VNM plan was to reissue historical audio recordings by Lehmann and her colleagues, present new recordings of contemporary vocal repertoire and of the vocal art of contemporary interpreters.

This was not a systematic seminar but a series of observations and demonstrations by one of the composer's most sophisticated contemporary interpreters.

She is best known for her tarana that she sings at a high pace and is considered one of the best contemporary interpreters of Odissi music.

In Germany, one important contemporary interpreter of Kant and the movement of German Idealism he began is Dieter Henrich, who has some work available in English.

A companion volume to a planned PBS series of the same name, this study traces the music from its Southern "prehistory" to more contemporary interpreters.

Mr. Bey may be the definitive contemporary interpreter of the Depression-era standard "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"

Since then, she has gained an international reputation as an expert on Loie Fuller and as a contemporary interpreter of Fuller's style of dancing.

All the same, it is widely accepted by contemporary interpreters and conductors and it is usually in this playful-turned-terror-filled manner that this movement is conducted.

As a concert with the Iceland Symphony at Carnegie Hall confirmed last February, Mr. Vanska is one of the most important contemporary interpreters of Sibelius.

Credit is due to the rise of contemporary interpreters not only capable of handling Handel's fierce technical demands, but also willing to embrace fully the conventions of his day.