Pianist Dang Thai Son To Hold Recital Concert, Master Classes At Park University

Pianist Dang Thai Son To Hold Recital Concert, Master Classes At Park University

By Brad Biles - February 15, 2013 - 7:10 am
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Internationally acclaimed pianist Dang Thai Son, who propelled to the forefront of the music world in 1980 with his gold medal winning performance at the 10th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, will perform a recital concert on Saturday, March 2, at Park University's Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, starting at 7:30 p.m. The concert is a part of the University's International Center for Music 2012-13 Concert Series.

Admission to the concert is $15 for the general public; $10 for senior citizens (age 60 and older); and $5 for children (age 12 and under). Park University students, faculty and staff are admitted free with their Park ID. The concert will feature Dang performing pieces composed by Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann.

In addition to the concert, Dang will also hold a series of master classes in the Chapel. These master classes will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m., and on Thursday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The master classes are free and open to the public.

Considered "a genuine artist" by the renowned violinist and conductor Isaac Stern, Dang's approachable, affable musicality has led to collaborations with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Pinchas Zuckerman and Mstislav Rostropovich, as well as appearances with groups such as the St. Petersburg (Russia) and BBC Philharmonic Orchestras. In 2003, the Yamaha Music Media Corp. published a biography of Dang, A Pianist Loved by Chopin: The Dang Thai Son Story. Recent concert engagements include the complete Beethoven piano concerti with the New Japan Philharmonic and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, as well as numerous concerts dedicated to?Debussy in celebration of the composer's 150th birthday. (For a complete biography on Dang, visit www.dangthaison.net

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The next concert in the ICM's 2012-13 Concert Series will be on Saturday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, featuring a violin recital by Daniel Veis, visiting professor of music at Park. Veis is widely recognized as the finest cellist from the Czech Republic. He won first prize at the 1976 Prague Spring International Competition and the silver medal at the prestigious 1978 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow.

The International Center for Music at Park University was established to foster the exchange of master teacher/performers, renowned young musicians and programs from countries across the globe. The education of emerging musicians is at the philosophical core of the Center's mission and the quality of that training crucial to great artistry. The focus of the Center is on piano and strings performance. For more information about the International Center for Music, visit www.park.edu/icm.

Please note: Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel has restricted physical access. Park University wants to make available to everyone access to all programs and activities conducted in this building. Requests for physical access accommodations should be addressed in a timely manner to Park University's director of campus safety at (816) 584-6226. Park University will make all reasonable modifications to ensure that individuals with physical challenges have an equal opportunity to enjoy all programs and activities.

Source: http://news.park.edu/pub/news_002293.shtml

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Threatwatch: What the North Korean nuclear test means

Threatwatch is your early warning system for global dangers, from nuclear peril to deadly viral outbreaks. Debora MacKenzie highlights the threats to civilisation ? and suggests solutions

It was the biggest bang yet. At 0257 GMT on 12 February, a magnitude 5 tremor with its epicentre in North Korea shook a worldwide network of seismic monitors. Hours later, North Korea announced its third official underground nuclear test.

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna, which runs the monitoring network, called the seismic signal "explosion-like" and declared it twice as big as North Korea's last test in 2009. That would make this bomb between 8 and 14 kilotonnes ? approaching the 15-kilotonne bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. The test brought condemnation from all major governments and the UN.

It was, however, no surprise. Satellites had detected activity at the site of North Korea's previous tests, in 2006 and 2009 ? and maybe, unsuccessfully, in 2010. A new test there seemed to be on the cards.

The CTBTO said the seismic data confirms that the location was "largely identical" to the previous tests. The similarity of the seismic signal to those suggests this was not a radically new design, such as a thermonuclear bomb, says the Institute for Science and International Security.

Blast-related disturbances in the ionosphere seen by GPS satellites are still being analysed, say researchers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and Ohio State University in Columbus.

Resolution pending

What can we expect now? Possibly another blast ? satellite images show two tunnels were built at the site. The UN Security Council is said to be planning another resolution tightening sanctions.

