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Bachanalia Chamber Orchestra in Review
Michael Avagliano, conductor; Emil Chudnovsky, violin soloist; Julia Zilberquit, piano soloist Merkin Hall, Kaufman Center, New York, NY March 7, 2020 A concert advertised as an “All J.S. Bach Program” was presented at Merkin Hall, March 7, 2020, by The Bachanalia Chamber Orchestra, marking the revival of the Bachanalia Concert Series that noted violinist Nina…
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University of Indianapolis presents The Indianapolis Quartet in Review
Zachary DePue, violin; Joana Genova, violin; Michael Isaac Strauss, viola; Austin Huntington, cello Drew Petersen, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY March 5, 2020 The Indianapolis Quartet made an exciting, auspicious New York debut on Thursday night. It is young, as quartets go, formed only in 2016, but it has quickly…
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Creative Classical Concert Management presents Rising Artists Series: Aleksander Simic in Review
Aleksander Simic, cello Tatiana Goncharova, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 8 PM By any standard of measurement, 16-year-old Austrian-born cellist Aleksander Simic (his parents are Hungarian-Serbian) made a very impressive recital debut on Wednesday in New York. Sixteen, let’s let that sink in. Although his program was conservative chronologically…
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Alexei Tartakovsky in Review
Alexei Tartakovsky, piano Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY February 24, 2020 Pianist Alexei Tartakovsky appeared at Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall at the CUNY Graduate Center as part of the Ph.D/D.M.A. Programs in Music on February 24, 2020. He is currently pursuing his doctorate with Richard Goode at…
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Alexander and Buono Competitions presents Kara Mulder in Review
Kara Mulder, soprano Anna Shelest, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY February 23, 2020 On the afternoon of February 23, 2020, soprano Kara Mulder gave her solo debut at Carnegie Hall as the Alexander and Buono Competitions’ 2019 Grand Prize Winner. She presented a program with songs from Richard Strauss, Debussy,…
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SubCulture presents Ian Hobson: The Robert Schumann Cycle in Review
Ian Hobson, piano SubCulture, New York, NY February 19, 2020 Fantasy Pieces Fantasiestücke, Op. 111 Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 Fantasia in C, Op. 17 Ian Hobson is a heroic completist. I admire the intellectual curiosity and physical stamina it takes to produce such investigations, for they allow us to perceive the larger context of a composer’s…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Who Are The Brave in Review
Distinguished Concerts Orchestra; Distinguished Concerts Singers Joseph M. Martin, composer/conductor; Mack Wilberg, composer/conductor Robert Istad, Christopher W. Peterson, guest conductors Sasha Grossman, boy soprano solo Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall at New York, NY February 17, 2020 Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) continued their President’s Day concert series February 17th with a concert entitled…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Presents Perpetual Light in Review
Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International Michael Adelson, DCINY Assistant Artistic Director and Conductor Debra Cook, Soprano Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY Sunday, February 16, 2020 Perpetual Light was the apt title for this Sunday’s concert presented by Distinguished Concerts International…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Rachel Eve Holmes in Review
Rachel Eve Holmes, Soprano Pedro Carreras, Tenor; Catherine Giel, Piano Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY February 12th, 2020 This was a delightful evening of music from opera and American musical theater with three splendid artists. Rachel Eve Holmes has performed over thirty leading operatic and musical theater roles with many companies and…
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Regina Shenderovich in Review
Regina Shenderovich, piano The National Opera Center-OPERA America, Marc A. Scorca Hall, New York, NY January 28, 2020 There’s a first time for everything—I’ll explain shortly. Pianist Regina Shenderovich had the inspired idea of presenting Baroque and neo-Baroque music on the same program. Three toccatas: Frescobaldi (Toccata Nona in F Major from Il secondo libro…