Composer/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra creative director Philip Glass (left) taking a bow with CSO associate principal timpanist Richard Jensen, guest conductor Julian Kuerti and CSO principal timpanist Patrick Schleker following the CSO premiere of Glass' Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra, Music Hall, Sept. 30, 2011
Composer/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra creative director Philip Glass (left) taking a bow with CSO associate principal timpanist Richard Jensen, guest conductor Julian Kuerti and CSO principal timpanist Patrick Schleker following the CSO premiere of Glass' Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra, Music Hall, Sept. 30, 2011
Re-opening of Cincinnati's historic Taft Theatre, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra led by John Morris Russell, Sept. 12, 2011
Re-opening of Cincinnati's historic Taft Theatre, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra led by John Morris Russell, Sept. 12, 2011
Poster for Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and its new conductor John Morris Russell, fall, 2011.
Poster for Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and its new conductor John Morris Russell, fall, 2011.
Piazzolla's
Piazzolla's "Histoire du Tango," performed by members of the Exhale Dance Tribe with violinist Tatiana Berman and guitarist Richard Goering in Cincinnati Ballet Studios, Oct. 15, 2011. Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts.
Violinist Joshua Bell (left) and pianist Samuel Haywood performing in Memorial Hall, Cincinnati for the Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts, Nov. 8, 2011
Violinist Joshua Bell (left) and pianist Samuel Haywood performing in Memorial Hall, Cincinnati for the Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts, Nov. 8, 2011
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra music director Paavo Järvi blowing kisses to the CSO musicians following his final concert as music director in May, 2011
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra music director Paavo Järvi blowing kisses to the CSO musicians following his final concert as music director in May, 2011
Baritone William McGraw (center in white) performing as Jesus in Bach's
Baritone William McGraw (center in white) performing as Jesus in Bach's "St. Matthew Passion," staged by the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, Nov. 20, 2011
Bonfires and light effects at Leigo Lakes, Estonia, August 6, 2011. Estonian National Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi
Bonfires and light effects at Leigo Lakes, Estonia, August 6, 2011. Estonian National Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

Links

AEQAI: a Cincinnati-based e-journal for writing on the visual arts
www.aeqai.com

Arts San Francisco
www.artssf.com

Classical Voice of North Carolina
www.cvnc.org

San Francisco Classical Voice
www.sfcv.org

Express Cincinnati
www.expresscincinnati.com

The Classical Music Network
www.concertonet.com

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
www.cincinnatisymphony.org

Cincinnati Opera
www.cincinnatiopera.org

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra
www.ccocincinnati.org

Chamber Music Cincinnati
www.cincychamber.org

Linton Chamber Music Series
www.lintonmusic.org

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