Musicians are well-travelled, and a lot of them are animal lovers too – just have a look through these photo ops with exotic animals!
Our first stop is Australia’s Lone Pine Zoo, a sanctuary for kangaroos and pianist Beatrice Rana alike…
…as well as for violinist Joshua Bell and his new koala friend!
Toronto tenor Charles Sy takes us back to prehistoric times…
…and pianist Tony Yang visits our crocodilian animal ancestors in Texas!
Keeping to the U.S., here we have Seiji Ozawa at the Florida Zoo in 1967, on tour with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
We’ll hop over to Israel with soprano Pretty Yende.
I think baritone Johannes Kammler is warning us of the next photo…
Oh no! Not everyone’s a fan of bear hugs in Verbier…
But violinist Renaud Capuçon made himself a new friend, also in Verbier!
The Canadian Brass put on a sort of instrumental petting zoo in the 1980s.
A homecoming to Toronto, where Sir Andrew Davis once frolicked with an elephant in the Roy Thomson Hall parking lot.
An even better view. Onwards and upwards!
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Jennifer holds a master's degree in piano performance and is pursuing her degree in journalism at Carleton University. Previously, she lived for classical music in Toronto and Montreal.
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Jennifer holds a master's degree in piano performance and is pursuing her degree in journalism at Carleton University. Previously, she lived for classical music in Toronto and Montreal.
Latest posts by Jennifer Liu (see all)
- LISZTS | 10 Reasons To Miss A Performance - April 24, 2019
- INTERVIEW | Nico Muhly: Opera’s Renaissance Man - November 8, 2018
- INTERVIEW | How An Iranian Musician Has Created A Revolution In Persian Classical Music - October 7, 2018