Jonathon Heyward is exactly the right leader for the Baltimore Sym, on and off the podium. His contract is extended to ’31, and he’s announced his own initiative to support nurture emerging talent and educational initiatives. Inspiring the future. Bravo! #goodvibes #thursday

After deliberations lasting into the night, the American pianist Eric Lu has won the ’25 Chopin Competition. It was his 2nd attempt. Ten yrs ago he came in 4th. He already enjoys a busy career but says “This is a dream come true”. Congrats dude! #wednesday #goodvibes #piano

Music is the heart of life. With it everything is beautiful. The supreme harmony of the cosmos is selected in the harmony of the spirit. My sole ambition as a composer is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future. Franz Liszt born #OTD. #wednesday #goodvibes

Friedrich Haas premiered his “11,000 Strings” in NYC last week.50 pianos surrounded 1,300 seats. Each one is microtonal.Tuning them took 20 hours. The result? There’s no music behind it, just this pure, massive sound. But I'm told awe inspiring! #goodvibes #piano #goodmusic

As a musician you have to keep one foot in the past and one foot forward into the future. Jazz is a feeling. Jazz will be the classical music of the future. Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that. Dizzy Gillespie born #OTD. #goodvibes #goodmusic

Shohei Ohtani'slegendary night put the LA Dodgers in the MLB World Series. He pitched a sterling, six-inning shutout with 10 strikeouts and hit 3 home runs. Maybe the greatest game in history. Can he do it again? The World Series starts Friday. Will he? #mondays #goodvibes

New Orleans is the cradle of Jazz and I happened to be the creator. Jazz music is a style, not compositions. Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm. Get up from that piano.You hurtin' its feelings. Jelly Roll Morton born #OTD. #mondays #goodvibes

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Climate change causes severe heat waves, floods, droughts, wildfires and now the widespread death of coral reefs. One of natures most beautiful gifts contribute trillions to the global economy.Vital for marine life and our food security. We'll miss them. #weekend #goodvibes

After months of negotiations the Youngstown Sym has a new Management, Maestro Erik Ochsner as Musical Director and extension of the musicians contract. They've got a bright future beginning with a celebration of their 100th Anniversary this season. Bravo! #weekend #goodvibes

Jazz is our past and potential, summed up and sanctified.There is no script. Jazz comes from our way of life. It's democracy in music. A musician's whole life is to listen. I'm not afraid of you being yourself. That's America. Wynton Marsalis born #OTD. #weekend #goodvibes

NPR, CPB and PBS broadcast 96% of the classical music in the USA. Federal funding cuts are endangering it for millions. Local broadcasts of orchestras and the performing arts are fractured.Stations have to assume broadcast and streaming licenses. A pity. #weekend #goodmusic

A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man. Time is the best of critics and patience the best of teachers. Play Mozart in memory of me and I will hear you. Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel! Chopin RIP #OTD. #weekend #goodvibes

Happy Birthday #OTD Marin Alsop! She’s the only conductor with a MacArthur Fellowship and 1st woman to head orchestras in the US, South America, Austria, and UK. The League of American Orchestras gave her their highest accolade, the Golden Baton Award. #thursday #goodvibes

Culture heads fired Alberto Torres Xolocotzi, the AD of Mexico City Tipica Orch, citing “gender parity.”A female will replace him. Without any competitive examination. The musicians condemned it. Gender discrimination? Gender intolerance? Just stupidity. #thursday #goodmusic

Happy Birthday #OTD to Grammy winning pianist Bill Charlap! His approach to the American song is legendary. And he's able to zero in on the essence of #Gershwin. "Gershwin was right in his time, at his time. Everybody else was behind." Catch him live! #wednesday #goodvibes

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Anyone following the Chopin competition? It's held every 5 yrs and there's only 20 pianists left in semi-finals. And it's dominated by Asians. 6 Chinese, 3 Japanese, 2 Koreans. Both US contestants are Asian. Only 2 are Polish. And no Europeans? #goodvibes #goodmusic #piano

I believe man's noblest endowment is his capacity to change. The 20th century has been a badly written drama from the beginning. This must be the mission of every man - a world which the mind will have triumphed over violence. Leonard Bernstein RIP #OTD. #goodvibes #goodmusic

ICE has dropped its deportation of John Shin, the South Korean violinist working in Utah. After his wrists and ankles were shackled at his arrest and tens of thousands in legal fees, he won. His ordeal is over. He’s expecting his green card. “This is my home”. #usa #mondays

Jazz is the music of freedom.Improvisation is where the magic happens. Music is the heartbeat of life.Every note I play is a part of me. Emotion is what makes music alive.I can’t explain it.Every performance is a new adventure. Art Tatum, born #OTD. #mondays #godvibes #jazz

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Frank Sinatra caused “The Columbus Day Riot” when he returned to perform at NYC’s Paramount Theater #OTD ’44. The theater only sat 3500 and 35,000 fans showed up. And refused to leave their seats for hours. The police were called to forcibly remove them. #weekend #goodvibes

Meet Heather Christian, the ’25 MacArthur Fellow in music. The composer, lyricist, playwright and vocalist is based in NYC exploring the sacred and spiritual in our modern world. She has numerous theater and film credits and fronts her band, The Arbornauts. #weekend #goodvibes

You can't separate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues. Because that's where it all started - in church. The music is medicine for the soul. It is the only culture that America has brought forth. No America, no jazz. #Art Blakey born#OTD. #weekend #goodvibes

