By Jonathan Shifflett As part of our Cello Stories series, we took a minute to ask Christopher Hutton, Associate Professor of Violoncello at Furman University, about his background as a cellist and what events at the upcoming Piatigorsky Festival he finds most enticing. Hutton studied at Boston University with Leslie Parnas, and earned Master of…Continue Reading Cello Stories, Part II: Christopher Hutton
Month: March 2016
From The Piatigorsky Archives – Part 1
By Carol Merrill-Mirsky When Jacqueline Piatigorsky died at the age of 100, much of Gregor Piatigorsky’s personal archive was donated to the Colburn School in downtown Los Angeles. Over a hundred boxes of correspondence, orchestral scores, original manuscripts, concert programs, clippings, recordings, films, books and ephemera needed to be sorted, inventoried and properly stored. As…Continue Reading From The Piatigorsky Archives – Part 1