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Scott Watkins, Pianist in Review
Scott Watkins, Piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 10, 2015 American pianist Scott Watkins performed music of Bartók, Hanson, and Debussy last weekend, in a program that was well suited to his particular pianistic and musical gifts. A keen intellect was immediately apparent in his opener, the Piano Sonata…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Triptych: A World Without End in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Triptych: A World Without End Distinguished Concert Singers International; Fullerton Chamber Orchestra Alicia W. Walker, Robert Istad, DCINY Debut Conductors; Kimo Furumoto, director; Tarik O’Regan, DCINY Composer-in-Residence Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 15, 2015 Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) is an organization that…
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Key Pianists presents Peter Takács: The Beethoven Experience—Middle Beethoven in Review
Key Pianists presents Peter Takács: The Beethoven Experience—Middle Beethoven Peter Takács, Piano Guest artist: Robert deMaine, Cello Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 12, 2015 Peter Takács continued his admirable Beethoven series, this time focusing on works of the “middle period,” during which Beethoven swore to “take a new way.”…
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Karolina Jaroszewska in Review
Karolina Jaroszewska – Cello Julia Samojło – Piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 11, 2015 A warm-hearted spirit of generosity pervaded the atmosphere of a very accomplished performance given by cellist Karolina Jaroszewska and pianist Julia Samojło recently at Weil Recital Hall. Ms. Jaroszewska is an intuitive musician, with…
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The Olympus Piano Trio In Review
The Hellenic-American Cultural Foundation and the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) present The Olympus Piano Trio Regi Papa, violin; Ben Capps, cello; Konstantine Valianatos, piano Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Arts Center, New York, NY November 5, 2015 These Greeks definitely bear gifts, and they’re not Trojan horses. They are the gifts of immense…
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Adrienne Haan – Tehorah in Review
Adrienne Haan – Tehorah Adrienne Haan, Chanteuse Heinz-Walter Florin, Piano Netanel Draiblate and Perry Tal, Violin Shmuel Katz, Viola Yoni Draiblate, Cello Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 29, 2015 Chanteuse Adrienne Haan gave New York another display of her abundant flair for the vintage cabaret material of Weimar-era Germany…
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The Fourth Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition for Young Pianists Presents Gala Winners Concert in Review
Gala Winners Concert, The Fourth Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition for Young Pianists Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, N.Y. October 18, 2015 It is hard to believe, hearing the winners of the Fourth Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition for Young Pianists, that it was just 2003 when it was all conceived to honor the…
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Key Pianists presents Peter Takács :The Beethoven Experience—Early Beethoven in Review
Key Pianists presents Peter Takács:The Beethoven Experience—Early Beethoven Peter Takács, piano Guest artists: Boris Allakhverdyan, Clarinet; Carter Brey, Cello Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 18, 2015 I was irreverently suggesting prior to this concert that at this point Beethoven needs no publicity. His devoted performers and listeners do, however, need…
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The Ullmann Project-I in Review
The Ullmann Project-I Dominique Hellsten, artistic director, soprano Monica Niemi, soprano Jason Plourde, Will Robinson, baritones Craig Ketter, Matthew Odell, pianists Paul Griffiths, musicologist, pre-concert speaker Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Music Center, New York, NY October 15, 2015 The Lieder (German art-song) recital is an endangered species. It depends on the enthusiasms of a…
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“Leonard Bernstein Remembered” in Review
“Leonard Bernstein Remembered” in Review Lloyd Arriola, Pianist and Musical Director Christ and St. Stephen’s Church, New York, NY October 14, 2015 Nearly four years after reviewing pianist Lloyd Arriola in an excellent New York debut recital (marking the 200th anniversary of Liszt’s birth: Lloyd Arriola-pianist-in-review), it is a pleasure to review him again,…