Only an act of Congress can change the name of the KenCen but Trump didn't wait. His name was going up hours after the decision. Is it legal? Likely not. It hurts audience enthusiasm and TKT sales.1/2 full seating and empty balconies for the NSO and Opera. LOL #goodvibes #usa

The present day composer refuses to die. An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. My experimenting is done before I make the music. Afterwards it is the listener who must experiment. Composer Edgar Varese born #OTD. #mondays #goodvibes

Beethoven performed the most remarkable concert of his career #OTD. He premiered his 5th and 6th Sym, 4th Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy along with various hymns, arias, parts of the C-major Mass. Even a bit of piano improvisation by Beethoven himself. #mondays #goodvibes

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Ornette Coleman recorded his iconic album, Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation #OTD 1961. Two quartets heard in separate channels were recorded in one take. No overdubbing or editing. A staggering achievement, and a blue print for that movement in jazz. #weekend #goodvibes

Telescopes across the world viewed a 7 hour cosmic explosion launching a narrow jet stream traveling at the speed of light. It's the longest gamma-ray burst scientists have ever seen. The beauty and danger of the universe . Unimaginable. Incomprehensible. #weekend #universe

You cannot play the piano well unless you are singing within you. Music is not a hobby, not even a passion with me; music is me. At every concert I leave a lot to the moment. I want to risk, to dare. I want to be surprised. Artur Runstein RIP #OTD. #weekend #goodvibes #piano

Instruments made by the Estonia Piano Factory have exquisitely rich tone, action as natural as breathing and instantaneous. They're being called the ‘singing piano’. Their secret? Prime materials. Innovation. And non-tapered soundboard. I need to try one. #weekend #goodvibes

Born #OTD, jazz great King Oliver was a mentor for Louis Armstrong. "I think he’s one of the greatest that ever picked up a trumpet or cornet. He’ll be my idol. I never did try to over-blow Joe when I played with him.That’s the respect I had for him." Amen. #weekend #goodvibes

The saga of the San Antonio Phil continues. After eviction from their concert hall, they’ll be playing outdoor holiday concerts at Sea World. Patrons will get a free pass with their concert TKT. Troubles keep finding them, but they refuse to go. Bravo! #thursday #goodvibes

The premiere of the Nutcracker #OTD wasn't a success. Critics said Tchaikovsky’s score "astonishingly rich” but the ballet “Quite amateurish”, "completely insipid". So how'd it become so popular it generates 40% of US ballet companies TKT revenue? #thursday #goodvibes #ballet

The League of American Orchestras has partnered with RIOS, a 60 orchestra network from North, Central and South America, and Iberian Peninsula. A great collaboration! Sharing ideas and resources to promote and sustain symphonic music? I'm all in. Bravo. #wednesday #goodvibes

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Idagio was just saved from bankruptcy by Asian investors. Now Symphony.live, a great classical and orchestral streamer has been acquired by Acoustics Space, a South Korean company with expertise in acoustic and audiovisual engineering. Tune in! #goodvibes #goodmusic

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life. I only live in my music. Tones sound and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes. What I am, I am by myself.There is only one Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven born #OTD. #goodvibes #goodmusic

The world has 2,919 billionaires. 924 of them live in the USA. Their combined wealth of $15.8 trillion grew 13% last year. Earth has never had so many billionaires. Their biggest worry? Inflation, tariffs, and geopolitics. How about you? What. Me worry? #mondays #goodvibes

I haven't a great Jazz band and I don't want one.  I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight. It ought to have a personality, a sound all its own, a rich and full melody, arranged and well played. Glenn Miller RIP #OTD. #mondays #goodvibes

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Happy Birthday Evan Ziporyn! The composer/clarinetist of genre-defying, cross-cultural works and performances is also MIT's Dir. Listen to his and Christine Southworth reimagination of a Van Halen's tune. For solo piano? Amazing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcmAM8y_Xw #weekend #goodmusic

WARNING: Musicians take control of your work.Before AI’s corporate partners do. Warner and Universal partnered with AI platforms Udio and Suno. Anyone can now use their signed artists work to make or manipulate their own music. Stay tuned. #weekend #technology

Fred Child hosted Performance Today for 25yrs.Now he's Prez and CEO at All Classical Radio in Portland OR. He featured me playing Gershwin with the Lviv Phil in Ukraine! https://joelfanmusic.com/joel-fan-featured-on-performance-today-americas-popular-classical-music-show/ #weekend #goodmusic

Beethoven had his 1st lesson from Hadyn #OTD, but quickly became dissatisfied. Hadyn was so busy that the 22yo secretly took lessons with other teachers. He gained success a performer and improviser and would say "I never learned anything from Haydn." #weekend #goodvibes

You only live once, and the way I live, once is enough. In my career, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine. Frank Sinatra born #OTD. #weekend #goodvibes

I try to play what comes naturally at the moment and let it happen. To me living and music are all the same thing. I play what I live. I just play as I feel. I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself. McCoy Tyner born #OTD. #thursday #goodvibes #piano

