The second volume of Stephen Walsh’s biography of Igor Stravinsky – “Stravinsky: The Second Exile” (new from Knopf) – has more than the usual amount of local interest. The book chronicles the composer ...
Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer, conductor and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most influential 20th century composers. His ballets The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring, ...
Robert Craft was Boswell to Igor Stravinsky’s Johnson – a comparison he vehemently denied, however. But his inseparable association with Stravinsky perhaps deprived him of the full recognition he ...
Robert Craft, who has died aged 92, was amanuensis to Igor Stravinsky for the last 23 years of the composer’s life, serving as companion, confidant, driver, editor, protégé, recording supervisor, ...
'My music is best understood by children and animals,' said Igor Stravinsky. Undaunted, Tom Service seeks the essence of one of the 20th century's most elusive composers. Show more "My music is best ...
KPBS FM Radio Film Review: “Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky” By Beth Accomando Air date: June 17, 2010 HOST INTRO: Coco Chanel was the subject of a recent biopic, and now she’s the subject of another.
Stravinsky seated with Rimsky-Korsakov (left corner), photographed in 1908. I'm pleased to continue presenting interviews by Mary Rousculp Hoffman which she recorded during her years as Program ...