Alameda’s Altarena Playhouse took home four awards: “Always … Patsy Cline” won for Best Production of a Musical; Music Direction (Tania Johnson); and Principal Female Actor in a Musical (Margaret Belton); “Boeing-Boeing” won for Featured Male Actor in a Play (Charles Woodson Parker). The company was also honored as a finalist for Best Production of a Play (“Boeing-Boeing”); Direction of a Musical (Richard Robert Bunker in “Always … Patsy Cline”); Music Direction (Greg Zema in “Side Show”); Performance by an Ensemble in a Play (the cast of “Boeing-Boeing”); Principal Female Actor in a Play (Sue Trigg in “Boeing-Boeing”); and Principal Female Actor in a Musical (Julia Etzel in “Always … Patsy Cline”).
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Pekka Kuusisto: Salonen’s fellow Finn, violinist Pekka Kuusisto, 42, has a distinctive sound and a solid track record in new music performance. An artistic partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and artistic director of Australia’s ACO Collective, he’s played concertos for his instrument by Thomas Adės, Magnus Lindberg and Icelandic composer Daniel Bjarnason. He also devotes much of his time to ecology, working with Greenpeace to protect the Great Northern Forests. Nico Muhly: Vermont-born, New York-based composer Nico Muhly, 37, is one of the most lauded composers of his generation: Hs latest opera, “Marnie,” based on Winston Graham’s 1961 novel and the 1964 Alfred Hitchcock film it inspired, was produced by the Metropolitan Opera to glowing reviews this fall. Considering that he’s created more than 80 new works for the concert stage, look for Muhly to make key contributions once Salonen takes up the Symphony’s reins.
