James Koenig
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Musician, singer, teacher, writer, arts advocate |
| Location | Los Angeles, CA, United States |
| Introduction | A singer with a voice in various arenas-- as a classical music performer, a baritone who sings opera, concert, recital repretoire. Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Northwestern University. Further study in Germany and Italy. A teacher, writer, and arts advocate. German and Swiss descent ancestry-- knighted by the Finnish government as a Suomenleonanrittati (Knight of the Order of the Finnish Lion) |
| Interests | Music, arts, design, nature, nurture, film, film culture,travel, language, antiques, adventures, the physical, the metaphysical, the mysteries of faith, theology, reaching out, reaching in... |
| Favorite movies | Babbette's Feast, The Pathfinder, Cinema Paradiso, Women in Love, Home Alone,Death and the Maiden, Miracle on 34th Street, The Tin Drum, The Lives of Others, The Dresser |
| Favorite music | Verdi Requiem, Bach St. Matthew Passion, Penderzki St Luke's Passion, Puccini, Verdi, Wagner, Schuetz, Scheidt, Schein, Schubert, Schumann,Soul, and Sondheim--Buh-roadway, the beautiful clear sound of my partner's voice, Sarah Leander, Ella Fitzgerald, string quartets, hymns, Gregorian chant, memory of my mom sitting at the piano and singing from her childhood Liederperlen book, Odetta and Jimmy Hendricks, Dowland, Dylan,Dietrich, Ute Lemper, jazz; Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti; Christa Ludwig, Elaine Strich, Bad Tolz Boys Choir, Bach Solo cello works, Shostakovitch 14 Symphony, Henze 9th Symphony, Purcell, Patti Labell, |
| Favorite books | Bible, Baudelaire, Rilke Poems, Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man; Hans Kung Struggles for Freedom; Camus The Rebel; The Chronicles of Narnia; Frauen; And the meter is running (my book!); so so many the titles blurr together until I meet them like old friends, Yukio Mishima The Mask; Duerrenmatt The Visit of the Old Lady; D.H.Lawrence-- Women in Love; Faust, Dante, The Courage to Be; Cornell West Race Matters; Luther Works; Dark Night of the Soul; Tennesee Williams plays; plays |
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