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Wa Concert Series presents Memory and the Expressiveness of Time in Review
Charles Neidich, clarinet; Vera Beths, violin; Mohamed Shams, piano Friday, October 20, 2019 at 7:30pm Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY Wa Concerts, held at the Tenri Cultural Institute, are unique in their pairing of performances at the highest level with insightful musical and philosophical themes, all in an intimate environment that allows the audience…
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A Carnegie Hall Premiere, 102 years late: Carnegie Hall Presents Marc-André Hamelin in Review
Marc-André Hamelin, piano Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 8pm Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY Saying that Marc-André Hamelin played an amazing concert is like saying water is wet –how does one make that sound like news? It simply cannot be a shock to anyone to hear that his Tuesday night recital at…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Loralee Songer in Review
LORALEE SONGER, MEZZO-SOPRANO; PERRY MEARS, PIANO WEILL RECITAL HALL AT CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK, NY OCTOBER 19, 2019 This recital by mezzo-soprano Loralee Songer featured individual songs and song cycles by six living female composers, set to texts by nine female poets. The styles of the songs varied from pop to somewhat dissonant 20th century…
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An Interview with composer Gustavo Díaz-Jerez
Maghek: Seven Symphonic Poems about the Canary Islands In 2016 this reviewer had the pleasure of reviewing a superb video recording of the complete Iberia of Albeniz for New York Concert Review, played by pianist Gustavo Díaz-Jerez (https://nyconcertreview.com/reviews/dvd-in-review-pianist-gustavo-diaz-jerez-plays-iberia-by-isaac-albeniz/). As it was a performer’s review, one neglected to mention the fact that his career as a…
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Cultural Centre of the Regional Government of Central Macedonia presents “Cavalleria Rusticana” by Pietro Mascagni in Review
CAVALLERI RUSTICANA, HEPTAPYRGION FORTRESS, THESSALONIKI, GREECE JULY 12, 2019 A taxi took us from our hotel near the sea up into the hills above the city of Thessaloniki. As we drove higher and higher above the town, my wife and I mused about the performance we were about to attend. In what kind of space…
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Key Pianists presents James Dick in Review
James Dick, Piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 10, 2019 Kansas-born pianist James Dick has had a long and distinguished career. His major teachers included Dalies Frantz at the University of Texas at Austin, and Sir Clifford Curzon in England. He was a prize winner at the Tchaikovsky, Busoni and…
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Carnegie Hall presents: “For Justice and Peace” in Review
Sphinx Virtuosi; J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-Ssoprano; Will Liverman, baritone; Damien Sneed, piano; Chorale Le Chateau Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 11, 2019 A packed Carnegie Hall greeted the Sphinx Virtuosi for their annual New York concert on October 11. The program, entitled “For Justice and Peace,” consisted of seven pieces, all of…
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Katerina Nafplioti Panagopoulos presents Athens Philharmonic in Review
Yiannis Hadjiloizou, Artistic & Music Director Larisa Martinez, soprano; Daveda Karanas, mezzo-soprano New York Choral Society David Hayes, Music Director Stern Auditorium, at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 10, 2019 In a concert in memory of Pericles Panagopoulos, and to support the construction of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine (to…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Presents Elżbieta Woleńska in Review
Elżbieta Woleńska, flute; Zhang Moru, piano Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 4, 2019 Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presented an exceptional debut this week for flutist Elżbieta Woleńska and collaborative pianist Zhang Moru, in a program listed at various websites as “Frederic Chopin, Pablo Sarasate, and others.” One had really…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Artist Series presents The Music of Dinos Constantinides in Review
Featured Artists: Maria Asteriadou, piano; Kutztown Chamber Players, Peter Isaacson, conductor; Johanna Cox Pennington, English Horn; Kurt Nikkanen, violin; Esther Waite, flute; Gabriela Werries, harp; Sandra Moon, soprano; Christopher Lowry, viola; Caio Diniz, cello; Perla Fernandez, violin; Mireille Lopez, violin; Luis Casal, violin; Isaac Casal, Cello Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY…