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The New School/Mannes School of Music Presents the Winners of the 2017 Mannes Concerto Competition in Review
Mannes Orchestra, David Hayes, Music Director Tishman Auditorium, New York, NY October 20, 2017 New York City offers incredible cultural riches, as most people know, but what not everyone realizes is that some of the best of it is free, in the form of student concerts given under the auspices of the leading music…
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The Center for Contemporary Opera Presents Gordon Getty’s “Scare Pair”: Usher House and The Canterville Ghost in Review
The Center for Contemporary Opera Orchestra, Sara Jobin, conductor Gordon Getty, composer The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, New York, NY October 19, 2017 at 7:30pm It is something of a rarity to have two operas performed in a single evening, but on October 19, 2017, The Center for Contemporary Opera…
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Dan Auerbach in Review
Dan Auerbach, solo violin The West End Presbyterian Church; New York, NY October 14, 2017 The violinist Dan Auerbach presented an evening of unaccompanied works for the violin in a concert that was unconventional in almost every aspect of programming. In the modest, but acoustically sound main chapel of The West End Presbyterian…
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Ogninana & Michael Masser Family Foundation and Waring International Piano Competition present Yi-Yang Chen in Review
Yi-Yang Chen, piano Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 18, 2017 The winner of the 2017 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition (www.vwipc.org) , twenty-seven-year old Yi-Yang Chen , was presented by the Ogninana & Michael Masser Family Foundation and the VWIPC in a recital at Weill Hall on October 18, 2017.…
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Andrew Mikhael LLC presents Elizabeth Mikhael and Santiago Piñeirúa in Review
Andrew Mikhael LLC presents Elizabeth Mikhael and Santiago Piñeirúa Elizabeth Mikhael, Cello Santiago Piñeirúa, Piano Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 15,2017 As an encore performance of a Mexico City concert, cellist Elizabeth Mikhael and pianist Santiago Piñeirúa rejoined forces at Weill Hall on October 15, 2017. In a…
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Sohyun Ahn: J.S. Bach “Goldberg” Variations BWV 988 in Review
Sohyun Ahn, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall October 8, 2017 Unmatched in contrapuntal science and expressive power, the Goldberg Variations are one of the definite “Mount Everests” of the pianist’s world. Sohyun Ahn gave a fully expert, involved reading of the work. Her recent Mozart CD was already reviewed in these pages,…
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Carnegie Hall Presents Sphinx Virtuosi in Review
Sphinx Virtuosi Concerti per Venti Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 13, 2017 The atmosphere was jubilant in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium for a recital by the Sphinx Virtuosi, a group described in its biographical materials as “eighteen of the nation’s top Black and Latino classical soloists” performing as part of…
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The Fifth Tureck International Bach Competition for Young Pianists Presents Gala Winners Concert in Review
Gala Winners Concert, The Fifth Tureck International Bach Competition for Young Pianists Benzaquen Hall, Dimenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY October 8, 2017 It has been several times now that I have been assigned to review the Tureck International Bach Competition for Young Pianists, and, judging by what I heard this past…
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The Art of Listening in Review
The Art of Listening- Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 Javor Bračić, piano National Opera Center, New York, NY October 8, 2017 Mr. Bračić, has created a series and a format that aim to “change the way you think about classical music.” Based on my experience this past Sunday, I’d say…
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Creative Classical Concerts presents Hyun Ji You in Review
Hyun Ji You, piano Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 4, 2017 Creative Classical Concerts presented pianist Hyun Ji You in a concert of Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, Debussy, and Villa-Lobos on October 4, 2017 at Weill Hall. Ms. You is a winner of multiple piano competitions both in her native Korea…