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When Frank Gehry passed away, Music lost its architect. His are “spaces where music can be made and re-imagined”. Vibrant, progressive and praised for their acoustics. Left undone? New plans for Disney Hall. A 1000 seat Colburn Center. Abu Dhabi's Opera House. #wednesday #art

Music is a prayer, a conversation with the divine. The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. Birds are the first and the greatest performers. Olivier Messian born #OTD. #wednesday #goodvibes

Spotify’s stock has soared 40% this year. So they decided to raise prices in the USA next year. Each top pop artist brings them over 100mil streams every month. That’s 10x more than any classical or jazz artist. But are any of them paid fairly? NO. #goodvibes #goodmusic #usa

John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme #OTD, his groundbreaking jazz suite. More than just music, it’s his declaration of faith. His prayer exploring spirituality, improvisation and chaos reflecting cultural resonance in our time. A masterpiece. #goodvibes #goodmusic #jazz

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As Beethoven premiered his 7th sym #OTD he said it was one of his best works, and ‘tore his arms’ and ‘jumped in the air’ while conducting. Critics said he wrote it in a drunken state "ripe for the madhouse”. For him? "Music is the wine which inspires". #mondays #goodvibes

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Founded for "the advancement of instrumental music”, the New York Phil gave its 1st concert #OTD 1842. An audience of 600 heard Beethoven’s 5th Sym, chamber music and operatic selections for 3hrs. With 15,000 concerts since, they're unmatched in the world. #weekend #goodvibes

The pandemic sidelined pianist Ludovic Zamor and he lost his manager and teacher. Depression fueled inactivity set in. So he reset his life and outlook, lost 100lbs and makes his Carnegie Hall debut this year. His friends tease he's only half the pianist. #weekend #goodvibes

The exiled Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero will join Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Corina Machado at the ceremony. Her improvisation on the Simon Diaz song“Mi Querencia” will give musical voice to all Venezuelans who've been cynically silenced. Bravo! #weekend #goodvibes

The essence of music is not just in sound but in the ability to touch the heart. To express emotion in music is to understand its soul. The Steinway piano is one of the most important and beautiful things in my life. Krystian Zimmerman born #OTD. #weekend #goodvibes #piano

This world of music, whose borders I have scarcely entered, is a reality, is immortal. Melody is the essence of music. I choose such notes that love one another. Love guards the heart from the abyss. Love, that is the soul of genius. W. A.Mozart RIP #OTD. #weekend #goodvibes

NYC’s Museum of Modern Art didn’t notice when Henri Matisse’s picture "Le Bateau" was hung upside down. 47 days and 116,000 viewers later, Genevieve Habert told them the boat and its reflection in the water was off kilter. The ship was righted #OTD. #thursday #artwork #art

I’m always trying to expand my concept of what music is. I think of the guitar as an orchestra. You don’t have to play a lot of notes to say what you want to say. The space between the notes is as important as the notes themselves. Jim Hall, born #OTD. #thursday #goodvibes

Music is language. Music is natural law as related to the sense of hearing. The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality. So we shall try to put our finger on the laws that must be at the bottom of this. Anton Webern, born #OTD. #wednesday #goodvibes #goodmusic

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Behold the magical beauty of space. The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning new picture of a graceful cosmic butterfly on its 25th anniversary. The Butterfly Nebula resides in the constellation Scorpius over 3000 light year away. #universe #NASA #astronomy

A melody is not merely something you can hum. Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state what the meaning is? No. To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable. Aaron Copland RIP #OTD. #goodvibes #goodmusic #usa

I'm the greatest bass player in the world. Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out. All you've got to do is keep your ears open. I'm not a star. I'm just backing up the cats. Jaco Pastorius born #OTD. #mondays #goodvibes

After hearing Liszt perform, Salieri taught him composition and Czerny taught him for free. He was 9. After 18 months they could teach him no more. He published a Waltz and gave his public debut #OTD. He began to tour. Lisztomania was born. He was 11. #mondays #goodvibes

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Is this from another world? Welcome to the Atacame Desert in South America, NASA’s testing ground for future Mars missions. It’ll amaze explorers.The Andes stand tall above the Argentine–Chile border into Peru's Amazon. But I think I'll pass on this one. #weekend #goodvibes

Four words describe my favorite restaurant in Rome. Tradition, family, quality, artisanship. For over 50yrs only the finest ingredients go into the authentic, ancient recipes of Emilian regional cuisine. Each dish has a unique story. Cozy and welcoming.Yum. #weekend #goodvibes

Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph the first time #OTD 1877. He saw it as a ‘speaking telegraph’ to augment the new telephone.He had no idea of how it would change us or the world. Here are my thoughts.Add some of yours? https://joelfanmusic.com/the-phonograph/ #weekend #goodvibes

A tale of two orchestras. The San Antonio Philharmonic got an eviction notice forcing them to vacate today. Stay tuned. Wish them the best. But the Pittsburg Sym? They’re celebrating a massive profit with TKT 's up 15% and a $2.3million surplus! Bravo. #weekend #goodvibes