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Martin

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About Me

My photos are dispayed at: http://albums.phanfare.com/navy59/I have lived all over the U.S. I have traveled in Europe, the Caribbean and a few places in the Pacific and Asia. I have retired in Illinois to be close to Chicago. Chicago has a great music scene. I travel into Chicago several times each week mostly to attend music performances. I like music tourism, that is traveling the U.S. and Europe to attend music performances. I love cars and get a new one each year. My current cars are a Toyota Prius and a Honda Civic Hybrid. I received a liver transplant in 1994 which saved my life. I have been selected to have my biography published in several Who's Who publications. Most recently I was selected for Who's Who in America 2009. See Marquis Who's Who web site at: www.marquiswhoswho.com.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Classical music lovers. People waiting for an organ transplant. Organ transplant recipients.

My Blog

Contempo

The University of Chicago presented another Contempo (Contemporary Chamber Players) program on Thursday, May 28, in Chicagos Ganz Hall.I rode the train to and from this event.  The weather was very n...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 07:57:00 GMT

Owen Wingrave

The last opera of the Spring Opera Festival at Chicago Opera Theater was concluded with the third opera, Owen Wingrave by Benjamin Britten.  This opera was a tragedy and a serious opera (opera seria) ...
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 11:46:00 GMT

La Tragedie de Carmen

The Chicago Opera Theater Spring Opera Festival continues at Harris Theater.  The second opera of the season was La Tragedie de Carmen adapted from the Bizet opera by Peter Brook.  Ginny and I saw thi...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 14:05:00 GMT

A Sextet of Chicago Symphony Players

I went by myself to Chicago and Symphony Center on Tuesday evening, May 12.  The purpose was to visit Symphony Center for a concert by six string players including Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider and...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 08:28:00 GMT

Live Opera in My Neighborhood Movie Theater

The fabulously successful live transmission of operas from New Yorks Metropolitan Opera House to my local movie theater continued during its third season which ended on Saturday, May 9.On May 9 I saw...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 13:58:00 GMT

Little Known 20th Century Music

I attended an outstanding concert by the Chicago Symphony under its Principal Conductor, Bernard Haitink on Friday afternoon, May 8.  Even though the music on this program is little known, it was all ...
Posted by on Sun, 10 May 2009 11:35:00 GMT

Chicago Opera Theater Spring Festival Season

Ginny and I went to Chicago on Wednesday, April 29, to see Mozarts La clemenza di Tito.  This opera was the opening performance of the Chicago Opera Theater Spring Festival Season.  This opera has ga...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:35:00 GMT

Members of the Perlman Music Program

On Sunday afternoon, April 19, the Perlman Music Program brought eight young string instrument players to Symphony Center, Chicago, where they performed in a chamber music program.  The program includ...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:12:00 GMT

Bruckner Symphony No. 8

For the concert on Friday, April 17, the Chicago Symphony was back and so was the Principal Conductor, Bernard Haitink.  It was a matinee and I attended.  They played Bruckners Symphony No. 8.  It is...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:37:00 GMT

Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

Gustavo Dudamel has been making the rounds of the worlds major symphony halls creating quite a stir in the music business.  He has been to Chicago before leading the Chicago Symphony Orchestra while ...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:45:00 GMT