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coming soon: rufus!

Rufus Wainwright

Yes, in partnership with PICA’s Festival of Time-Based Art (T:BA:10), the Oregon Symphony is presenting Rufus Wainwright on Thursday, September 9th. I know next to nothing about Wainwright (neither he nor his father), but everyone I know has been wildly excited about this collaboration, so it should be a singular event.  I did catch him on the E! network show Chelsea Lately at few days ago – here’s the segment:

3 replies on “coming soon: rufus!”

That’s good to know. I”ll check it out, After all, I love Wagner while finding his personality hugely repellant.

So far, i’ve always been disappointed by “pop” artists that attempt “classical crossovers” – McCartney, Costello, Prince, etc.

The ONLY musician that could travel back ‘n’ forth with REAL chops and an individual voice was Frank Zappa.

PS
Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead might wind-up being another. His music for the film. “There Will Be Blood” is fairly strong even though it is highly derivative of early-Penderecki.

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