E2%80%93a+different+perspective+on+the+beauty+of+the+surroundings Blog - 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