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Excerpt from The Chautauqua Daily by Guest Critic Christopher H. Gibbs Three long threads were woven into the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra concert Tuesday evening. The first is called “Into the Music/After the Music,” intermission-less programs after which the audience is invited to ask questions of Music Director Rossen Milanov. The second: several concerts this summer featuring Russian music, …

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Excerpt from The Columbus Dispatch By Jennifer Hambrick Symphony Orchestra Music Director Rossen Milanov led the orchestra and violin soloist Leila Josefowicz in performances of contemporary composer Thomas Adès Violin Concerto “Concentric Paths” and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony that took the spiritual idea of journeying to transcendent heights. Just as the proverbial journey of a thousand miles …

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This past week in Asturias, Spain, Rossen conducted the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias in Szymanowski’s version of Stabat Mater. These concerts were supported by Ewa Tracz, soprano; David Menendez, baritone; and the chorus of the Fundación Princesa de Asturias. This concert was performed to observe and celebrate Semana Santa (Easter week) in Spain. Also on the program was Los …

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