(b. 1955) Sesame Street first introduced me to Yo Yo Ma as I was watching it with my kids. When I later saw him with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra I was struck by both his ease in his flawless musicianship and by his humble, simple joy with the music. He continually established eye-contact with the… Read more »
Category: Classical
Carl Nielsen
Peacemaker Daniel Buttry writes a series of columns on musical reflections for the centennial of WWI. Here, he profiles Danish composer Carl Nielsen.
Leonard Bernstein
Peacemaker and author Daniel Buttry profiles Leonard Bernstein’s conducting of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in the “Freedom Concert” in Berlin in 1989.
Pablo Casals
Peace activist and author Daniel Buttry profiles the world-famous cellist Pablo Cassals, who eventually was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Vedran Smajlović
Peace activist and author Daniel Buttry profiles Vedran Smajlović (b. 1956), better known as “The Cellist of Sarajevo,” and includes a video of the piece.