This year’s Festival plays host to a wide range of professional cellists and composers. For this series, Cello Stories, we turned our attention to the Festival’s audience members. Karen Steinbach, teacher, nature lover and tennis buff, has had a long history with the cello from her upbringing in California to her life in Jerusalem. As…Continue Reading Cello Stories, Part 1: Karen Steinbach
Month: February 2016
When Lesser Met Benny
By Jonathan Shifflett Few people know that the Second World War turned Los Angeles into a hotbed of classical music. Musicians fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe arrived in Hollywood to fill spots in the prosperous film studio orchestras and caused a striking transformation. A city that was once a cultural desert was suddenly flooded with some of…Continue Reading When Lesser Met Benny