Zdenek Macal, Conductor With an International Reach, Dies at 87 Posted by By Adam Nossiter November 6, 2023Posted inClassical Music, Czech Philharmonic, Czech-Americans, Czechoslovakia, Deaths (Obituaries), Macal, Zdenek, Music, New Jersey, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Shuttling between Europe and the United States, he conducted the world’s great orchestras. He was music director of the New Jersey Symphony for 11 years.
“The Greek Passion” Takes Center Stage at the Salzburg Festival Posted by By Rebecca Schmid July 14, 2023Posted inClassical Music, Culture (Arts), Czechoslovakia, Felsenreitschule (Salzburg, Austria, Theater), Martinu, Bohuslav, Music, Opera, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Salzburg Festival Bohuslav Martinu’s “Greek Passion” poses a timeless question: when a group of refugees seek protection in a new community, what will the locals do?