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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Carmina amoris: Songs of Love in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Carmina amoris: Songs of Love Lehigh University Department of Music; Lehigh University Choral Arts Steven Sametz, Artistic Director/Conductor/composer; Sun Min Lee, Associate Director Distinguished Concerts Orchestra Carmen Pelton, soprano; Tami Petty, soprano (off-stage); William Burden, tenor Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 21, 2014 Distinguished…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents “The Oracle at Delphi”: The Music of Dinos Constantinides in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents “The Oracle at Delphi”: The Music of Dinos Constantinides Margaret O’Connell, mezzo-soprano; Lin He, violin; Robert DiLutis, clarinet; Michael Gurt, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 22, 2014 If my Greek philosophy serves me right, the inscription over the entrance to the…
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Stecher and Horowitz Foundation Presents Charlie Albright in Review
Charlie Albright, Piano Subculture, Arts Underground, New York, NY November 20, 2014 Charlie Albright is a pianist whose name music-lovers will be hearing more and more. Winner of a slew of awards, most prominently a 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Mr. Albright is now in the company of classical musicians who have become…
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2014 Concours de Genève First Round Flute Results
2014 Concours de Genève First Round Flute Results November 20, 2014 The opening round of the 2014 flute competition at the Concours de Genève (Geneva International Music Competition) has resulted in 18 competitors from 9 countries moving on to the round to be held on November 22nd and 23rd. The first round selections were made from…
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75th Anniversary of the Concours de Genève begins in Switzerland in Review
75th Anniversary of the Concours de Genève begins in Switzerland November 20, 2014 The Geneva International Music Competition, better known by its more elegant French title, Concours de Genève, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Founded by Belgian composer and organist Henri Gagnebin who was then Director of the conservatory in Geneva, the first competition…
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Coudert Institute presents Alexander Beridze in Review
Alexander Beridze, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 12, 2014 Georgian pianist Alexander Beridze played a recital with great passion and excitement on November 12 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall; the program of standard repertoire was touchingly dedicated to the memory of his mother. I wonder if the…
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Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra presents Shen Lu in Review
2014 Hilton Head International Piano Competition Winner’s Recital Shen Lu, pianist Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 8, 2014 An interesting recital was presented by the winner of the 2014 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Shen Lu. While there were many moments of great beauty, he is not a “finished”…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents “I Believe… Remembering the Holocaust” in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents “I Believe… Remembering the Holocaust” Distinguished Concerts Orchestra, Distinguished Concerts Singers International Jonathan Griffith, conductor Donald McCullough, conductor/composer, Zane Zalis, visiting composer Sara Jean Ford, soprano/”Tova”; Rachel Arky, mezzo-soprano; Peter Kendall Clark, baritone, Alexander Gemignani, “Reinhardt”; Drew Gehling, “Aaron” Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY November…
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HH Promotions London, LLC presents Carlo Grante in Review
HH Promotions London, LLC presents Carlo Grante, piano “Masters of High Romanticism”- Concert I: Chopin-The Four Ballades, The Four Scherzi Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY October 31, 2014 The great pianist Alfred Cortot said of the Chopin Etudes that “they are as inaccessible to the technician without poetry as they are to…
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Sang Woo Kang, Pianist in Review
Sang Woo Kang, Piano Lang Recital Hall, Hunter College, New York, NY October 16, 2014 Pianist Sang Woo Kang, Chair of the Music Department and Associate Professor of Piano at Providence College, was invited by Hunter College to perform a recital last February (preceded by a master class), but the powers that be had the…