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EXCLUSIVE: Violinist Daniel Hope Talks ‘Vivaldi Recomposed,’ Max Richter’s Re-Imagining of ‘The Four Seasons’ on DG/Universal
Not Dead Yet: San Diego Opera Receives a Two-Week Reprieve, $1 Million Gift from Board Member Carol Lazier
As a dramatic art form, opera thrives on desperate situations and narrow escapes. So too does the San Diego Opera, which has been pulled back from the brink of dissolution by a two-week reprieve and a last-minute $1 million gift from a board member. EXCLUSIVE: Ben Vida Rattles Seats in "Damaged Particulates" at Phill Niblock's Experimental Intermedia for UNSOUND NYC 2014
Second only to, maybe, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's Dream House on 275 Church Street, Phill Niblock (recent winner of all that John Cage award money) might just have the better loft in Chinatown. I mean, you don't have to take your shoes off at Phill's place on Centre Street. And while he's off to Europe for the summer, Classicalite fave Ben Vida ably filled the scant few seats for, perhaps, the best concert of this year's UNSOUND FESTIVAL--New York City edition.
