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Gemini & Scorpio Host All-Night New Year's Eve Party 'The Court of the Snow Queen': Retro Remix Orchestra to Perform Live Jazz and Swing Music
28-Year-Old American Violinist David Radzynski Has Been Voted Concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
American violinist David Radzynski, 28, has been announced as the new concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.Radzynski is from Columbus, Ohio, and was selected following an audition that ended Dec. 19 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Radzynski will assume his position in March 2015. Thirty violinists were invited to compete for the position through a pre-screening process by the orchestra.He was one of the four finalists and earned the appointment after performing Johannes Brahms’s “Violin Concerto” alongside the Israel Philharmonic and maestro Zubin Mehta. After only five minutes of deliberation, the jury voted him the unanimous winner.“I am still trying to digest all that is happening. It is such an incredible honor,” said Radzynski, a graduate student who was pursuing an artist diploma in violin performance at Park University’s International Center for Music. Roy Haynes Celebrates 90th Birthday the Old-Fashioned Way with Shows March 13-15 at the Blue Note
The legendary jazz drumming heavyweight, Roy Haynes, will celebrate an honorable 90th birthday with a slew of shows at New York's most beloved downtown jazz venue The Blue Note from March 13-15.
