MB gives readers a backstage pass to meet Stéphane Denève, the new maestro at New World Symphony, who picks up the baton from 12-time Grammy Award winner Michael Tilson Thomas. Our feature: “New Maestro in Town” on page 32, also brings you the stories of some of the world-class fellows whose musical journeys brought them to Miami Beach. One young couple even managed to find love amid the orchestra strings. On page 8, “Home is Where the Tanks Are” takes us high above Miami Beach to meet the team of artists who traveled from the Madrid-based Boa Mistura art collective in Spain to install a unique public art project involving two, 3-million gallon water tanks. At the center of the project is a heartwarming poem by 16-year-old Valentina Mena who wrote about leaving her native Argentina for a chance at a better life with her family in Miami Beach. On page 46, we reminisced with Miami Beach Police Chief Rick Clements in “Violent Crime Drops as Police Chief Looks Back on 33-Year Career.”
