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'The Devil's Violinist' Starring Violinist David Garrett as Niccolò Paganini Is Coming to US Theaters, Rights Picked Up by Freestyle

“The Devil’s Violinist” starring violinist David Garrett, has been picked up by Freestyle Digital Media, Freestyle Releasing and Stryker Entertainment. The film will finally be released in the U.S. theaters, after only being released to European audiences in October.
  • Cellist Maya Beiser to Perform "Beauty is Power" Concert at Jewish Museum; Music by Imogen Heap, Yoko Ono, Janis Joplin, Hildegard von Bingen

    The Jewish Museum will be presenting a concert titled “Bang on a Can: Beauty is Power” featuring cello player Maya Beiser. The concert is tied to the Museum’s exhibition, Helena Rubinstein: Beauty is Power, the fist exhibition about the legendary cosmetics entrepreneur and trendsetting art collector.
  • Cliburn Winner and Pianist José Feghali Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

    Former Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medalist José Feghali died last week of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to the "The Dallas Morning News."Feghali, 53, was a Brazilian native who trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was only 24 when he won gold at the 1985 Cliburn in Fort Worth, Texas, according to WFAA. The late Van Cliburn introduced him by telling the audience, "He appeared with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra when he was only 8 years old.”Since 1990, he had been the artist-in-residence at Texas Christian University’s School of Music, more recently serving as its coordinator of Internet technologies.