Gershwin's Porgy and Bess was his most sophisticated work, an opera lasting 4hrs. At a ‘try out’ in Boston, he made substantial cuts and refinements before premiering it on Broadway #OTD in NYC. It ran for 124 performances. but was a commercial failure. #weekend #goodvibes

I always believed in being myself. I find my inspiration in myself. I don't know where jazz is going. Jazz is freedom. You think about that. Jazz is my adventure. I compose my pieces with a formula that I created myself. Thelonious Monk born #OTD. #weekend #goodvibes #jazz

You’ll have to go to Cologne, Germany to view this surreal reference to sci-fi, Mexican folk tales, religion and classical art. The Ukrainian duo ‘Interesni Kazki’ used acrylic paint and rollers to tribute women as givers of new life and peace. #wednesday #artwork #artist

The artist who does not feel satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music. One must practice slowly, then more slowly, and finally slowly. Camille Saint-Saens born #OTD. #thursday #goodvibes

At 19, Rachmaninoff premiered his Prelude in C-sharp minor #OTD. His 1st composition earned him 40 rubles. But it became so popular that he called it ‘his Frankenstein’. It's still my favorite, and used in films, orchestras and jazz musicians all over. #wednesday #goodvibes

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Auditions have begun for 23 open positions at the Chicago Sym. Maybe another if the asst principal horn retires. That’s one quarter of the orchestra. The NY Phil has 7openings also. Are orchestra musicians getting paid too much? Or too little? #goodvibes #goodmusic

The Chopin Competition has 85 pianists vying for the gold medal. It’s a massive national event for Poland. In Warsaw a special Chopin Tram features live pianists. And Garrick Ohlsson chairs the jury. It's a 1st. For 98yrs a Pole has presided. #goodvibes #piano

NASA is shut down but volunteer citizen scientists discovered 2 giant, intersecting rings of light 300,000 light-years wide. It’s an “Odd Radio Circle”, the most bizarre and beautiful cosmic structures ever seen. It's the farthest and most powerful known. #mondays #universe

You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them. Eddie Van Halen RIP #OTD. One fan took his advice and reimagined one of his classic rock hits - after becoming the Dean of Music at MIT. Just listen. It's amazing. https://joelfanmusic.com/right-now-dont-want-to-wait/ #mondays #goodmusic

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Police arrested Ella, Dizzy and Illinois Jacquet at Houston's Music Hall for gambling #OTD. They'd just ended the 1st set of a concert for an integrated audience in Jacquets hometown. They paid the fines at the police station and hurried back for the 2nd set to end the show. #weekend #goodvibes

Bach was fond of the Sarabande and gave it a privileged place in his music. This is one of my favorites. Only 1 minute, but has exquisite beauty that's stunning. Hard to imagine the dance was of Mexican origin? https://youtu.be/pq0iVCMKTTg?si=LBCliZxv1wg-0RVP #weekend #goodmusic #piano

Meet the Concert Truck. A fully equipped concert hall with lights, a sound system and grand piano to bring great classical music into everyday life. Any place. Any time. The Seattle Chamber Music acquired it to reach and serve new audiences. Others should too. A great idea. #thursday #goodvibes

Love is the only medicine I believe in. Life's pretty tough, you're lucky if you live through it. It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people. All of my words, if not well put nor well taken, are well meant. Woody Guthrie RIP #OTD. #weekend #goodvibes

Josephine Baker’s short ‘banana’ skirt’ and erotic dance in La Revue Nègre caused a stir at a theater in Paris #OTD. She wouldn't perform for segregated USA audiences, married and adopted 12 children, became a WWII heroine and civil rights activist. An amazing woman.Bravo! #thursday #goodvibes

NASA was born on 10/1/1958 to advance space research and insure the USA wasn’t left behind in the space race. On its 68th birthday, it closed its doors to 80% of its workforce as the government shutdown began. A pity. 15k employees will stay home until the government reopens. #thursday #goodvibes

I have no style, I change each day I play differently. I must tell you I take terrible risks.The music is behind those dots. Behind the notes, something different is told. The score is not a bible, and I am never afraid to dare. Vladimir Horowitz born #OTD. #wednesday #goodvibes #piano

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Mozart conducted the premiere of The Magic Flute #OTD. It was his last opera, and an outstanding success with many numbers encored. Mozart celebrated the immense crowds at it’s nightly performances for just 2 months before he died. It's still a staple of opera today. #goodvibes #goodmusic #opera

The Kichner-Waterloo Sym - The orchestra that refused to die. 2yrs ago, bankrupt and no board, the unpaid musicians took matters in hand. They gave free concerts, raised $500k on GoFundMe and got a new a new board. And they've just opened they're 2025'26 season. Bravissimo! #goodvibes #goodmusic

Naxos Records is the biggest in classical music with 17 record labels and 50 other independents. And Kuke Music Holding just bought them. They're the leading platform in China, with 3 million audio and visual tracks. So what does it mean for Classical Music? Stay tuned. #mondays #goodvibes #music

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A painting is music you can see. Music is a painting you can hear. It's the framework around the silence. It takes a long time to sound like yourself. It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play. Do not fear mistakes. There are none. Miles Davis, RIP #OTD. #weekend #goodvibes

There's a magical, misty well-preserved cloud forest in northwestern Costa Rica beckoning me. Monteverdi is an untouched paradise, home to thousands of plants, animals and birds in the Santa Elena Reserve. Best view ? The steel bridges high over the canopy. #weekend #goodvibes