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Maestro (/ ˈ m aɪ s t r oʊ /; from the Italian maestro [maˈestro; maˈɛstro], meaning "master" or "teacher," [1] plural: maestros or maestri) is an honorific title of respect, sometimes abbreviated Mo.
Neeme Järvi (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈneːme ˈjærʋi]; born 7 June 1937) is an Estonian American conductor. Early life. Järvi was born in Tallinn.
The phone occurs as a deaffricated pronunciation of /tʃ/ in some other dialects (most notably, Northern Mexican Spanish, informal Chilean Spanish, and some Caribbean and Andalusian accents). [14] Otherwise, /ʃ/ is a marginal phoneme that occurs only in loanwords or certain dialects; many speakers have difficulty with this sound, tending to ...
Definition Campana: bell: A bell used in an orchestra; also campane "bells" Cornetto: little horn: An old woodwind instrument Fagotto: bundle: A bassoon, a woodwind instrument played with a double reed Orchestra: orchestra, orig. Greek orkesthai "dance" An ensemble of instruments Piano(forte) soft-loud: A keyboard instrument Piccolo: little: A ...
During that period, in Italy, the position (Italian: maestro di capella) largely referred to directors of music assigned to cathedrals and sacred institutions rather than those under royal or aristocratic patronage. A Kapellmeister position was a senior one and involved supervision of other musicians.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, CC (French pronunciation: [ja.nik ne.zɛ se.ɡɛ̃]; born Yannick Séguin; [1] 6 March 1975) is a Canadian conductor and pianist. He is the music director of the Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal), the Metropolitan Opera (New York City), and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Ravi Shankar (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈrobi ˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, [2] sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; [3] 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer.
João Carlos Gandra da Silva Martins (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ˈkaʁluz maɾˈtʃĩs]); born June 25, 1940) is a Brazilian classical pianist [1] and conductor, who has performed with leading orchestras in the United States, Europe and Brazil. He is celebrated as a great interpreter of Bach and has recorded his complete keyboard works.