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Unlocking Beauty: A conversation with pianist Terry Eder, founder of “Key Pianists”
A remarkable act of musical and financial philanthropy is taking place in one of New York City’s loveliest jewel-box concert halls, the intimate Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. The series is known as Key Pianists, and 2016/2017 marks the second season of its existence. Detroit-born pianist Terry Eder had the idea that there were…
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A Window, Not a Wall: A conversation with pianist Peter Takács
I wouldn’t dare program or perform Beethoven’s monumental final piano sonata, Opus 111 in C minor, and I have two “good” hands. Master-pianist Peter Takács recently did so (January 14, 2016; Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall) preceded by other “late-Beethoven” pieces, and he did it with a broken right hand. Let’s let that…
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Sayat Nova International Composition Competition – 2016
In 2006, AGBU France launched the Sayat Nova International Composition Competition, a biennial contest open to composers of all backgrounds. Requiring contestants to submit compositions for an ensemble combining traditional Armenian and Western instruments, and integrating the works of the Armenian poets Sayat Nova and Daniel Varoujan, the competition is designed to introduce Armenian traditions…
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American Protégé presents Summer Gala Concert in Review
American Protégé presents Summer Gala Concert Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY June 30, 2016 Pianist Blandine Waldmann was presented amid the large gathering of artists that took part in this celebration of AP’s nine years as a competition. She was the thirty-third of thirty-four performers, and perhaps waiting all that time…
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Book Review: Ignacio Cervantes and the XIX-Century Cuban Danza
Book Review: Ignacio Cervantes and the XIX-Century Cuban Danza By Salomón Gadles Mikowsky Ignacio Cervantes and the XIX-Century Cuban Danza By Salomón Gadles Mikowsky LAP, Lambert Academic Publishing 273 pp (including Appendices and Bibliography) New York, NY 2016 ISBN: 978-3-659-82531-6 It is not every day that one encounters a flexible and inspiring teacher of…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Songs of Inspiration and Hope in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Songs of Inspiration and Hope Spivey Hall Children’s Choir; Martha Shaw, director Stuyvesant High School Chorus; Holly Hall, director Distinguished Concerts Singers International; Lori Loftus, DCINY debut conductor Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY June 26, 2016 On June 26, 2016 Distinguished Concerts International New…
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The Eighth New York International Piano Competition in Review
The Eighth New York International Piano Competition (NYIPC) under the Auspices of the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY June 24, 2016 It was an honor and pleasure to be asked to review the awards recital of the New York International Piano Competition – now its Eighth…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Show Me LOVE: Bringing Beauty & Love to a Hurting World in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Show Me LOVE: Bringing Beauty & Love to a Hurting World The Lincoln Gospel Choir, T.H.I.S. Movement Players; Darcy Reese, director Tonia Hughes, Darnell Davis & The Remnant, special guests Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY June 17, 2016 Today’s world is fraught with what…
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Vocal Artists Management presents the 7th Annual Artist Showcase in Review
Vocal Artists Management presents the 7th Annual Artist Showcase James Greening-Valenzuela, manager Stacey Stofferahn, Alison Davy, Cynthia Leigh, Deborah Lifton, sopranos; Eunjoo Lee-Huls, Thea Lobo, mezzo-sopranos; Eric Malson, accompanist Marc E. Scorca Recital Hall, Opera America National Opera Center, New York, NY June 16, 2016 Vocal Artists Management (www.vocalartistsmgmt.com) presented the 7th Annual Artist…