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Sound Ways Presents Ivan Gusev in Review
Ivan Gusev, Piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 17, 2018 The name Ivan Gusev is a name one keeps encountering lately in association with exciting musical events of all kinds. Last season, for starters, this reviewer had the pleasure of hearing him in a performance of Grieg’s Piano Concerto…
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The Italian Academy of Columbia University presents David Witten in Review
David Witten, piano Music of Mario Castenuovo-Tedesco The Italian Academy of Columbia University, New York, NY November 17, 2018 In the imposing theater of the Italian Academy of Columbia University, pianist David Witten presented a remarkable and rare evening of solo piano music of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, the occasion being the fiftieth anniversary of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s…
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Alexander & Buono International present Thomas Nickell: “Impromptus and Meditations” in Review
Barry Alexander and Cosmo Buono, in association with Alexander & Buono International Thomas Nickell, piano SubCulture, New York, NY November 15, 2018 Acclaimed twenty-year old pianist/composer Thomas Nickell programmed an intriguing recital at SubCulture on Thursday night. An ill-timed winter storm didn’t deter his ardent followers. I had high hopes for the theme “Impromptus…
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Pro Musicis Presents the NOVA Guitar Duo in Review
The NOVA Guitar Duo: Nelly von Alven, guitar, and Luiz Mantovani, 8-string guitar Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 15, 2018 For the third evening in their series entitled “Le Partage de la Musique” (“The Sharing of Music”) Pro Musicis presented another superb concert, this time featuring the NOVA…
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Wa Concerts Series presents Virtuosity and Beyond in Review
Charles Neidich, Ayako Oshima, clarinet Mariko Furukawa, piano Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY November 10, 2018 For a truly civilized evening in New York, you just can’t beat the Wa concert series, held in the intimate gallery space of the Tenri Cultural Institute in Greenwich Village, with Leschetizky’s Steinway, no less. For this…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents The Great War: Commemorating 100 Years in Review
Distinguished Concerts Orchestra; Distinguished Concerts Singers International Patrick Hawes, composer/conductor Paul Mealor, composer/conductor Diana McVey, soprano; Scott Joiner, tenor Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 11, 2018 On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the guns that had raged for four years fell silent. The…
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Golden Classical Music Awards presents Winners Concert in Review
Hyejin Lee, violin Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York November 2, 2018 Violinist Hyejin Lee appeared on a marathon concert of competition winners. Ms. Lee was born in South Korea where she began her musical studies at age 10. She received her bachelor’s degree from Chungang University , her master’s degree at…
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Creative Classical Concert Management presents Eun Jung Vicky Lee in Review
Eun Jung Vicky Lee, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 6, 2018 Eun Jung Vicky Lee did a commendable job in her piano recital Tuesday at Carnegie’s Weill Hall – and though it was not billed as a debut anywhere on the program (or Carnegie Hall’s website), it offered…
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts presents Joanne Chang in Review
When East Meets West in New York City: 20th Century Western and 21st Century American Eastern Music Joanne Chang, piano Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York, NY Thursday, November 1, 2018, 6 PM You know you’re at an original recital when a Schubert/Liszt transcription and Debussy’s Suite bergamasque are the outliers. Joanne Chang had the…
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Regina Shenderovich, pianist, in Review
Regina Shenderovich, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 30, 2018 It is a rare pianist who undertakes to play the entire Art of the Fugue (Die Kunst der Fugue, BWV 1080) of J. S. Bach, especially in live concert. The work is an approximately eighty-minute masterpiece of fourteen fugues…