The tours were put together to show Marlboro to the world, but also to get us more opportunities to perform. Many of these young musicians who participate, they do not have major concert platform experience, so it’s very good for them. It’s, again, not for financial gains, although that is considerable for young people, and…
Musicians from Marlboro taught me not only the basics of touring, it showed me how to bring the highest musical values to an audience that is being increasingly deprived of the deeply thoughtful and expressive music making which is the hallmark of the Marlboro Festival.
I participated in six tours during the 80s and 90s. My first touring experience was with the late great Siegfried Palm. We performed the Hindemith Octet and recorded it for the Marlboro Recording Society. He called me “Tessie” because he thought that was my name, and soon Ida Levin had everybody calling me “Tessie” that…
I arrived in Vermont in July 1988, after spending four months communicating with the ministry of culture of East Germany and finally succeeding in getting a passport to leave East Germany. Siegfried Palm had heard me in East Germany and introduced my name to Felix Galimir and Rudolf Serkin; I was accepted after sending a…
From 1986 to 1993, I worked in Marlboro’s New York office, where my responsibilities included managing Musicians from Marlboro tours. Though I had not yet been to Marlboro when I worked on the first few tours, I already sensed the special camaraderie between the musicians and knew it must be a very unique place. In…
It is so hard to target the most special moments of being on tour with Musicians from Marlboro because each tour has been unique and extraordinary. Each program has been challenging and exciting and all of my colleagues have been utterly inspirational. Since I have had the honor and the privilege to take part in…
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