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The Douglas and Inyoung Boyd Foundation and The Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University present A Classical, Jazz, and Chamber Music Extravaganza in Review
The Douglas and Inyoung Boyd Foundation and The Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University present A Classical, Jazz, and Chamber Music Extravaganza Min Kwon and Fred Hersch, piano; Yoon Kwon, violin; Jonathan Spitz, cello; Conrad Herwig, trombone; Timothy Cobb, double bass; Choong-Jin (CJ) Chang, viola Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York presents Tzu-Yi Chen in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York presents Tzu-Yi Chen Tzu-Yi Chen, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY October 11, 2014 A magnificent recital took place on October 11 by Taipei-born pianist Tzu-Yi Chen. I am going to have to discipline myself not to use every superlative in the first paragraph.…
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S&R Foundation presents Char Prescott and Ryo Yanagitani in Review
Char Prescott, cello; Ryo Yanagitani, piano The Kennedy Center – Millennium Stage, Washington, DC September 12, 2014 The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage has earned the remarkable record of having presented a free concert every afternoon at 6pm, 365 days a year (possibly minus a snow day or two), for more than fifteen years. The…
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The Kosciuszko Foundation presents “Musical Life of Galicia” in Review
The Kosciuszko Foundation presents “Musical Life of Galicia” The Rubinstein Players Tatiana Chulochnikova, violin; Maria Lyapkova, piano The Kosciuszko Foundation, New York, NY September 7, 2014 The Rubinstein Players, named for composer Anton Rubinstein, gave a well-played recital of three musical “footnotes” and one canonized master. At the outset, let me say that the…
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Christoph Denoth, guitar in Review
Christoph Denoth, guitar SubCulture, New York, NY September 4, 2014 What better way to begin a new concert season than to attend a wonderful performance in one of New York’s new concert venues? The performer: Swiss guitarist Christoph Denoth. The music: works by the English composers John Dowland (1563-1626) and Benjamin Britten,…
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O’ Fallon Township High School, O’Fallon, Illinois, and Bob Rogers Travel present An American Musical Tapestry in Review
O’ Fallon Township High School, O’Fallon, Illinois, and Bob Rogers Travel present An American Musical Tapestry O’Fallon Township High School Combined Choir. O’Fallon Township High School Select Choir; Cristina Nordin, conductor; Phillip Wilhelm, accompanist O’ Fallon Township High School Symphonic Band, O’ Fallon Township High School Wind Ensemble; Melissa Gustafson-Hinds, Mark Donahue, Sean Michael Harris,…
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New York Concert Artists and Associates, Inc. presents Na Young Kim in Review
New York Concert Artists and Associates, Inc. presents Na Young Kim Na Young Kim, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall; New York, NY June 30, 2014 Technical standards for pianists have changed in just the thirty-some years since I graduated from conservatory. However, I’m not always certain that musical profundity has kept pace…
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The Seventh New York International Piano Competition in Review
The Seventh 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 22, 2014 Music competitions today seem to sprout up practically anywhere that there are instruments, such that the array of contest names in winners’ biographies rapidly becomes a…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents “Under the Western Sky” in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents “Under the Western Sky” Utah Voices and Legacy Brass Ensemble; Michael D. Huff, director; Carrie Morris, accompanist Mariachi Espuelas de Plata; Ramon Niño III and Imelda Martinez, co-directors Cristian Graces, DCINY Debut Conductor; Distinguished Concerts Singers International Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall; New York, NY June 22, 2014 …
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Music and More presents Jean Muller in Review
Jean Muller, piano Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY June 22, 2014 Assigned to review Luxembourgian pianist Jean Muller in an all-Liszt recital last weekend, I purposely avoided rereading my earlier review of him beforehand (Jean Muller all-Chopin recital January 18, 2013). A yearlong blitz of music, work, and stress had left…