{"id":774,"date":"2011-10-14T13:45:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T17:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/?p=774"},"modified":"2011-10-14T14:29:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T18:29:25","slug":"gilberts-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert&#8217;s mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Credit Suisse, NYC tourism, and the New York Philharmonic have placed banners all over the Upper West Side (and perhaps elsewhere, but I never leave) of Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/img_3728\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-775\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-775\" title=\"IMG_3728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_3728.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_3728.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_3728-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the photos is the above, but another is randomly Alan Gilbert with his mother,\u00a0Yoko Takebe, who happens to be a violinist in the orchestra. She&#8217;s totally cute, but the problem is that 99.999999999% of people traipsing around Manhattan don&#8217;t know mom is in the band, so it&#8217;s just like, what is that woman saying to that man and what does the New York Philharmonic have to do with it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/img_3730\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-776\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-776\" title=\"IMG_3730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_3730.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_3730.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_3730-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only thing to be done here, really, is to create a Gilbert&#8217;s Mom meme, a la the photobomb ground squirrel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/ground_squirrel_560\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-777\" title=\"ground_squirrel_560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ground_squirrel_560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ground_squirrel_560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ground_squirrel_560-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/enhanced-buzz-4211-1250614223-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-779\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-779\" title=\"enhanced-buzz-4211-1250614223-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/enhanced-buzz-4211-1250614223-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/enhanced-buzz-4211-1250614223-6.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/enhanced-buzz-4211-1250614223-6-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and the grumpy royal flower girl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/grumpy-flower-girl-prince-william-kate-middleton-kiss-balcony-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-789\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-789\" title=\"grumpy-flower-girl-prince-william-kate-middleton-kiss-balcony\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/grumpy-flower-girl-prince-william-kate-middleton-kiss-balcony1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/grumpy-flower-girl-prince-william-kate-middleton-kiss-balcony1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/grumpy-flower-girl-prince-william-kate-middleton-kiss-balcony1-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/screen-shot-2011-10-14-at-1-26-02-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-782\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-10-14 at 1.26.02 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Screen-shot-2011-10-14-at-1.26.02-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Screen-shot-2011-10-14-at-1.26.02-PM.png 401w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Screen-shot-2011-10-14-at-1.26.02-PM-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s see, we could have Gilbert&#8217;s mom with Riccardo Muti:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/gilbertsmommuti\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-783\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-783\" title=\"GilbertsMomMuti\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomMuti-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomMuti-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomMuti-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gilbert&#8217;s mom with Daniel Barenboim:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/gilbertsmombarenboim\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-784\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-784\" title=\"GilbertsMomBarenboim\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomBarenboim-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomBarenboim-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomBarenboim-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gilbert&#8217;s mom with Claudio Abbado:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/gilbertsmomabbado\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-785\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-785\" title=\"GilbertsMomAbbado\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomAbbado-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"510\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gilbert&#8217;s mom with Dudamel, <em>Saturday Night Fever <\/em>edition:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/gilbertsmomdudamel3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-791\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-791\" title=\"GilbertsMomDudamel3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomDudamel3-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomDudamel3-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomDudamel3-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/gilbertsmomdudamel1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-786\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Gilbert&#8217;s mom with Dudamel, <em>E.T.<\/em> edition:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/gilbertsmomdudamel2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-787\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-787\" title=\"GilbertsMomDudamel2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomDudamel2-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"653\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomDudamel2-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMomDudamel2-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gilbert&#8217;s mom possibly about to fist bump with Gergiev:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/gilberts-mom\/gilbertsmom\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-788\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-788\" title=\"GilbertsMom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GilbertsMom-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"647\" height=\"454\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>COLLECT THEM ALL!<\/p>\n<p>Think of the knowledge she could impart to music directors around the globe! Think of the power in that one little finger!<\/p>\n<p>Potential captions welcome in the comments field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit Suisse, NYC tourism, and the New York Philharmonic have placed banners all over the Upper West Side (and perhaps elsewhere, but I never leave) of Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert: One of the photos is the above, but another is randomly Alan Gilbert with his mother,\u00a0Yoko Takebe, who happens to be a violinist in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}