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Monteux School and Music Festival Winter Workshop Showcase Concert in Review
Featuring Music Director Michael Jinbo, Monteux Alumni Conductors, Winter Workshop conductors, and the Monteux Heritage Orchestra Michael Jinbo, David Alexander Rahbee, Reuben Blundell, Michael Shane Wittenburg, conductors; Monteux Heritage Orchestra Rick Basehore, oboe; Christopher Johnson, piano; Uli Speth, violin; Allison Kiger, Marisela Sager, flute Good-Shepherd Faith Presbyterian Church, New York, NY January 4, 2019 …
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Woori Kim presents Debussy Déjà Vu in Review
Woori Kim, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY December 26, 2018 The day after Christmas, Woori Kim presented a sophisticated program consisting of 95% Debussy, and one response to (and “continuation of”) Debussy by Canadian-born Joel Hoffman. Generally speaking, Ms. Kim’s keyboard fluency and a good ear served her well…
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Jeongeun Park in Review
Jeongeun Park, Viola; Eric Zuber, Pianist, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY December 17th, 2018 Violist Jeongeun Park (https://www.jeongeunparkviola.com) appeared in her New York debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall this week, delivering some highly admirable performances of difficult repertoire. She has received numerous distinctions in solo, chamber, and orchestral…
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Wa Concerts presents Intellect and Excitement: The Music of Charles Wuorinen and Milton Babbitt in Review
Charles Neidich, clarinet/bass clarinet; Ayako Oshima, clarinet; Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano; Fred Sherry, cello; Tengku Ahmad Irfan, piano; Ryan McCullough, piano; Katie Hyun, violin; Yezu Elizabeth Woo, violin; En-Chi Cheng, viola Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY December 7, 2018 Only the superb artistry of Charles Neidich and his team of great collaborators could…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Ode to Joy: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Choral Fantasy in Review
Distinguished Concerts Orchestra; Distinguished Concerts Singers International Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Warren Lee, Piano Danielle Talamantes, soprano; Natalie Polito, soprano; Claudia Chapa, mezzo-soprano; John McVeigh, tenor; Peter Drackley, tenor; Christopher Job, bass-baritone Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY December 3rd, 2018 Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) has since…
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Adrienne Haan in White Christmas in Review
Adrienne Haan, Cabaret Singer; Richard Danley, Musical Director, Pianist, and Arranger; Script by Laurence Pierron; Peter Martin, Producer The Triad Theater, New York, NY December 7th, 2018 Adrienne Haan is not only a highly gifted cabaret singer, but she is one of the most versatile that this listener has heard. She has been reviewed…
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Walter W. Naumburg Foundation presents “Naumburg Looks Back” in Review
Anton Nel, piano (1987 Piano Award) Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY December 3, 2018 The ultra-prestigious Naumburg competition is held for piano every four years (and for other instruments and ensembles in the intervening years). The 1987 winner was South-African born Anton Nel, whose award recital I attended, with great…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents A Winter Rose: The Holiday Music of Mark Hayes and Joseph Martin in Review
Distinguished Concerts Orchestra; Distinguished Concerts Singers International Mark Hayes, composer/conductor Andrea Lynn Cianflone, soprano; Holly Sorensen, mezzo-soprano; Omar Najmi, tenor; Colin Levin, baritone; Karen Harvey, piano Joseph M. Martin, composer/conductor Sue Martin, soprano; Joshua Chai, piano Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 26, 2018 Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) continued its…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York presents “Messiah…Refreshed!” in Review
Distinguished Concerts Orchestra, Distinguished Concerts Singers International Jonathan Griffith, Artistic Director/Conductor Penelope Shumate, soprano; Claudia Chapa, mezzo-soprano; John McVeigh, tenor; Christopher Job, bass. Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 25, 2018 The holiday season is now in full swing, with the post-Thanksgiving crush of shoppers trying to scoop up ubiquitous “Black…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents A Symphony of Carols in Review
Distinguished Concerts Orchestra, Distinguished Concerts Singers International Jonathan Griffith, Artistic Director/Principal Conductor Pepper Choplin, composer/conductor Randol Bass, DCINY composer-in-residence Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 18, 2018 The holiday season is upon us, in what seems to be coming earlier and earlier each year. The retailers are already clamoring for shoppers…