Renee Fleming
Five Quickies: Breaking Bad Musical, Renée Fleming's L.A. 'Streetcar,' Joyce DiDonato's LGBT Russia, Algerian Ballet Refugees in Canada, Rare Robert Wyatt Tapes
Classical Crossover: Bad Move...or Step Forward?
Classical music has its share of crossover artists, but is this really advancing the art form? Rock musicians who write operas aren't the only famous artists crossing musical boundaries these days--witness Renée Fleming's 2010 album Dark Hope, featuring the singer in indie hits from bands like Arcade Fire, Band of Horses and Death Cab for Cutie. "Fimasaurus," Yefim Bronfman's Very Own Cabernet/Merlot Blend from Napa's Kongsgaard Wine
In an enjoyable interview for Bloomberg, Yefim Bronfman--by any measure one of the most in-demand pianists on the planet--reveals an unusual accolade. "I have to brag about something that's much more important to me than anything else in my career," says the man nicknamed "Fima."
