December
12-15-2007, 01:39 AM
Leading soloist of the Mariinsky Theater Anna Netrebko, soprano, at a concert in the Conservatory's Grand Hall.
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Russian opera star Anna Netrebko has been voted Musician of the Year for 2008 by Musical America. The magazine has been choosing the best singer since 1960.
MOSCOW, December 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, 36, has been awarded the 2008 Musician of the Year by one of the world's most prestigious music editions.
On November 6, Musical America announced its 2008 Musician of the Year, "continuing a tradition that dates back nearly a half-century, when Leonard Bernstein received the award, in 1960," "the meeting place for the entire performing arts industry" said on its website.
Musical America described Netrebko, a soloist at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg as "a genuine superstar of the 21st century." The magazine said Netrebko will "grace the cover of the 2008 Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts, often referred to in the business as the 'bible' of the industry."
Composer of the Year Kaija Saariaho, Conductor of the Year Robert Spano, Instrumentalist of the Year Charles Rosen, 80, and Ensemble of the Year Chanticleer were also honored in a special ceremony at Lincoln Center in New York City on Thursday.
Previous recipients include Placido Domingo, Leontyne Price, a remarkably endowed Black American soprano, Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva, and Karita Mattila, a leading Finnish opera soprano.
Netrebko is the youngest Russian musician to receive the award. The first Russian to be honored was Composer Igor Stravinsky, followed by Vladimir Horowitz, a Russian-American pianist, George Balanchine, a Russian ballet choreographer of Georgian descent, Nathan Milstein, a Russian violinist who took United States citizenship in 1942, and the remarkable cellist Mstislav Rostropovich.
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Russian opera star Anna Netrebko has been voted Musician of the Year for 2008 by Musical America. The magazine has been choosing the best singer since 1960.
MOSCOW, December 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, 36, has been awarded the 2008 Musician of the Year by one of the world's most prestigious music editions.
On November 6, Musical America announced its 2008 Musician of the Year, "continuing a tradition that dates back nearly a half-century, when Leonard Bernstein received the award, in 1960," "the meeting place for the entire performing arts industry" said on its website.
Musical America described Netrebko, a soloist at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg as "a genuine superstar of the 21st century." The magazine said Netrebko will "grace the cover of the 2008 Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts, often referred to in the business as the 'bible' of the industry."
Composer of the Year Kaija Saariaho, Conductor of the Year Robert Spano, Instrumentalist of the Year Charles Rosen, 80, and Ensemble of the Year Chanticleer were also honored in a special ceremony at Lincoln Center in New York City on Thursday.
Previous recipients include Placido Domingo, Leontyne Price, a remarkably endowed Black American soprano, Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva, and Karita Mattila, a leading Finnish opera soprano.
Netrebko is the youngest Russian musician to receive the award. The first Russian to be honored was Composer Igor Stravinsky, followed by Vladimir Horowitz, a Russian-American pianist, George Balanchine, a Russian ballet choreographer of Georgian descent, Nathan Milstein, a Russian violinist who took United States citizenship in 1942, and the remarkable cellist Mstislav Rostropovich.
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