CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF SARASOTA, FLORIDA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC 2021 - ROBERT VODNOY AND JOSEPH KINGMA artwork
CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF SARASOTA, FLORIDA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC 2021 - ROBERT VODNOY AND JOSEPH KINGMA

  • S2021E93
  • 28:36
  • February 28th 2021

Robert Vodnoy is the music director of the Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota which he founded in 2017. He is also the conductor and music director of the Whiting Park Festival Orchestra.

Music Director Vodnoy has guest-conducted numerous orchestras throughout the world, including the Symphony Orchestra of the Zhejiang Song and Dance Theatre (China), the Orchestra Sinfonica di San Remo (Italy), the Czech National Symphony and the Seoul Philharmonic, just to name a little of what he’s done. Professor Vodnoy was the long-tenured music director of the Southwest Michigan Symphony and the Northwest Indiana Symphony. He also holds a BM summa cum laude and an MM in composition from the University of Hartford.


Soloist Joseph Kingma is the first-prize winner of the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition.

Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto is arranged for piano and string orchestra and will be the featured work in the March 16 concert.

CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

Monday 11:30 am + Wed 5:30 pm

“Curmudgeonly Yours” is a show on ‘comparative modern Western life. The title comes from Richard Bonte’s humorous book of the same name, “Curmudgeonly Yours.” In his sometimes-multilingual show, host and author Richard Bonte interviews guests from different countries to get their take on ideas and problems facing the Western world.


Host Richard Bonte is a Bradenton resident and a native-born New Yorker. He has lived much of his life in Canada, California and Western Europe. He has worn many hats in his life including playwright, bi-coastal actor, teacher, writer, linguist and phonetician. He has advanced degrees from Berkeley, UCLA and the Sorbonne. Richard has written ten novels (including ‘Curmudgeonly Yours’ (2017), been given the FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) 2018 Silver Award for Humor), several plays and screenplays. He is right now co-writing a new novel set in 1930’s Los Angeles.