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| ⚫ | The '''Blossom Festival''' is a summer music festival of [[orchestra]]l music located at the [[Blossom Music Center]] in [[Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio]]. The festival was originally created to provide a summer concert vehicle for the [[Cleveland Orchestra]] and the Blossom Music Center was specifically built to host the festival. The festival's first season was in 1968 and it consisted of six weeks of concerts given by the Cleveland Orchestra intermingled with eight individual [[jazz]]/[[folk music]] concerts. [[George Szell]] conducted the first concert on July 19, 1968. Since then the festival has been expanded to include ten weeks of orchestral music.<ref>[http://www.clevelandorch.com/html/Blossom/BlossomHistory.asp Cleveland Orchestra.com]</ref> Until 2005, the Blossom Festival had its own music director. The last person to serve in that capacity was [[Jahja Ling]]. After he stepped down from that position, the orchestra eliminated the post, and now the orchestra's full time music director [[Franz Welser-Möst]] is in charge of the classical music concerts both during the regular concerts in Cleveland and the summer concerts at the Blossom Festival.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050904/news_1a04scher.html | title=Ling bids farewell to fest: 'It is time for me to move on' | work=The San Diego Union-Tribune | author=Valerie Scher| date=2005-09-04 | accessdate=2007-07-15}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The '''Blossom Festival''' is a summer music festival of [[orchestra]]l music located at the [[Blossom Music Center]] in [[Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio]]. The festival was originally created to provide a summer concert vehicle for the [[Cleveland Orchestra]] and the Blossom Music Center was specifically built to host the festival. The festival's first season was in 1968 and it consisted of six weeks of concerts given by the Cleveland Orchestra intermingled with eight individual [[jazz]]/[[folk music]] concerts. [[George Szell]] conducted the first concert on July 19, 1968. Since then the festival has been expanded to include ten weeks of orchestral music.<ref>[http://www.clevelandorch.com/html/Blossom/BlossomHistory.asp Cleveland Orchestra.com]</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:22, 13 March 2009
The Blossom Festival is a summer music festival of orchestral music located at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The festival was originally created to provide a summer concert vehicle for the Cleveland Orchestra and the Blossom Music Center was specifically built to host the festival. The festival's first season was in 1968 and it consisted of six weeks of concerts given by the Cleveland Orchestra intermingled with eight individual jazz/folk music concerts. George Szell conducted the first concert on July 19, 1968. Since then the festival has been expanded to include ten weeks of orchestral music.[1] Until 2005, the Blossom Festival had its own music director. The last person to serve in that capacity was Jahja Ling. After he stepped down from that position, the orchestra eliminated the post, and now the orchestra's full time music director Franz Welser-Möst is in charge of the classical music concerts both during the regular concerts in Cleveland and the summer concerts at the Blossom Festival.[2]
References
- ^ Cleveland Orchestra.com
- ^ Valerie Scher (2005-09-04). "Ling bids farewell to fest: 'It is time for me to move on'". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2007-07-15.