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Pablo Casals (1876–1973), was born in Spain to a Puerto Rican mother Pilar Defilló. He was a cello player and a supporter of the Spanish Republican Government and as such came to odds with Generalisimo Francisco Franco when the Spanish Republican Government was overthrown. Casals went to live in the French village of Prades.
In 2005 the "International Composition Competition of the Pablo Casals Festival of Prades" was created, the winner of which was the German composer Thorsten Encke [3] for his String Quartet (2004). The second edition took place on 14 April 2007 and the prize, with a 15,000 euros reward, was awarded to Hee Yun Kim [ 4 ] for Mémoire de Dong-Hak ...
Here’s a guide to entertainment around town this weekend and beyond.
The first live concert was performed on November 6, 1958 in Mayagüez, hometown of Don Pablo Casals’s mother. [ 2 ] The PRSO has hosted various artists, including Plácido Domingo , Luciano Pavarotti , Justino Díaz , Kiri Te Kanawa , and Alicia de Larrocha , among others, and has performed in various Central and South American countries as ...
Coachella, the largest annual music festival in North America, saw a drop of about 15% in ticket sales this year compared to last year. Jennifer Lopez canceled her tour due to disappointing ticket ...
Here are some of the highlights in store for Kansas City Symphony, Lyric Opera, Kansas City Ballet, Harriman-Jewell Series and more. So much ahead on Kansas City’s 2023 classical music scene ...
The Memoirs of Pablo Casals, Pablo Casals as Told to Thomas Dozier, Life en Espanol, New York (1959). Cellist in Exile. A Portrait of Pablo Casals, Bernard Taper, McGraw-Hill, New York (1962). Casals, Photographed by Fritz Henle, American Photographic Book Publishing Co., Garden City (1975). ISBN 0-8174-0593-3.
Take the Rockettes’ extravaganza at Radio City Music Hall, combine it with an old Andy Williams TV Christmas, add generous quantities of gorgeous orchestral and choral music and voila ...