FRIDAYEXTRA !
The Daily Astorian
Friday, June 24, 2016
Weekend Edition
Sergey
Antonov
performing
Elgar’s Cello
Concerto
in E minor
BECOMING ONE
The artist took in Saturday’s concert at the Astoria Music Festival
instrument become one. So powerful! So colorful!
By NOEL THOMAS
Special to The Daily Astorian
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So visual!
uring Saturday night’s festival concert I
The fact that it was so dark I could barely see my
was working in the dark, as usual, trying
drawing pad helped me to not worry about making
to catch the essence of the moment.
a likeness, but to go for the emotion.
The moment was Sergey Antonov’s, one of those
rare performances where the musician and the
Noel Thomas is an Astoria artist. His work can
be seen at the RiverSea Gallery.
Saturday night’s festival concert.