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Classical Pianist Jeremy Denk Awarded $625,000 MacArthur Genius Grant
Will Putin, Gergiev, Netrebko Respond to Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Solitary Confinement and “Conditions of Slavery?"
Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was moved to solitary confinement today, a day after she began a hunger strike to protest the inhuman conditions at the penal colony where she is imprisoned. Prison authorities said they were moving her to solitary for her own safety, not as a punishment, after Tolokonnikova said she received death threats. RETRO: Guitarist David Starobin and Baritone Patrick Mason, Two-Thirds of Crazy Jane, @ An Die Musk (3/30/12)
Crazy Jane may be a trio made up of three noted soloists--David Starobin, Patrick Mason and percussionist Daniel Druckman--but Baltimore only got to hear the first two. And that was more than enough.
