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Legato Arts presents Sean Botkin in Review
Legato Arts Presents Sean Botkin, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY February 24, 2016 Beauty and frustration are often lifelong companions of the artist—and also of the reviewer. Thus were my thoughts last evening at the powerful performance given by pianist Sean Botkin. I will confess that when I saw the…
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MidAmerica Productions presents Pavel Šporcl with New England Symphonic Ensemble in Review
MidAmerica Productions presents Pavel Šporcl with New England Symphonic Ensemble Pavel Šporcl, Violin New England Symphonic Ensemble; Maple Mountain High School Choirs Giuseppe Lanzetta, David R. Thye, and Cory Mendenhall, conductors Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY February 13, 2016 On what was a marathon of a concert sponsored by MidAmerica Productions, the…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Mozart Mealor Martin: Music of Joy and Sadness in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Mozart Mealor Martin: Music of Joy and Sadness Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International Vance Y. George, James Jordan, and Joseph Martin, Conductors Penelope Shumate, soprano; Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano; Youngbae Yang, tenor; Jeremy Milner, bass-baritone Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY February 15, 2016…
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Composers Now Festival and CUNY Diversity Projects Development Fund present “Eastern Currents” with Ensemble 365 in Review
Composers Now Festival and CUNY Diversity Projects Development Fund present “Eastern Currents” with Ensemble 365 Sara Paar, soprano; Karen Rostron, violin; Alice Jones, flute; Marta Bedkowska-Reilly, cello; Mirna Lekić, piano Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY February 13, 2016 A hardy band of two dozen or so listeners braved the coldest night in one hundred…
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DVD in Review: Pianist Gustavo Díaz-Jerez plays Iberia, by Isaac Albéniz
DVD: Isaac Albéniz Iberia, Pianist: Gustavo Díaz-Jerez Label: ORPHEUS (2015) Region Code: 0 (Worldwide); TV format: PAL Running Time: 88 minutes Attention, those interested in “firsts” in the piano world: for the very first time, a full high definition video of Iberia is now available, and it is quite beautifully played by pianist Gustavo…
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Violinist Daniel Röhn in Review
Daniel Röhn in Recital: The Kreisler Story Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y. February 2, 2016 It is a rare recital that leaves one wanting to hear it all again the next day, but it is not an exaggeration to say that I wanted exactly that after hearing the recent…
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Yale School of Music presents Chang Pan, cello and Ronaldo Rolim, piano, in Review
Yale School of Music presents Chang Pan, cello and Ronaldo Rolim, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall; New York, NY February 3, 2016 A day of soaking rain in New York could not dampen the ardor of either performers or audience at this very fine recital by an extraordinary artist of the cello and…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Mortals & Angels: A Bluegrass Te Deum in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Mortals & Angels: A Bluegrass Te Deum Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal conductor Distinguished Concerts Singers International Dailey & Vincent, special guests Jay Disney and Linda Powell, narrators Luigi Salerni, director Carol Barnett, DCINY composer-in-residence; Marisha Chamberlain, librettist Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY…
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Pianist Ian Hobson in Review
Downtown/Uptown Series: Preludes –Etudes –Variations, Ian Hobson in Recital With spoken introduction by Paul Griffiths Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufmann Arts Center; New York, NY January 19, 2016 A good musician tries not to be too dazzled by encyclopedic repertoires – after all, it is how music is played that matters – but this listener…
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Book Review: The Piano Teaching Legacy of Solomon Mikowsky By Kookhee Hong
The Piano Teaching Legacy of Solomon Mikowsky Kookhee Hong LAP, Lambert Academic Publishing 209 pp. (with photos and appendices) ISBN: 978-3659804656 New York, NY, 2013 Breaking from the tradition of New York Concert Review as a publication chiefly about concerts and recordings, this book review is justified based on its subject, noted musical pedagogue,…