Anna Han, Pianist in Review The Stecher and Horowitz Foundation present 2012 New York International Competition First Prize Winner, Anna Han, piano SubCulture Arts Underground, New York, NY November 21, 2013 In the first of three scheduled concerts at the SubCulture Arts Underground, the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation presented sixteen-year-old pianist, Anna Han,…
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Artists Series presents: Ensemble: Périphérie Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 26, 2013 As part of DCINY’s Artists Series program, Ensemble: Périphérie (EP) was invited to perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in what was their New York debut. Established in 2010…
New York Concert Artists and Associates presents: Javor Bračić, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 22, 2013 Recital debuts can be a dicey proposition in New York, depending on what other concerts and events are scheduled. Learning that a young Croatian pianist would be giving his New York debut in…
Sarah Chan, piano Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Music Center, New York, NY October 17, 2013 Having reviewed pianist Sarah Chan in Schumann’s A Minor Concerto just this May (hers being just one of several concerti in a packed program), I wondered how the same pianist would fare in a calmer setting; five months…
Scott Cuellar, pianist Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 9, 2013 The pianist Scott Cuellar’s recent recital at Weill Recital Hall was a model of excellent programming and execution. His manner at the piano is clean, direct and confident. To these admirable qualities, he adds the ability to illuminate both the…
MARA Society of New York presents Fall Concerto Alexandru Tomescu, violin, Matei Varga, piano, Jesus Rodolfo Rodriguez, viola Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY October 9, 2013 The MARA Society of New York is dedicated to supporting and advancing Romanian music, arts, and culture. They have joined forces with Hospices of Hope to raise funds…
Enrique Velez-Bidot and Hermelindo Ruiz, guitarists The American Bible Society; New York, NY October 4, 2013 At concerts presented by Musica da Camara, the sponsors of this event, this reviewer has grown to expect performances characterized by a close connection between the performers and their audience. These events are almost like family gatherings. And this…
Jeff Lankov, piano, in “Music of Robert Xavier Rodríguez” Presented by The University of Texas at Dallas Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y. October 6, 2013 The name Robert Xavier Rodriguez (b. 1946) is hardly unknown in the music world, with an imposing list of worldwide commissions, performances, and other successes…
Liam Kaplan, piano Mannes College, The New School for Music, New York September 28, 2013 Bach-on-the-piano activism is not the eyebrow raiser it once was. The tenet that J. S. Bach’s lifetime of keyboard works dealt only marginally with a plinky-hammered, Lilliputian forebear of a concert grand has been superseded, even among retro-fashionable harpsichordists and…