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10:02 am
Thu July 19, 2012

Cartoonist Misha Dichter (He Plays Piano, Too)

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Misha Dichter's sketch of a pianist at work.
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Misha Dichter: "A Pianist's World in Drawings."
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"Music Agent"
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"And this afternoon, a 60% chance of rain with temperatures in the 80's. Tonight, Mostly Mozart."
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Now, if only Harley-Davidson made pianos too...
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"Transcendental Playing"
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Dichter's virtuoso in action.
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"No Recording Devices, Please"
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"Altitude Takes Its Toll at the Aspen Festival"
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"Early Arrival in Aspen"
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"Bathroom, Italy"
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"The Critic"
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"Economy, Business, First"
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Originally published on Thu July 19, 2012 2:19 pm

Misha Dichter is a man of many talents, though you probably know him as the gifted pianist who won the silver medal at 1966 Tchaikovsky Competition, spurring an international career that has lasted more than 40 years.

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Deceptive Cadence
9:36 am
Wed July 18, 2012

The Operatic Occupations Puzzler

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Jose Carbo (left) is the wily title character in a Sydney Opera House production of Rossini's Il barbieri di Siviglia.
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Jobs, jobs, jobs. Who needs them, who's going to get them and who might lose them? It's a hot topic on the campaign trail. With the addition of only about 80,000 jobs last month, the June unemployment rate remained at a stubborn 8.2 percent.

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Deceptive Cadence
10:01 am
Tue July 17, 2012

Young Conductor Steers A Vivid, Drug-Addled Dream

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Robin Ticciati conducts beyond his years in a debut recording with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
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Originally published on Wed July 18, 2012 9:20 am

Robin Ticciati is the principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Bamberg Symphony in Germany. He's conducted at the Metropolitan Opera and just finished a run of Britten's Peter Grimes at La Scala. Ticciati has also been tapped to take over England's storied Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 2014. And did I mention he's under 30?

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