Barto

In a world whose practitioners often function like priests - "he lives like a monk," Barto says of his own mentor, Eschenbach - a polymath such as Barto, who worships at the temple of other gods, represents an unwelcome irreverence.

The big bad boy of the concert hall Anne Midgette 2011

Sofi killed Barto again and the family became tied to the … ghost … by … blood … or twist ties or something — I kinda zoned out here.

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And onstage at Ravinia, in the glow of the lights, as he leads Fleming in the performance of "Four Last Songs," or conducts Barto in two little-known pieces by Schumann, he seems to be going for those elements of communication that take him beyond the routine, into something that might be truly meaningful, not just as music, but as life.

Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start? Anne Midgette 2010

We're at the restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, before a concert with Eschenbach last summer, and Barto is ordering a breakfast worthy of a he-man who works out every day.

The big bad boy of the concert hall Anne Midgette 2011

"After years of playing with Christoph," Barto says, "I would push the buttons more and more, and he would always really not censor it but accommodate it."

Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start? Anne Midgette 2010

Eschenbach and Barto take on an all-American program at the NSO scroll down, by Joe Banno.

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Sofi then tells Casey about how she and her twin brother, Barto (Cutkosky), were taken to Dr. Mengele at Auschwitz and subjected to experiments; the Nazis, she says, were fascinated by twins.

Movie Review – The Unborn 2009

Sofi then tells Casey about how she and her twin brother, Barto (Cutkosky), were taken to Dr. Mengele at Auschwitz and subjected to experiments; the Nazis, she says, were fascinated by twins.

22 « January « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009

Sofi killed Barto again and the family became tied to the … ghost … by … blood … or twist ties or something — I kinda zoned out here.

Movie Review – The Unborn 2009

Mentoring has been key to Eschenbach's art; he's built up a long list of artists whom he has "discovered" or championed, and with whom he regularly performs: Fleming; the enfant-terrible pianist Lang Lang (whose debut Eschenbach led at Ravinia); the controversial pianist and polymath Tzimon Barto; the star baritone Matthias Goerne (whom Eschenbach has often accompanied in lieder recitals); and the violinist Jennifer Koh.

Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start? Anne Midgette 2010