One Living Room, Countless Bridges: How Musical Bridges Around the World Turned San Antonio Into a Global Music Hub

In 1997, not long after moving from the USSR to San Antonio, I invited my piano professor from Moscow to perform here. But where? With no concert hall at our disposal, friends graciously opened their Hill Country living room for the evening. The response was electric. People packed the space, and before the final note […]
I Could Live Anywhere: Brendan Speltz, World-Renowned Violinist

My name is Brendan Speltz. I tour nationally and internationally as a professional classical violinist, and I live in San Antonio, TX. While people are often surprised by the former part of that statement, I sometimes can’t believe the latter. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, and spent 13 years of my […]