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Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Concertmistress of the Kansas City Symphony Kanako Ito is one of those hometown girls who didn't originally come from here. She is a native of Japan, but she chose Kansas City. And now this is home.
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David Peironnet has been a concert-goer for more years than he would care to admit, and can clearly recall hearing the Kansas City Philharmonic under the baton of Hans Schweiger. This comes from someone who admits to be only 24 years old though acknowleges that his undergraduate degree was not in math but rather political science -- a group of people who are notoriously able to see only those facts they want to see in statistical data.
David has churned out the newsletter for the Friends of the Symphony - Kansas City for six or seven years. He doesn't recall and really doesn't care how many years it has been because the only thing that's important is the next deadline -- and the one after that.
This is one of a series of interviews he runs periodically usually consisting of five open-ended questions which reveal answers which can give information to the person walking into a concert hall for the first time, or like himself have been enjoying concerts for many years.
David and Kathy Peironnet frequently work at the Friends of the Symphony gift shop which is located in the lobby of the Lyric Theatre. The next time you come to a concert, stop by and say, "hello." Ask for a copy of the current FoS newsletter. If a copy isn't available, just ask and one will be mailed to you.
Avner Dorman on "Lost Souls" premiere with KC Symphony
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
"There is something about a great piece of music - whether you love it or you don't - you want to hear it again. Whether you love it or not, that isn't important. If you want to hear it again, that's the important thing."
Whose side is he on, anyway?
Tue, Dec 29, 2009
David Peironnet talks with Tim Jepson, principal timpanist for the Kansas City Symphony, about why we should think about the relationship between musicians and the audience differently.
"Reflections" on modern music
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
This will be the first time that some of us - make that nearly all of us - will have the opportunity to hear Menachem Wiesenberg's music when "Reflections" makes its U. S. premiere with the Kansas City Symphony this weekend. David Peironnet talked with the composer about 'new' classical music and his new work.
Profile: Luca Lombardi
Sun, Feb 14, 2010
The Kansas City Symphony will perform the world premiere of Luca Lombardi's "Flute Concerto" this weekend at the Lyric Theatre and The Carlsen Center. The piece was commissioned by the Symphony and will be performed by world-renowned flutist Emmanuel Pahud.
PROFILE: Heidi Grant Murphy, opera singer
Tue, Mar 23, 2010
Life as an international opera star. You stride purposefully, but calmly down the platform of a Paris train station, pursued by an army of redcaps with numerous bags containing costumes for the next performance. You spot familiar faces among passengers on the Orient Express enroute to the lounge car to begin the journey with a light refreshment...
PROFILE: Jennifer Higdon
Tue, May 11, 2010
Composer and recent Pulitzer Prize awardee Jennifer Higdon talks with David Peironnet about her work "The Singing Rooms" which will be performed by the KC Symphony and Chorus over the May 21-23 weekend.
PROFILE: Jeanne Minahan
Tue, May 18, 2010
Part II of Jennifer Higdon's "The Singing Rooms." Composers are inspired by others. Higdon's work was written around poet Jeanne Minahan's work of the same name.
PROFILE: Kansas City Symphony Chorus
Tue, May 18, 2010
In Part III of my profile interviews of Jennifer Higdon's "The Singing Rooms," I interviewed two members of the Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Tanya Dixon and Teresa McCalley - and they both offered fascinating insights into what performers are thinking as they rehearse music
Creating Kansas City’s Concert Organ
Tue, Aug 03, 2010
Kansas City’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will open in the autumn of 2011: nearly two decades since the first serious discussions for a new performing arts center and a superlative quality concert organ for Kansas City took place. David Peironnet recently interviewed John Obetz about his design for the Kauffman Center's new organ.
Meet one of the newest members of KC Symphony Chorus
Wed, Sep 08, 2010
KCM Contributor David Pieronnet interviewed Stacy Griffin, a K-State alumna and one of the recent winners of the Kansas City Symphony Chorus auditions.
INTERVIEW: Jonathan Leshnoff, composer
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
KCM contributor David Peironnet talks with Jonathan Leshnoff, composer of "Starburst," the season opener for the Kansas City Symphony's 2010–11 season.
INTERVIEW: Hilary Hahn, violin
Wed, Sep 29, 2010
Hilary Hahn, violin soloist for the Kansas City Symphony's 2010–11 opening night is interviewed by KCM's David Peironnet.
INTERVIEW: Ingrid Stölzel, composer
Tue, Oct 26, 2010
David Peironnet interviews local composer Ingrid Stölzel about her upcoming premiere with the UMKC Wind Symphony.
INTERVIEW: James Tocco, piano
Mon, Nov 01, 2010
David Perionnet interviews upcoming Kansas City Symphony soloist, James Tocco about balancing his teaching and performing career and his thoughts on Barber's Piano Concerto
PREVIEW: A worthy tradition
Tue, Nov 23, 2010
Most people are familiar with the “Hallelujah Chorus” by George Frideric Handel. It was a huge success from the first time it was performed. England’s King George II rose to his feet and remained standing through the entire chorus. Royal custom was that when the monarch stands, everyone stands - and that tradition of rising for the singing of “Hallelujah Chorus” remains today.
PREVIEW: KC Symphony's "Christmas Festival"
Mon, Dec 06, 2010
The Kansas City Symphony's Christmas Festival will be an all-new spectacular with the Symphony, Symphony Chorus, Allegro Children’s Choir, and Rezound! KCM contributor David Peironnet interviewed Steven Jarvi about the extravaganza.
PREVIEW: "An Old World Holiday"
Tue, Dec 07, 2010
Steven Jarvi and the Kansas City Symphony Chamber Players perform Christmas pieces in a program that includes works by Corelli, Handel, Liszt, Holst, and Leroy Anderson.
INTERVIEW: Stefan Jackiw, violin
Tue, Jun 07, 2011
American violinist and final Kansas City Symphony guest soloist of the year, Stefan Jackiw discusses the appeal of Max Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy" with KCM's David Peironnet.
INTERVIEW: Achieving that Grammy sound
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
The Grammy’s award excellence in artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry. The Kansas City Symphony’s recording "Britten’s Orchestra" for Reference Recordings has been nominated as Best Surround Sound Album for surround mix engineer Keith O. Johnson and surround producer David Frost. Frost, a four-time winner, is also nominated as Producer of the Year, Classical.
INTERVIEW: Baiba Skride, violin
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
David Peironnet interviews the Kansas City Symphony's guest soloist violinist Baiba Skride on her thoughts about the Khachaturian Violin Concerto, her Stradivarius violin, and Latvian winters compared to Kansas City's.
INTERVIEW: Avner Dorman, composer and J.J. Sherman, audience member
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
Composer Avner Dorman has more than one connection to Kansas City. Besides the Kansas City Symphony owning the world premiere of his piano concerto “Lost Souls” and an upcoming U.S. premiere of percussion concerto “Frozen in Time,” he’s married to a Kansas Citian! Good man. David Peironnet spoke with both Dorman and his wife J.J. Sherman about the approaching performance, audience reception, and the value of spousal opinion.
Inside the KCPA's Casavant organ
Tue, Sep 06, 2011
When eager audience members head into Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, a prominent feature of the room is the new 102-rank Casavant pipe organ. With its 5548 pipes, it is an artistic explosion of wood and metal fixed above the stage. While it still needs a few months to acclimate and be tuned, visually it is ready to wow. David Peironnet spoke with the organ's designer John Obetz about Kansas City's newest instrument.