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Another musical loss this week was Ruth Slenczynska (gifted NYTimes link). She was the last living student of Rachmaninoff, a child prodigy in the 30s who also released an album in her 90s. Her story is one of overcoming abuse and childhood trauma to create a life in music on her own terms.

Amazing! It got great reviews and Ann Hallenberg is outstanding

Not sure if it is ok to link TikTok in here but Tim Dieck's account is so funny. I didn't realize he and Sara Conti were a couple but they are hilarious together!

I was happy to see that the Canadian Opera Company, in Toronto, is premiering a new work by Ian Cusson (a First Nations composer) and also programming Ariadne auf Naxos and The Turn of the Screw. For a while there I thought they were retreating into just Boheme and Traviata and the like...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUMP0iyjiew/?igsh=aDJ3MG13Zmk0Z3U1

Were you watching? I kept waking up and checking my phone last night, lol. I guess I am still recovering from the shock of my fave, Lorenzo, retiring after being 2 sets up on Djokovic. Novak has been extraordinarily fortunate this tournament, but it does seem like he played very, very well...

I got one minutes before I had to play for a funeral at the church where I work. The woman who died was exactly the same age as Catherine O'Hara - 71. 😭

Possibly Musetta is not quite so innocent :hat1:

Did anyone just watch Vicky Mboko and Clara Tauson? Brilliant match. Very happy to see Vicky in the 4th round in her AO debut!! Also further to my previous post: Vacherot seeded 30th and still alive.

You and Morricone both. (And me.)

Amazing result in Shanghai: Vacherot d. Djokovic, Rinderknech d. Medvedev and the two cousins meet in a Masters 1000 final. Vacherot jumps from 204 to at least 58 in the live rankings. He was an alternate for qualifying at the beginning of the tournament 😱

Yes Bryce is here and it would be cool to have an international level pair training at HSC :) But of course Oakville is home to Miura/Kihara and other great pairs so that might be a better choice for them.

@peibeck you nailed it. Sinner had a terrible day on serve and it was probably the very best he could do to win the second set. Not to take anything away from Carlitos who was in excellent form.

🎉🎉🎉🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Now I’m trying to decide if I have it in me to watch Sinner-Musetti tonight 🫣

Aryna gets a walkover into the semis as Vondroušová is forced to withdraw due to injury. Poor Markéta has played so well this tournament and again her body lets her down 😭