Culture for Export

The balance of cultural trade between the U.S. and Europe is tipping in the U.S.'s favor. In the winter months the famed European soloists still keep coming to the U.S. But in spring and summer, U.S. performers by the hundreds--most of them native-born, some adopted--take off on a music trail that may lead not only to Europe's capitals but to the Belgian Congo and the rim of the Arctic Circle. This summer offers two special magnets for U.S. attractions: the Brussels World's Fair (highlights: the American Ballet Theater, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Louis Armstrong) and Italy's Festival of Two Worlds, organized by Gian Carlo Menotti (three new ballets by Choreographer Jerome Robbins, a new production of Verdi's Macbeth conducted by the Met's Thomas Schippers). At many other festivals and in countless solo appearances around the world, the U.S. will display an impressive roster of artists. Among them:

Singers: Sopranos Lucine Amara, Mary Curtis-Verna, Gloria Davy, Leontyne Price, Eleanor Steber; Mezzo-Sopranos Nan Merriman and Regina Resnik; Contralto Jean Madeira; Tenors David Lloyd, Jan Peerce. Richard Tucker; Baritones George London, Robert McFerrin and William Warneld.

Pianists: Jacques Abram, Gary Graffman, Eugene Istomin, Lillian Kallir, Rudolf Serkin, Ruth Slenczynska.

Violinists: Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan Milstein, Erica Morini, Michael Rabin, Ruggiero Ricci, Isaac Stern, Roman Totenberg.

Chamber-Music Groups: Fine Arts, Juilliard and La Salle Quartets.

Harpsichordists: Ralph Kirkpatrick, Sylvia Marlowe.

Conductors: Dimitri Mitropoulos. Fritz Reiner, Izler Solomon. Leopold Stokowski, George Szell.

Jazz Groups: Dave Brubeck Quartet,

Max Roach Quintet, Lionel Hampton Orchestra, Woody Herman Band.

Pop Singers: Paul Anka, Harry Belafonte, Al Kibbler, Johnnie Ray, Sarah Vaughan.

Some of the U.S.'s touring artists will be supported by State Department or private funds. But many of them are going simply because a worldwide audience is ready and waiting to buy tickets.

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