Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Edward Slatkinis an American conductor, author and composer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth1 September 1944
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
alive behind music stories
The stories behind the music make it come alive for kids,
mistress music-is possessive
Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.
concerts
I'm not particularly lucid after a concert. I'm not very lucid before, either.
party pieces firsts
A music director cannot and should not be chosen on the basis of a first date. It is not so difficult to make a good impression with a single appearance, usually containing some of a conductor's party pieces, works they have performed successfully many times before.
birth-place cinema doe
The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon.
compares mind minimal musical schubert simply work
To my mind and ear, there is simply nothing that compares to the musical sophistication of a late Beethoven, Bartok, Schubert or Brahms work for minimal forces.