Paradoxically, though, the test might strengthen moves for the US to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Lack of US ratification is preventing the treaty coming into force. Ratification was a goal during President Barack Obama's first term, but was shelved as opponents claimed a test ban cannot be verified. North Korea's test has demonstrated, again, that it can.

And the test poses two big questions. One is North Korea's claim that the device was "a smaller and light A-bomb unlike the previous ones". This means it might be delivered on a missile, such as the Nodong, with a range of 1300 kilometres. Siegfried Hecker, former head of the US weapons lab at Los Alamos, suspects this blast tested such a lighter device. However, unlike location and yield, its weight before detonation is unverifiable.

The other question, whether North Korea has switched from a plutonium bomb to one using highly enriched uranium (HEU), might be verifiable. A switch would be bad news: North Korea stopped making plutonium in 2008 and is thought to have enough for only eight to 10 weapons, but it has its own uranium and is making HEU. It is also alleged to be collaborating with Iran, which makes HEU too. Iran insists its uranium enrichment is peaceful, so cannot test a device itself.

Gaseous giveaway

Which material this week's blast used will only be clear if it emits gaseous fission products. They should reach CTBTO monitoring stations in days, unless the blast fused surrounding rocks and so prevented gases from escaping, as seems to have happened in 2009.

Beyond these immediate mysteries, any long-term solution must address why North Korea feels it needs nuclear weapons at all, says Hecker. He argues that this is because it regards the US as an existential threat. Talks could calm these fears.

Yet the US insists North Korea must give up nuclear weapons before it will talk. This insistence may make renewed talks ? and thus any change of direction in North Korea ? unlikely. "We have spent most of the past twelve years not talking to North Korea," says Joe Cirincione, head of the pro-disarmament Ploughshares Fund in San Francisco. "During that time they have conducted three nuclear tests and four missile tests. When we have talked to them, they haven't conducted any tests. They shut down their facilities. That should tell you something."

Both talks without conditions, and ratifying the test ban treaty, require the US to take the initiative. North Korea's nuclear ball is now in Washington's court.

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Buffett's Berkshire in $23 billion deal to buy Heinz

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Two iconic brands -- legendary investor Warren Buffett and 125-year-old ketchup-maker H.J. Heinz -- are coming together in the largest deal ever in the food industry's history.

Heinz confirmed Thursday that it agreed to be acquired by Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital Management for $72.50 a share, or $23.3 billion. Including debt, the deal is valued at $28 billion. The deal was first announced on CNBC.

Berkshire and and 3G will each put up $4.4 billion in equity for the deal, along with debt financing from JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. Berkshire is also buying $8 billion of preferred stock that pays 9 percent.

The deal is an unusual one for Buffett since he is partnering with 3G, a Brazilian investment firm that owns a majority stake in Burger King. Typically, Buffett prefers to make his acquisitions outright. However, the billionaire investor told CNBC that he was approached with the idea for the deal in December, and thought it was "my kind of deal."

"This is my kind of deal and my kind of partner," he added. "Heinz is our kind of company with fantastic brands." Buffett added, "but I have a file on Heinz that goes back to 1980."

3G founder Jorge Paulo Lemann approached Buffett in mid-December about a possible deal, and both approached William Johnson, Heinz's chairman, president and CEO, soon after. The first offer was made in mid-January.

According to Buffett, 3G will be the primary supervisor Heinz's operations after the deal closes. Other 3G founders include Carlos Alberto Sicupira, Marcel Hermann Telles, Roberto Thompson Motta, and Alex Behring. "We look forward to partnering with Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital, both greatly respected investors, in what will be an exciting new chapter in the history of Heinz," Johnson said in a statement.

Buffett noted that the Heinz deal leaves Berkshire with enough cash on hand to bag another "elephant."

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Berkshire and 3G were both advised by Lazard, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo. 3G's legal advisor was Kirkland & Ellis and Berkshire was advised by Munger, Tolles & Olson.

Heinz was advised by Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Centerview Partners, and Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/warren-buffetts-berkshire-23-billion-deal-buy-heinz-1C8369091

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