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Ken Herman
Ken Herman, a classically trained pianist and organist, has covered music for the San Diego Union, the Los Angeles Times' San Diego Edition, and for sandiego.com. He has won numerous awards, including first place for Live Performance and Opera Reviews in the 2017, the 2018, and the 2019 Excellence in Journalism Awards competition held by the San Diego Press Club. A Chicago native, he came to San Diego to pursue a graduate degree and stayed.Read more…
Does the program of a musical work always matter? I have been to Prague and seen the Vltava River from…
On Pianist Orli Shaham Thrills in Bernstein’s “The Age of Anxiety” with the San Diego Symphony
Libby, if you do, make certain you include a part for Madame Katherine Tingley, the daring theosophist and contemporary of…
On Lei Liang’s Opera ‘Inheritance’ Premieres in La Jolla
First we need someone to write an opera about Jesse Shepherd!
On Lei Liang’s Opera ‘Inheritance’ Premieres in La Jolla
I agree that Aimard could have given clearer pauses between the individual pieces on the first half, especially since some…
On Revolutionary Piano Music from a Revolutionary Pianist: Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Following perceptive comments from two readers concerning the David Atherton Sibelius Symphony cycle, which the Symphony archivist omitted in his…
On Patel Leads a Glorious Sibelius Fifth Symphony to Remember
I corrected the name of the trombone soloist in the Mozart Requiem. Sam Wamhoff was substituting for Logan Chopyk in…
On A Mozart Requiem Performance to Cherish and Remember
Yes, I will give the organ sonatas a pass on that judgement--although these works have almost completely disappeared from today's…
On Camarada Offers Feast of Music by Women Composers in Barrio Logan
Peter, thanks for your astute correction--I have fixed those errors! And thanks for making Mr. Curran's connection to your career…
On Director Seán Curran Brings His Own Catlike Tread into San Diego Opera’s Production of ‘The Pirates of Penzance’
Nor comments about the soprano's arm gestures in Saturday's performance, or Mlle. Kern's change of costume to upstage the soprano.…
On Olli Mustonen–from Finland with Love
POST SCRIPT (4 July 2017) Our readers should know that this Bodhi Tree Concerts production of "8 Songs for a…
On A Mad Monarch–Could This Musical Drama Have Any Contemporary Relevance?