Debussy News

For hundreds of thousands of Streisand fans, many of whom were Friends of Dorothy, "Classical Barbra" was the album that first introduced them to the songs of Faure, Debussy, Schumann and Wolf.

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, under the artistic direction of flutist Linda Chesis, celebrates its fifteenth anniversary season with a diverse offering of musical experiences.

Sequins sparkled, electric bulbs on the candelabra twinkled like ships at night; spotlights made the orchestra blush red for de Falla, blue for Debussy; and a BBC TV camera darted forward for close-ups of the world's most lucrative fingers.

Some of us already knew Jun Markl through his fine Debussy recordings for Naxos and, presiding over Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Last Songs concert on Thursday, the conductor's reputation proved amply warranted.

Elena Urioste began her lifetime of musicianship after seeing violinist Itzhak Perlman on "Sesame Street" when she was 2 years old.