Dallas Museum of Art will be only U.S. stop for ‘Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity’
Co-organized by the DMA, the major exhibition debuts in Paris this fall and arrives in Dallas in spring 2022.
Tiara, Cartier London, special order, 1936. Platinum, diamonds, turquoise. Sold to The Honorable Robert Henry Brand. Cartier Collection. Vincent Wulveryck, Collection Cartier.
The exhibition, in partnership with Maison Cartier, examines how founder Louis Cartier and the designers of the fabled French jewelry house were inspired by and adopted forms from Islamic art, architecture and design (not to mention materials from places such as India and Iran) to fashion its own modern design style.
A historic concert: Fabio Luisi leads Dallas Symphony, Metropolitan Opera musicians in dramatic Mahler First Symphony
It was one of the first full-orchestra concerts in the U.S. since the coronavirus pandemic shut down live performances in 2020. Luisi made it a heroic and highly personal gesture of hope and solidarity.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra music director Fabio Luisi, bottom-left, conducts members of the DSO and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in Mahler s Symphony No.1 in D Major, Friday evening, April 30, 2021 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Downtown Dallas. The special concert benefitted the MET Orchestra Musicians Fund and the Dallas-Fort Worth Musicians COVID-19 Relief Fund.(Ben Torres / Ben Torres)
Review: Stylish Mozart from Fabio Luisi, Erin Hannigan and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
The all-classical-period program also included Haydn’s Symphony No. 82, nicknamed ‘The Bear.’
Principal oboe Erin Hannigan performs Mozart s Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, led by music director Fabio Luisi, at the Meyerson Symphony Center on April 28 in Dallas.(Juan Figueroa / The Dallas Morning News)
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That an operatic background is a great benefit for even symphonic conductors was demonstrated by Fabio Luisi’s direction of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday. An all-classical-period program of works by Haydn and Mozart featured principal oboist Erin Hannigan as soloist in the Mozart Oboe Concerto.
Review: Bradley Hunter Welch pairs two great organist-composers, J.S. Bach and Marcel Dupré, at the Meyerson dallasnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dallasnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.