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		<title>Opera Stars of Today—Mariusz Kwiecień</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mariusz Kwiecień [b. 1972], a native of Kraków, Poland, is an operatic baritone whose career was fueled by winning a number of international vocal competitions.  Among his early achievements were first-place finishes in contests run by the Vienna and Hamburg State Operas.  He was also selected to represent his nation in the Cardiff Singer of [...]
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		<title>Famous Soloists—Yefim Bronfman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yefim Bronfman [b. 1958] was born in Tashkent (formerly the Soviet Union, now the capital of Uzbekistan), immigrating to Israel with his family when he was 15.  He subsequently studied the piano at Tel Aviv University’s Rubin Academy of Music.  After performing publicly in various venues around Israel, Bronfman made his international debut in Montreal, [...]
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		<title>Composer&#8217;s Corner—Frédéric Chopin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frédéric Chopin [1810–1849], the son of a French father and a Polish mother, was born in the vicinity of Warsaw, Poland, and is today considered the greatest composer to have come from that land.  During his early years he was often known as “The Polish Mozart,” as he was clearly a child prodigy as a [...]
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		<title>Opera Stars of Today—Diana Damrau</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diana Damrau [b. 1971] is an operatic soprano—her style is technically “coloratura”—from Günzberg, Germany.  Although currently enjoying worldwide exposure in opera houses throughout Europe and North America, Damrau spent the first six years of her professional career [1996–2002] formally contracted to three different opera companies in her native land.  These were Würzburg—the site of her [...]
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		<title>Masters of the Podium—James Levine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Levine [b. 1943] began his musical life as a pianist but rose to become one of the most prominent opera and orchestra conductors of the latter part of the 20th century.  Although he has been stricken with health problems that stretch back over the past decade, Levine remains a prominent force with the two [...]
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		<title>Modern American Composers—Virgil Thomson</title>
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