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A pioneering researcher in computer-assisted music theory, Stephen is a former SMT member and directed research in computer-assisted piano instruction in conjunction with Yamaha. He is currently researching the nature of music performance practices.

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A familiar face on the podium of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Those who cannot wait until next June to hear Donald Runnicles, when he returns to the San Francisco Opera to conduct Richard Wagner's Die...
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Beethoven and the Finns

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Last week Osmo Vänskä began his visit to the podium in Davies Symphony Hall with a long overdue (by almost fifteen years) first performance...
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Osmo Vänskä returns to Davies Symphony Hall

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The last time Osmo Vänskä visited to conduct the San Francisco Symphony, he opened with the United State premiere of the work of a Finnish...
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Russians for the October Russian Music Festival

It is always interesting to see what sorts of arrangements Alexander Vereshagin prepares for his Russian Chamber Orchestra when they perform in the...
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Itzhak Perlman: violinist and conductor

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The program for this week's San Francisco Symphony concert at Davies Symphony Hall (whose final performance is this afternoon at 4 PM) listed Itzhak...
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Concerted effort

The title of the second program in the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra season was The Concerto – An Adversarial Friendship. Perhaps to...
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Our radical past

During my student days, when it seemed as if opportunities for experimentation with the composition and performance of music seemed endless, there...
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Discounts for students and teachers in the Digital Concert Hall

Those who remember our Great Recession project may recall my championing the Digital Concert Hall created for the Berliner Philharmoniker as one of...
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New sounds for a "new century"

The title for the first program in the new season of the New Century Chamber Orchestra was Pictures at an Exhibition: New Traditions, where the...
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Apotheosis (?) of the dance (?)

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The opening program of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra was entitled "Apotheosis of the Dance" because, according to the program notes by...
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