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'Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award Names Dallas Symphony's Karina Canellakis

Earlier this month it was announced that Karina Canellakis would step down as assistant conductor to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Now, Ms. Canellakis is the recipient of the coveted Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award.
  • 'Meet Arsha Kaviani, Concert Pianist and so Much More

    While Arsha Kaviani is technically a citizen of Dubai, UAE, born to Iranian parents, Arsha is no more a citizen of one or the either. His real home is any auditorium that houses a grand piano, where imagination is alive, where arias play and passions are enflamed, where concertos blaze fire across the black and white keys of a grand piano. Arsha Kaviani is a concert pianist in the physical world. In his soul, he is an artist. Classicalite caught up with the pianist on an early Sunday morning in Portland, Oregon and a late evening in London, England.
  • 'The Metropolitan Opera Knows Hairbrushes and Tubas Don't Mix

    It's not often that musicians are faced with dramatic problems minutes before they go on stage, or into the pit. A recent diary entry made by the Metropolitan Opera, however, claims a hairbrush and a tuba can make for a disastrous evening.
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