{"id":46878,"date":"2017-08-25T16:02:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T20:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=46878"},"modified":"2017-08-25T16:02:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T20:02:49","slug":"instagram-close-encounters-of-the-instrumental-kind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/08\/25\/instagram-close-encounters-of-the-instrumental-kind\/","title":{"rendered":"INSTAGRAM |\u00a0Close Encounters Of The Instrumental Kind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instagram is no longer just for the up-and-coming generation!\u00a0A quick survey reveals that numerous\u00a0classical musicians have embraced the online photo-sharing movement.<\/p>\n

Say now, a platform that’s even more candid than Facebook?\u00a0We’re all ears!<\/p>\n

For this first instalment of our INSTAGRAM series, we bring you photo evidence of noteworthy\u00a0musicians who switched\u00a0from their primary instruments.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Peter Oundjian<\/h3>\n
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Always a good sport, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s music director fits right in with the big bass section.<\/p>\n

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Martha Argerich<\/h3>\n
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Via martha_argerich_admirer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A teachable moment for pianists in keeping your eyes on the prize.<\/p>\n

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Jon Kimura Parker<\/h3>\n
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Via jonkimuraparker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pianist is hard at work on his signature arrangement of Pictures at an Exhibition, <\/em>outfitted for harpsichord. One can speculate, at least.<\/p>\n

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Lang Lang<\/h3>\n
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Via langlangpiano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Make no trombones about this pianist\u2014just look at that solid thumbs up!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Dmitri Hvorostovsky<\/h3>\n
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Baritone\u00a0Dmitri Hvorostovsky likes his notes\u00a0sweet and low.<\/p>\n

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Ray Chen<\/h3>\n
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Via raychenviolin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If that violinist career doesn’t pan out for him, Ray Chen could always hop to Japan and take up taiko drumming.<\/p>\n

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Beatrice Rana<\/h3>\n
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Via beatricerana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’re not\u00a0sure who’s more disconcerted here: Beatrice displaced from her piano, or her purported cellist eyeing the complete piano score.<\/p>\n

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Yuja Wang<\/h3>\n
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Via yujawang.official<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ever stylish, never far from a piano bench.<\/p>\n

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Peter Oundjian<\/h3>\n
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Via torontosymphony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’ll leave you with a send-off from our favourite train conductor!<\/p>\n

Want more updates on Toronto-centric classical music news and reviews before anyone else finds out? Follow us on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/i><\/u><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/i>Twitter<\/i><\/u><\/a>\u00a0for all the latest.<\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve rounded up photo evidence of musicians who played with the idea of changing instruments. That’s Insta-worthy! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":46880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6439,9784,36],"tags":[9786,9785],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/hvorostovsky.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-cc6","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46878"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46894,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46878\/revisions\/46894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46878"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=46878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}