August 9, 2024
European Artists

Southern Miss Symphony Showcases Masterworks in Voyages: Vienna to Venice

Thu, 11/02/2023 – 01:52pm | By: Mike Lopinto In the next stop of their exciting season of performances, The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Symphony Orchestra transports audiences to 18th century Western Europe in “Voyages: Vienna to Venice” on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Bennett Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus. Under the direction

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Intiman at 50: Seattle’s shapeshifting theater reaches hard-won milestone

Should Intiman Theatre throw away its Tony Award?   For Artistic Director Jennifer Zeyl, the answer is yes: After all, what does a Regional Theatre Tony Award from 2006 have to do with the Intiman of today?  She’s joking (or is she?) but Zeyl is serious when she says she prefers the Teeny Award, given to

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Artist Managers: ‘YCA gave me the only thing I ever wanted: a chance’

With semi-final and final auditions set to take place in New York next week, Andrew Green chats to the people behind YCA’s success to learn more about what they can offer developing young artists Next year, the London-based Young Classical Artists Trust reaches its 40th anniversary. Expect that to be celebrated here in CM,

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Bits of the Benelux: 2023 Holiday Markets | Article

Christmas and winter markets serve as a key highlight of the Benelux holiday season. (Courtesy photo) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL CHIEVRES AIR BASE, Belgium – For visitors and residents alike, Christmas and winter markets serve as a key highlight of the Benelux holiday season. Found across the region from mid-November to early January,

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The Taylor Swift stock-market effect? We are -2-

‘The market does not respond to pop stars.’ Jeffrey Campbell, economics professor, University of Notre Dame Even if the naysayers are right that Swift isn’t such a driving force in the economy — or even a symbol of the spending we’ve seen in recent months — that doesn’t mean she hasn’t changed the game in

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10 Eurovision songs that went worldwide

“Good evening Europe.., and beyond, in some cases!”. We take a look at some of the Eurovision Song Contest entries that took on a life of their own after the Contest. It’s November 2023 and our Eurovision Song Contest winner from May is still making waves across the world. At the time of writing, Tattoo

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Pleasanton Art League’s best on display in Harrington Gallery | News

The demonstration schedule will feature Natalie Soboleva (Nov. 18, oil painting of sunflowers using palette knife), Lorraine Wells (Nov. 18, landscape painting in watercolors), Wei-Ting Chuang (Dec. 9, East Asian brush painting of a winter scene), Susan Helmer (Dec. 9, painting on stretched silk with liquid French dyes), Nancy Roberts (Dec. 16, recreating plein air

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The Californian coast: inspiring musicians and artists since 1906

After an earthquake hit San Francisco in 1906, artists were called to populate the Californian coast, transforming it into an artistic mecca for those who like to surf. ADVERTISEMENT Just two hours drive south of San Francisco Carmel-by-the-Sea is one the country’s most stunning small Cities. Famed for its music, arts and distinct character.  And with

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Henri Matisse: The secular artist whose masterpiece was a chapel

Henri Matisse picked up the telephone and dialled the number of the nursing agency. He knew it by heart. It was the late summer of 1941 and the 72-year-old had been effectively bedridden for six months after enduring a major operation to treat duodenal cancer. It was not a happy period. The painful aftermath of

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Picasso’s Circles of Influence | The Art Institute of Chicago

Throughout his career Picasso was a great student of art, borrowing liberally the forms and ideas he admired in works from various cultures and periods. His work, in turn, was itself studied and emulated, inspiring his contemporaries as well as the many artists who came after him. This tour of paintings and sculptures throughout the

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