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Krannert Center Artists Featured on Upcoming WDWS Broadcasts As part of the bimonthly “Club Krannert” program on WDWS 1400AM with host, Gary O’Brien, several artists from the Krannert Center marquee season will be featured guests on upcoming episodes. On Thursday, January 15 at 4:15pm, listen to author and performer, LeAnne Howe, discuss the creative process that lead her to produce Choctalking on Other Realities, which will be presented at the Center on January 23 and 24.
On Wednesday, January 21 at 2:15pm, tune in to 1400AM to hear from Peter Kiesewalter, one of the founding members of the East Village Opera Company, an innovative musical ensemble that will be presented at the Center on January 30 and 31.
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Illinois Native Gil Shaham Wins Avery Fisher Prize for 2008 In an Associated Press story dated 11/21, Martin Steinberg reports, “The last time they shared a Lincoln Center stage, violinist Gil Shaham wielded the big smiles as Gustavo Dudamel made his conducting debut with the New York Philharmonic. Thursday night, it was Dudamel’s turn. At the end of Shaham’s nationally televised performance on PBS’s ‘Live From Lincoln Center,’ Dudamel suddenly appeared in the audience and greeted Shaham as the violinist walked toward an exit. ‘Stop!’ Dudamel called out. ‘My friend. Nice to see you. I have the honor to tell you that you have won the Avery Fisher Prize for 2008.’ The 37-year-old Shaham took two steps back to catch his breath.” Steinberg notes that the Illinois-born, Juilliard- and Aspen-trained Israeli violinist had won an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1990, the year after his career “got a big boost … when as a late substitute soloist for an indisposed Itzhak Perlman, the then-high-school junior turned in highly praised performances with the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.” More>>
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