
THIRTY years ago this summer the violinist Isaac Stern created a sensation when he came to China for a series of concerts and master classes. His visit, richly documented in the Academy Award-winning film ''From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China'' (directed by Murray Lerner and supervised by Allan Miller), was credited with giving a boost to...
During a concert by the Sphinx Laureates on Tuesday evening, a girl sitting in a row of children behind me at Carnegie Hall wondered aloud why performers always exit the stage between bows. The formal traditions of classical concerts sometimes surprise newcomers. What may have surprised veterans, on the other hand, was seeing so many minority...
Isaac Stern (21. juli 1920 - 22. september 2001) var en russiskfødt amerikansk violinist. Stern var en af sin tids førende violinvirtuoser; men han spillede også meget kammermusik.
Han fik Léonie Sonnings musikpris i 1982.