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  • Slatkin Spends Memorable Week in Spokane

    January 25, 2023

    Slatkin’s first visit to Spokane culminated in both a warm welcome from audiences and rave reviews from critics. As Larry Lapidus of the Spokesman-Review averred, “The meticulous clarity with which he conveyed the instructions of the score to the orchestra was a source of wonder.”

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  • Memorial Celebration in Honor of Cellist Frederick Zlotkin

    December 8, 2022

    The Violoncello Society of New York has announced a memorial honoring Leonard’s late brother, Fred Zlotkin. The event will take place on Monday, January 30, 4:00 p.m. in Morse Hall at The Juilliard School and is open to all those who wish to attend.

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NOVEMBER 2023

The road beckoned, and I travelled west and east for what I hoped would be lovely sets of concerts. That wish has so far come true, but the intrusions on beauty by events taking place at home and abroad prevented total immersion in the music.

Over and over, I kept wondering what those of us who practice our art in public could do as war broke out in Gaza. And as usual, there was no answer. Organizations and individual artists can make statements, but ultimately we are powerless to do much more than offer some sort of diversion for a little while to those who attend our performances. The audience comes to the concert hall or opera house to escape the outside world. And, to an even greater degree, so do my fellow musicians, who work tirelessly to get to the heart and soul of the music we play.

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