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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Windsongs in Review
Ed W. Clark High School Concert Band (NV) Jeffrey A. Lacoff, director; David Seifert, assistant director; Julio Vargas, guest director Ed. W. Clark High School Symphonic Strings Charles Cushinery, Eric Maine, directors Susan E. Wagner High School Wind Ensemble (NY) Paul Corn, director; Brian Worsdale, guest director Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Artist Series presents Renaissance Duo: Tzu-Yi Zoe Chen and Lan-In Winnie Yang in Review
Tzu-Yi Zoe Chen and Lan-In Winnie Yang, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY April 12, 2019 Though April showers came our way, they brought a piano duo, and boy could they play! The Renaissance Duo, consisting of duo-pianists Tzu-Yi Zoe Chen and Lan-In Winnie Yang (who is also a composer),…
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Legato Arts Presents Ivan Ženatý in Review
Ivan Ženatý, violin, Dmitri Vorobiev, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY April 9, 2019 It is one of the joys of long-term reviewing (nearly thirteen years now) to re-hear an artist one praised years before and find one’s earlier impressions not only confirmed but intensified. In 2012, I first heard…
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Key Pianists presents Terry Eder in Review
Terry Eder, piano Weill Recital at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY April 8, 2019 Key Pianists, a valuable New York series that features under-recognized pianists in repertoire they are passionate about, presented its founder and patron, Terry Eder on April 8th at Weill Recital Hall. Ms. Eder modestly programs herself only once every couple…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Presents Mass in Blue: The Music of Will Todd in Review
Will Todd, DCINY Composer-in-Residence and Pianist Alicia Walker and James M. Meaders, Guest Conductors; Distinguished Concerts Singers International Kristin M. Claiborne, Soprano; Craig Butterfield, Double Bass; Cliff Leaman Saxophone; Chris Lee, Percussion David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY Apr 7, 2019 An entire program at David Geffen Hall was devoted this weekend…
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Armenian General Benevolent Union 75th Anniversary Concert presents Şahan Arzruni in Review
Şahan Arzruni, piano French Institute Alliance Française-Florence Gould Hall, New York, NY April 5, 2019 Turkish-born Armenian pianist Şahan Arzruni gave an important and deeply felt recital April 5 in the intimate Florence Gould Hall of the French Institute/Alliance Française, and it was in works by Armenian composers that he was most colorful and…
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Hsin-I Huang, “Mighty Shadow” CD in Review
Hsin-I Huang, Piano Recorded August 2016 at Legacy Hall, GA Matthew McCabe, Engineer A CD entitled Mighty Shadow (no connection to the recently deceased calypsonian Winston Bailey known by that name) arrived on my desk this week and turned out to be all Russian piano music, Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky, played by Taiwanese pianist Hsin-I-Huang.…
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Wa Concert Series presents The Golden Triangle: Prague, Budapest and Vienna in Review
Charles Neidich, artistic director, C and A clarinets; Ayako Oshima, C clarinet; Parker Quartet: Daniel Chong, Ken Hamao, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola; Kee-Hyun Kim, cello Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY March 30, 2019 The beginning of the baseball season seems an apt time for this metaphor: The Wa Concert Series hit another home…
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Distinguished Concerts International (DCINY) presents Total Vocal with Deke Sharon in Review
Deke Sharon, Conductor, Arranger, and Creative Director DCappella, Special Guests Vintage Mix, Special Guests Distinguished Concerts Singers International Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY March 24, 2019 Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) held yet another large-scale concert on Sunday at Carnegie Hall with its production of Total Vocal with Deke Sharon,…
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Vocal Artists Management Presents Jinho Hwang in Review
Jinho Hwang, tenor; Steven Crawford, pianist Marc A. Scorca Hall, The National Opera Center, New York, NY March 22, 2019 Sogno di Primavera, or Dream of Spring, was the title of tenor Jinho Hwang’s recent recital at the National Opera Center, and it was an evening that reflected Romantic dreams as well as optimistic…