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Classical Court From Perotin to Prokofiev (and beyond), performed by Caruso to Khatia, it's all here. |
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Classical Court From Perotin to Prokofiev (and beyond), performed by Caruso to Khatia, it's all here. |
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In the wake of the forthcoming issue of conductor Mitropoulos legacy recordings, I read into his biography a bit. Foreign to the U.S., Greek, monkish, homosexual and -- despite ALL of that -- granted leadership positions in Minneapolis and New York (and, almost, Boston) -- at the very least he opened the door for Bernstein, and very likely shaved off some of the unspoken taboos surrounding what is now the "new normal" of LGBTQ culture -- and, by that, I am NOT being sardonic or critical. Water rises to its natural level, and if the complexion of contemporary society is, in reality, different than the controlled media messages of the past century, so be it.
My question is, who else can you name that "cracked open the door" in terms of creating awareness and opportunity for previously disparaged and/or invisible portions of society to gain access to careers in classical music?
I'll start with a couple of not very obvious votes: James DePreist (conductor) and Thomas Quasthoff (baritone).
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Topic - Classical Musicians as Cultural Pioneers - SE 06:36:56 03/13/22 (16)
- Van Cliburn... N/T - musetap 22:05:48 03/14/22 (1)
- Nice -- that is an interesting reference -- I agree fully, and... - SE 06:46:16 03/15/22 (0)
- Don't forget the great Paul Robeson - hesson11 14:56:49 03/14/22 (1)
- RE: Don't forget the great Paul Robeson - Mali 11:14:53 03/16/22 (0)
- Paderewski raised the status of the muso - andy evans 13:18:12 03/14/22 (0)
- Evelyn Glennie - pbarach 04:04:19 03/14/22 (1)
- Thanks, pbarach -- ALL heroic references... - SE 08:06:30 03/14/22 (0)
- Jeffrey Tate - pbarach 04:03:15 03/14/22 (0)
- Itzhak Perlman - pbarach 04:01:01 03/14/22 (0)
- Marian Anderson - pbarach 03:56:01 03/14/22 (0)
- Paul Wittgenstein - oldvinyl 16:39:54 03/13/22 (1)
- Excellent reference! n/t - SE 19:18:28 03/13/22 (0)
- Lubka Kolessa - oldvinyl 13:43:38 03/13/22 (0)
- RE: Classical Musicians as Cultural Pioneers - Chris from Lafayette 11:59:28 03/13/22 (2)
- Antonia Brico - Pat D 11:42:49 03/21/22 (0)
- That certainly qualifies -- and first-hand acquaintance, at that... - SE 12:16:36 03/13/22 (0)
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