Maurice Joseph Ravel

After brain damage, the creative juices flow for some

2011-05-20 18:07:00

Artist Katherine Sherwood was just 44 when a hemorrhage in her brain's left hemisphere paralyzed the right side of her body — forever changing her artwork. Before the stroke in 1997, her mixed-media paintings featured strange and cryptic images:...

Composer Daniel Catan takes on the Frank Capra classic 'Meet John Doe'

2010-10-07 16:32:56

Daniel Catán dies at 62; opera composer and librettist

2011-04-12 00:00:00

Daniel Cat�n, an opera composer and librettist whose works including "Il Postino" and "Florencia en el Amazonas" have been praised for their lyrical romanticism and humane generosity of spirit, died suddenly Saturday in Austin, Texas. He was 62. Cat�n'...

Nicholas Maw, British composer, dies at 73

2009-05-21 00:00:00

Nicholas Maw, a British composer who bucked the fads of modern classical music to return to more traditional melody and who brought William Styron's wrenching novel "Sophie's Choice" to the opera stage, has died. He was 73. Maw died Tuesday at his home...

In Paris, Canvassing an Old Art District

2002-09-15 00:00:00

PARIS--People who like French Impressionist and Postimpressionist art are familiar with Paris' 17th arrondissement, whether they know it or not. Claude Monet and his contemporaries painted the great steam engines that puffed through the 17th...

A gleaming and traditional recital from Joshua Bell

2012-01-30 00:00:00

Accent: Stanley Jordan Trio next Weisiger offering

2012-01-23 09:21:00

Guitar legend and “jazz genius” Stanley Jordan will present in the third performance of the Club Weisiger Series. The concert is set for Saturday in Weisiger Theatre. Trying to describe Stanley Jordan in simple terms is like trying to...

Five for your planner: Tuesday, Sept. 20

2011-09-19 12:34:00

Every Sunday through Thursday, the Lifestyle staff picks five events to keep on your radar. Here are the five events for Tuesday, Sept. 20: 1. Comedy with a heart Comedian Mark Lowry will perform with pianist Stan Whitmire, 6 p.m.� Saturday, Sept....

Castleton Festival keeps growing

2011-06-23 12:24:00

The most atmospheric way to experience the Castleton Festival, which opens Saturday, is to travel down to Virginia's Rappahannock County and catch opera productions or orchestra concerts on the spacious, idyllic estate of celebrated conductor Lorin...

Trudy Silver Renunites With Aunt Lil's Piano Sunday

2011-05-29 00:00:00

Newcomers partake in MSO's 'French Feast'

2011-02-13 15:06:00

The Maryland Symphony Orchestra enjoyed some new faces Sunday as it performed its third Masterworks concert of the season. “I just moved to Maryland,” said Ken Green as he surveyed the inside of The Maryland Theatre before the orchestra...

MSO concert features French romantic music

2011-02-09 14:27:00

Ooh la la! The Maryland Symphony Orchestra will present "A French Feast" this weekend, the third Masterworks concert of the season. "This is a program I truly love," Music Director Elizabeth Schulze wrote in an e-mail. "Every piece just shines." The...

Dancers perform their dance on the stage of the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest on September 6, 2011 during the dress rehearsal of Maurice Ravel's 'Bolero', choreographed by Spanish Flamenco dancer Lola Greco, prior to a world premiere with a 3D projected background.

2011-09-08 12:54:07

The late University of British Columbia scientist Anne Adams started to paint only after the onset of a type of brain degeneration called frontotemporal dementia, or FTD. Such damage, to the front and sides of the brain, tends to interfere with sources of personality, behavior and language.

2011-05-19 15:57:32