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Retired Grandma to 6 Runner Agnostic Opera & History Enthusiast Enjoy playing piano, cello, drum Painting daily (watercolors, acrylic, Chinese calligraphy, Sumi-e}

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Nana @cko236.bsky.social · Feb 11

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength but by perseverance.”

- Confucius
#Confucius #perseverance

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Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 2h

NO KINGS protest in S Korea
#NoKings #SKorea

"트럼프 규탄한다!"🔥다시 거리로 나선 노동자 시민들, 미대사관까지 규탄 긴급행동

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Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 3h

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6h

South Koreans held their government accountable earlier this year. And now they’re protesting for American’s rights and democracy on No Kings too!

Thank you South Korea! #NoKings ❌👑

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Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 8h

📆 October 18, 1855 Franz Liszt's #symphonic poem #Prometheus #premieres 
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #FranzLiszt

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 8h

📆 October 18, 1904 Gustav Mahler's 5th #symphony #premieres in #Cologne, #Germany 
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Mahler

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 14h

📆 October 18, 1752 #Premiere of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village" (The Village Soothsayer) before the royal court at #Fontainebleau, #France 
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic
#Jean-JacquesRousseau #Opera #LeDevinduVillage

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 1d

Nice office! Have a fantastic weekend!!! 🍻🍻🍻

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 1d

📆 October 17, 1849 Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin #Polish #pianist and #composer (Concerto in F Minor), #dies of #tuberculosis age 39 in #Paris, France. He was #born March 1, 1810 in #ŻelazowaWola, Duchy of #Warsaw (now #Poland)  
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Chopin

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 1d

📆 October 17, 1831 Felix Mendelssohn’s 1st Piano Concerto in G #premieres in #Munich, #Germany, with the composer as soloist

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #PianoConcerto #FelixMendelssohn #Composer #Soloist

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 1d

📆October 17, 1825 "Don Sanche," the first opera by Franz Liszt, #premieres in #Paris

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #DonSanche #FranzLiszt

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 2d

📆October 16, 1948 Revival of Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom's operetta "The Red Mill" opens at #ZiegfeldTheater, New York City, and runs for 831 #performances

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Operetta #VictorHerbert #HenryBlossom #NYC

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 3d

📆October 15, Shostakovich's 1st #Piano #Concert
1933 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Piano #Concerto #premieres in #Leningrad, with Shostakovich at the piano

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Shostakovich #PianoConcert

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 3d

📆October 15, 1784 Thomas Hastings was born in #Washington, #Connecticut. American #composer, primarily an #author of #hymn tunes of which the best known is "Toplady" for the hymn Rock of Ages. Deceased 15 May 1872

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #ThomasHastings #RockofAges

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 4d

📆October 14, 1924 Arnold Schoeberg's opera "Die Gluckliche Hand" #premieres in #Vienna

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #Schoeberg #DieGlucklicheHand

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 5d

📆October 13, 1887 #Australian soprano Nellie Melba makes her operatic debut as Gilda in "Rigoletto" at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #Soprano #NellieMelba #Rigoletto #Gilda

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 5d

📆October 13, 1870 Gustav Mahler gives his 1st public piano concert in Jihlava, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic)

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Mahler #PianoConcert #Piano

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 6d

#HappyBirthday to #LucianoPavarotti 🎉🎉🎉

📆October 12, 1935 Luciano Pavarotti was born in #Modena #Italy. An acclaimed Italian operatic #tenor. He is celebrated as one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century.

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 7d

📆October 11, 2018 Swedish dramatic soprano Nina Stemme is awarded the fourth $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #Soprano #NinaStemme #BirgitNilssonPrize #BirgitNilsson

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 8d

Enjoy weekend!😊
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Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 8d

📆October 10, 1919 Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's opera "Die Frau ohne Schatten" (The Woman Without a Shadow) #premieres in #Vienna, #Austria

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Strauss #Hofmannsthal #Opera #DieFrauOhneSchatten

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 9d

📆October 9, 1949 #English #ballerina #MargotFonteyn #debuts in the US with her performance in #Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty" at the #MetropolitanOpera House in #NewYork

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #TheSleepingBeauty

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 10d

📆October 8, 1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff first performs his "Prelude in C-sharp Minor" in Moscow

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Rachmaninoff #Prelude

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 11d

📆October 7, 1946 #Danbury #Connecticut born composer Charles Ives, 2nd string quartet #premieres

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #CharlesIves #Composer #2ndStringQuartet

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 12d

The holiday is filled with #traditional #foods, #customs, and #cultural #activities that highlight both #gratitude and #togetherness.

Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 12d

Happy #Chuseok!
Chuseck (#추석)is S Korea’s most important holidays, often called #Korean #Thanksgiving.

A time when families give thanks for the year’s harvest, #honor their #ancestors through rituals and offerings, and reconnect with loved ones.

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Nana @cko236.bsky.social · 12d

📆October 6, 1898 Gustav Mahler #conducts his first #Vienna #Philharmonic #concert

#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Mahler