A superstar in her homeland and in high demand worldwide as a soloist, South Korean violinist, Bomsori Kim, presents “Violin On Stage”, including works written for or inspired by opera and ballet. Watch Bomsori play Carmen Fantasie in December 2020 at the state-of-the-art National Forum of Music in Wroclaw and performed with the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic and its music director, Giancarlo Guerrero.
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Rebecca in Wall Street Journal
“Waxman always regarded “Rebecca” as the best of his 144 Hollywood scores, a breakthrough in his career that other movie makers asked him to emulate.” Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal.
Ride of the Cossacks
New Year’s Eve concert with Kirill Petrenko and Diana Damrau and the Berliner Philharmoniker streaming on their Digital Concert Hall.
Tchaichovsky Competition XVI
Congratulations to the violinists who performed Carmen Fantasie by Franz Waxman at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, June 2019: Milan Al-Ashhab (Czech Republic, 6th Prize), Lara Boschkor (Germany), Mone Hattori (Japan), Ravil Isllyamov (Russia), Aylen Pritchin (Russia, 4th Prize), Leonid Zheleznyi (Russia).
ASCAP Remembers Waxman
To celebrate Waxman’s 112th birthday, ASCAP reprinted excerpts from their 2006 interview with his son John Waxman, guardian of his father’s catalogue through his company, Themes & Variations and Fidelio Music Publishing Company.
Sound of Cinema – BBC3
Playlist on Youtube
Watch a curated selection of performances of Carmen Fantasie, Tristan & Isolde, and Ride to Dubno on YouTube.
Peyton Place – On Location
A musical tour of Camden, Maine – location site of “Peyton Place”. Watch here.
Family home honored in Opole
In October 2017, the City of Opole in Poland unveiled a plaque to honor Franz Waxman at the home where he lived with his family from 1915 until he left for Dresden to attend music school. The plaque was unveiled by Mayor Arkadiusz Wiśniewski. In conjunction with the unveiling, Silesian television aired a brief documentary on his early life in German/Polish.