Art & Culture

November’s man of music

Alexander Porforyevich was born on Nov.12, 1833 as an illegal son of a 62-year-old Georgian nobleman named Luka Stepanovich Gedevanishvili, and a married, intelligent and pretty 25-year-old Russian woman, Evdokia Konstantinovina Antonova. Fortunately, the Russian […]

Art & Culture

Mahler: July’s Man of Music

Once you have heard Mahler’s music, you’ll likely go back for a second helping. My first Mahler experience was the Fourth Symphony. The orchestration was amazing. The melodies unforgettable. A deep thinker wrote this music. […]