Author Archives: wsherk
April 2018
Tiomkin Days, April 25-27, 2018 in Kremenchuk, Ukraine
The annual Dimitri Tiomkin festival in the city of the composer’s birth, Kremenchuk (sometimes spelled Kremenchug), Ukraine, will take place on April 25 to 27, 2018. In honor of their native son, the festival supports young pianists and improvisational music …
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Tagged ENERGY festival, Kremenchug, Kremenchuk, Ukraine
March 2018
Alvin Ailey ballet features Wild Is the Wind
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary. Founded in 1968 by Alvin Ailey (1931–1989), an African-American choreographer, the theater company has been entertaining audiences around the world with it’s imaginative programming and modern dance masterpieces. In a …
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Tagged Alvin Ailey, Wild Is the Wind
A Symphonic Night at the Movies: High Noon, with the Utah Symphony, February 17, 2018
by Warren M. Sherk An iconic film, High Noon. An orchestra, the Utah Symphony, that has been performing in the West since 1940. For “A Symphonic Night at the Movies” the film and orchestra came together as one at Maurice Abravanel …
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Tagged Films in concert, High Noon, High Noon in Concert, screenings, Symphonic Night at the Movies, Utah Symphony
February 2018
Film in Concert: High Noon
January 2018
Making Music in Selznick’s Hollywood by Nathan Platte
Review by Warren M. Sherk Making Music in Selznick’s Hollywood by Nathan Platte published by Oxford University Press contains considerable documentation on Dimitri Tiomkin’s music scores for two films produced by David O. Selznick in the late 1940s: Duel in the Sun and Portrait …
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Tagged David O. Selznick, Nathan Platte
January 2018
Interview with author Nathan Platte
During the holidays we caught up with author Nathan Platte via email and asked him a few questions about his latest book, Making Music in Selznick’s Hollywood, now available from Oxford University Press. READ: See our book review here. Q.: Why Selznick? So …
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Tagged Nathan Platte
Dutton Vocalion reissues Lost Horizon: The Classic Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin
Lost Horizon: The Classic Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin, recorded in 1975 by RCA and released as an LP record, was reissued in SACD by Dutton Vocalion in late 2017. The disc contains a suite from The Thing from Another World previously unreleased in …
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Tagged Dutton Vocalion, Lost Horizon
Cease Fire available on DVD, November 2017
Kino Classics has released Cease Fire on DVD. The 1953 film—directed by Owen Crump, produced by Hal Wallis, and filmed in 3-D—features a music score by Dimitri Tiomkin. READ our feature article: Cease Fire: High Noon in Korea BUY (Amazon): Cease Fire
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Tagged Cease Fire, Dimitri Tiomkin, Owen Crump
December 2017
Armed Forces song folio, December 1956
At the annual 4th Avenue Winter Street Fair in Tucson, Arizona this month, we came across this interesting publication in a thrift shop. The December 1956 issue of the Armed Forces Song Folio contains two songs by Dimitri Tiomkin. The publication …
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Tagged Armed Forces
November 2017
Tiomkin award goes to Merawi Gerima
The first recipient of the Dimitri Tiomkin Award is Merawi Gerima, a graduate student at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts (SCA). Gerima is a filmmaker from Washington D.C. He is currently completing his Master’s degree …
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Tagged Merawi Gerima, Tiomkin award
