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Gabriela Montero's Piano Improvisations Featured on Ravinia $10 Concert Series
The Ravinia Festival will present a rarity at 6 p.m. on August 20: a piano recital in which the entire second half is devoted to improvisation. Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero will perform works by Brahms and Schumann on the first half, and then take suggestions from the audience of themes on which she will weave her mesmerizing improvisations. LONGREADS: Minnesota Composer Institute Alumni's Full Letter to All of Minnesota
A proposal by vaunted Northern Ireland and Middle East peace negotiator, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, that the Minnesota Orchestra end its 11-month lockout was just shot down by both board and management.
