Javier C. Hernández

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Javier Hernandez |Javier C. Hernández

A House committee proposed a huge increase in federal funding to repair and restore the center, which President Trump took over in February. Democrats have questions. Since leading a stunning takeover of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at the start of his second term, President Trump has repeatedly lamented the building's condition. He has described the center, which opened in 1971, as in " tremendous disrepair," and has spoken about the need for a major renovation.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Javier Hernandez |Javier C. Hernández

The soprano Patricia Racette has performed on some of the world's biggest stages, but she has long felt a special connection to Opera Theater of St. Louis, where she made her debut in 1993. Now Racette, 59, will deepen her ties to St. Louis: She will lead Opera Theater as its next artistic director, the company announced on Tuesday.

1 month ago | es-us.vida-estilo.yahoo.com | Javier Hernandez |Javier C. Hernández

BASILEA, Suiza.- Era de noche y nevaba en el norte de Suiza, y Martha Argerich acababa de regalarle al público una interpretación electrizante. Los fans hacían fila detrás del escenario para pedirle un autógrafo, y los amigos llegaban con ramos de rosas y crisantemos a su camerino.

1 month ago | clarin.com | Javier Hernandez |Javier C. Hernández

La pianista Martha Argerich acababa de ofrecer una actuación electrizante en una noche nevada en el norte de Suiza. Los fans hacían fila tras bambalinas para pedir autógrafos, y sus amigos llevaban rosas y crisantemos a su camarín. Pero Argerich, quien a sus 83 años sigue siendo una de las pianistas más asombrosas del mundo, con la fuerza suficiente en los dedos para romper castañas o hacer vibrar un piano Steinway, no estaba a la vista. Se había escabullido por una puerta para fumar un Gauloises.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Javier Hernandez |Javier C. Hernández

The pianist Martha Argerich had just delivered an electrifying performance on a snowy night in northern Switzerland. Fans were lining up backstage for autographs, and friends were bringing roses and chrysanthemums to her dressing room. But Argerich, who at 83 is still one of the world's most astonishing pianists, with enough finger strength to shatter chestnuts or make a Steinway quiver, was nowhere to be seen. She had slipped out a door to smoke a Gauloises cigarette.