Artist Profiles
Premier of Edward Hart’s “Under an Indigo Sky”
Edward Hart’s “love letter to South Carolina”—his latest violin concerto formally entitled Under an Indigo Sky—will premier at the Gaillard Auditorium on Saturday, February 11, 2012. Charleston Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Yuriy Bekker (for whom the piece was written) will be featured with the orchestra led by guest conductor Darko Butorac, the Music Director of... Read »
Opera Through Conductors’ Eyes
WHAT MAKES OPERA so powerful, so inspiring? And what is so unique about the art of conducting opera versus orchestral music? There are a lot of answers to these questions, but a great place to start is with some of the world’s leading opera conductors who in this interview share their knowledge of, insight... Read »
A Flair for the Flute
FLUTIST MONICA TARAGANO hails from Argentina, lives in Paris, and performs around the world both as a soloist and with the ensemble she co-founded, AlmaViva. At its core, AlmaViva is a unique piano, guitar, and flute trio with impassioned musicianship and impeccable style. They compel you to listen and to keep listening, which you... Read »
Do You Know This Artist?
WHEN SHE IS NOT GIVING workshops, or painting the Lowcountry or the streets of Paris, Hilarie Lambert spends her days tucked away in a charming second-story studio on Broad Street. The narrow rooms, adorned with oil paintings, exude a fresh, distinct, invigorating style in a wide range of themes—all with a very human touch.... Read »
A Chat with Cellist Alisa Weilerstein
OVER THE PAST EIGHT FESTIVALS, the Spoleto chamber music series’ distinguished cellist, Alisa Weilerstein, has emerged as an artist that I’ve described as a true “Spoleto darling.” That came as a result of both the superb technical qualities and the emotionally overwhelming nature of her playing—as well as the public’s inevitable reaction to it.... Read »
Talking About David Stahl
The Charleston Symphony Chorus will perform the Brahms Requiem as a tribute to Maestro David Stahl on April 16, 2011 at Memminger Auditorium. Here’s our interview with Director, Dr. Robert Taylor as he talks about David and the upcoming performance. »
Keely Enright, director
Keely Enright is the founder and producing director of The Village Playhouse and Repertory Company in Mt Pleasant, SC. A native of Los Angeles and graduate of UCLA, she moved to Charleston 15 years ago to start her own theatre. She and her husband, managing director Dave Reinwald (who regularly acts as well as... Read »
Marco Sartor, guitar
Buy tickets to Marco’s March 15 performance at the Dock Street Theatre. Classical guitarist, Marco Sartor, lives in Charleston, SC where he teaches at the Charleston Academy of Music, and from where he travels extensively to give concerts and master classes. Marco was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and is a top prize winner in... Read »
Stan Gill, director
IF YOU THINK Sprouts Childrens Theatre is just for kids, think again. I can safely promise that parents won’t be able to wipe the smile off their faces or stop laughing at these fairy tales told so humorously and intelligently by director Stan Gill’s cast of actors and musicians. The youngest kids sit eagerly... Read »
Sandra Nikolajevs, Chamber Music Charleston
CHAMBER MUSIC CHARLESTON’s second annual “Mozart in the South” festival is coming September 9–12. Along with a chamber night, an orchestral evening, and the finale at Middleton Place, there will be the popular Little Mozart Circus at Francis Marion Square (with 14 tents) where children of all ages can handle instruments, get a lesson,... Read »
The churches of Charleston
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