Concert pianist and Head of Piano Program at Chatham University. Founder and Artistic Director of Chamber Music series at Chatham.
Joined September 2015
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Pauline Rovkah retweeted
A very happy 80th to Joni Mitchell!!
"You've got to keep the child alive; you can't create without it."
"Chase away the demons, and they will take the angels with them."
"Freedom to me is a luxury of being able to follow the path of the heart, to keep the magic in your life."
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
The 2023 @kencen Honorees have just been announced! I've always looked with awe at the artists up in that box at the KC Opera House. I'm so incredibly grateful to think I will be among them! Look for the @CBS broadcast in Dec ➡ tkc.co/Honors #KCHonors
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
Visit your local theater this Saturday, May 20, for the Live in HD transmission of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Maestro @nathstutzmann conducts Ivo van Hove’s dramatic new production.
Learn more: bit.ly/3b4pUAI
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
Such wise words from Gustav Mahler (d otd 1911):
“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.”
“In Bach, the vital cells of music are united as the world is in God.”
“A symphony must contain everything.”
“I don't choose what I compose. It chooses me.” – at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
Love it! @CartoonsCurnow
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Erik Satie b otd 1866! Unique...
"Before I compose a piece, I walk round it several times, accompanied by myself."
"I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old."
"When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see, when you're 50.' I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing."
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
Django Reinhardt d 70 years ago today! Talk about overcoming tribulations - miraculous. In Jeff Beck's view: "By far the most astonishing guitar player ever has got to be Django Reinhardt ... Django was quite superhuman, There's nothing normal about him as a person or a player."
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
Congratulations to Dmytro Udovychenko, 23, of Ukraine, who has won First Prize in the Montreal Violin Competition! Second place went to SongHa Choi; and third prize to SooBeen Lee. @CMIMontreal
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Pauline Rovkah retweeted
Einstein - b otd 1879!
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
"Imagination is everything."
"You can't blame gravity for falling in love."
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
When it comes to Mozart’s music, Mitsuko Uchida is an incomparable interpreter. She was joined by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall for a program that included two of composer’s late piano concertos and Schoenberg’s Kammersymphonie No. 1. 📷: RichardTermine
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
Prokofiev d otd 70 years ago (famously, & unfortunately, on the same day as Stalin). What a composer! Such an extraordinary range of musical personality: savage energy, vast melodies, biting wit, irresistible elegance. An enigmatic man, with a puzzling life story; but a genius!
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
King Charles III is a musician at heart, with a deep love for the cello, orchestral music, and the works of Beethoven.
As a young prince, Charles III learned the trumpet and piano. He continued to play cello throughout his years at Cambridge, playing in a university orchestra.
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
Interesting thoughts on music from Rameau - d otd 1764:
"Music is a science which should have definite rules; these rules should be drawn from an evident principle; and this principle cannot really be known to us without the aid of mathematics."
"I try to conceal art with art."
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
Dante Alighieri died in Ravenna #OTD in 1321. The most popular Dante-based opera is Gianni Schicchi, but do you have other favourites?
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
Oleksandr Shapoval, soloist of National Opera ballet, Honored Artist of Ukraine, died in combat near Mayorsk, Donetsk region.
He went to the frontlines as a volunteer and served as a grenade launcher.
RIP, Hero.
Pauline Rovkah retweeted
PA orchestras took over Dresden this morning when we crossed paths with @philorch! We are honored to have 2 world-class orchestras from the same state, & to represent PA abroad once again. Thanks to the @PennsylvaniaGov, whose support made these tours possible!
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