Guest performer David Cossin's personal notes disappeared after the end of Tan Dun's "Water Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra" in the Plaza Theatre, said symphony officials, who encourage the return of the papers. "It's a personal property. His personal markings.
It's a history of one performance and another performance that accumulates," she said. Cossin is considered a specialist in experimental music and was featured as the percussion soloist on the score of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," which earned composer Tan Dun an Academy Award. Cossin is a friend of Tan Dun, who was not in El Paso.
Cossin left the city Sunday. "It's an embarrassment," Ruth Jacobson, the symphony's executive director, said. A police report was not made.
The value of the notes is more personal than monetary, she added. After
"It's like one big family," Ioannides said. "It's a very special atmosphere and that's why it hurts a little."
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