One of the new artistic partners of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Tabea Zimmermann is an astounding artist, multiple award-winning violist, and a mesmerizing personality. Currently the artist in residence with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, previously holding the same

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Alessandro Scarlatti, born on 2 May 1660, is frequently considered the “founder of the Neapolitan school of 18th-century opera.” Contemporaries called him the “Italian Orpheus,” and he became the most important opera composer of his generation in Italy. Establishing Naples

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