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Article: Guerrero shares gift on monumental night.(Columns)(Column)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- December 24, 2002
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Byline: TOM MANOFF For The Register-Guard
IT'S CHRISTMASTIME, so let's not mince meat: Giancarlo Guerrero, the new conductor of the Eugene Symphony, is the most exciting personality to arrive in this arts-conscious city since Marin Alsop.
Guerrero's untraditional Christmas concert on Dec. 12 at the cavernous Hult Center for the Performing Arts presented some enticing musical gifts. Not each gift survived unwrapping without a nick here and there, but the music proved Guerrero one hard-working Santa.
I interviewed Guerrero the previous day about the Hult Center's ongoing acoustic renovation. The effort has vastly improved what was once among the ...