{"id":83902,"date":"2022-05-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/?p=83902"},"modified":"2024-03-22T13:58:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:58:40","slug":"musician-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/musician-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Musician Abroad!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Please enjoy this post by All Classical Portland’s <\/em>2022 International Arts Correspondent Sophie Lippert<\/a>! Sophie is a multi-talented Portland musician and artist who has been given the opportunity to live in Tel Aviv, Israel for the next 12 months. She’ll be sharing her journey with us online and on the air with a series of blogs and performances. Stay tuned as we learn more about Sophie as well as the rich music, food, and culture of this region Sophie will call home for the year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Part 1: Venturing into the Unknown<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Music has always been an anchor for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether I\u2019m tickling the keys of the piano, bowing or plucking my cello, or listening to recorded tracks or live performances, music serves as a constant; a place of refuge, comfort, joy, emotion, and trusted companionship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My connection to music is especially important when life takes turns toward the unexpected\u2014and it certainly did when I took a monumental leap into the unknown, and relocated to Tel Aviv, Israel in December 2021!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Taking in the view from the Monument to the Negev Brigade in Be\u2019er Sheva, Israel.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From left: Sophie Lippert, Stephanie Schneiderman, Marina Albero, and Amenta Abioto share the stage at The Old Church during Connections Concerts\u2019 September 2019 show.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This transition was a big surprise to everyone in my life\u2014including me. For the previous 10 years, I\u2019d established a life in Portland as a performing pianist, teacher, and entrepreneur. I\u2019d played as a concerto soloist with the Seattle Philharmonic and Olympia Symphony, performed at venues such as the Keller Auditorium and the Portland Art Museum, and collaborated with many of the Pacific Northwest\u2019s finest multi-genre musicians as founder of Connections Concert Series. I\u2019d recorded my first full-length solo piano CD, worked as resident recording artist with Classic Pianos, and played several thrilling Thursdays @ Three<\/em> programs right here on All Classical Portland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please enjoy this post by All Classical Portland’s 2022 International Arts Correspondent Sophie Lippert! Sophie is a multi-talented Portland musician and artist who has been given the opportunity to live in Tel Aviv, Israel for the next 12 months. She’ll be sharing her journey with us online and on the air with a series of … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":83904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-21 04:08:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96528,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83902\/revisions\/96528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}