• The Profile The Life And The Faith Across The Notes in Review

    The Profile The Life And The Faith Across The Notes A Symphonic Poem written for piano, orchestra, and chorus Mario Jazzetti, composer The Chelsea Symphony Orchestra; New York Choral Society Francesco Libetta, piano; Donata Cucinotta, soprano; Matt Morgan, tenor Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center; New York, NY May 12, 2012 In a pre-concert address, Maurico…

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  • Chinese Hua Xia Chamber Ensemble in Review

    Chinese Hua Xia Chamber Ensemble “Dialogue Between the Traditional and the Modern” Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center; New York, NY May 7, 2012 In a program entitled “Dialogue Between the Traditional and the Modern”, the Chinese Hua Xia Chamber Ensemble presented a program of Ancient and Modern Chinese music, pairing traditional Chinese instruments with “Western”…

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  • The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in Review

    The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in Review “Majestic Finale” David Bernard, Music Director All Saints Church, New York, NY May 6, 2012     A large and very enthusiastic audience was on hand for this, the final concert of the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony’s 2011/12 season. They were treated to an exemplary performance of Beethoven’s…

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  • Kyunghun Kim, Conductor in Review

    Kyunghun Kim, conductor The Doctors Orchestral Society of New York Michael Katz, Cello soloist Norman Thomas High School Auditorium; New York, NY May 3, 2012 Kyunghun Kim is a musician with impressive credentials. Recently graduated from the Juilliard School with a Masters degree in conducting under the tutelage of James DePriest (with a full scholarship…

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  • Georgy Tchaidze, Pianist in Review

    Georgy Tchaidze, piano, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall April 27, 2012   Canada’s Honens International Piano Competition, held every three years, offers the largest prize of any piano competition ($100,000 CAN and a half-million-dollar three-year career development award) to “the Complete Artist” – characterized as “a sensitive musician, a consummate collaborator, an awe-inspiring virtuoso, a communicator,…

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  • Haobing Zhu, Pianist in Review

     Michigan State Collegiate Honors Recital, Featuring Five Winners In Review: Haobing Zhu, pianist Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall April 14, 2012 As winners of the Michigan State University Collegiate Honors Recital Competition held in East Lansing, Michigan in February, five soloists were presented in a New York group recital under the sponsorship of Manhattan…

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  • Maxim Anikushin, Pianist in Review

    Maxim Anikushin, Pianist in Review Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium); New York, NY April 5, 2012 In October 2011, The Russian-American Cultural Heritage Center designated April as Russian-American History Month, and to launch the first RAHM in New York State, the RACH-C presented the superb pianist Maxim Anikushin in his first Carnegie Hall recital in the…

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  • Gordon Getty’s “The White Election”: A Song Cycle on Poems by Emily Dickinson

    Gordon Getty’s “The White Election”: A Song Cycle on Poems by Emily Dickinson Presented by PentaTone Classics   Lisa Delan, soprano, Kristin Pankonin, pianist Cynthia Nixon, actress and special guest The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center; New York, NY April 19, 2012 The poems of Emily Dickinson have proven to be fertile ground for…

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  • Henry Wong Doe, Pianist in Review

    Henry Wong Doe, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall March 26, 2012 Henry Wong Doe, pianist, entitled his March 26th Weill Hall Recital “A Picture of New Zealand” and dedicated the first half of his program to the music of his countryman Gareth Farr, and the second half to his performance of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures…

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  • Pro Musicis Concert Series 2012 in Review

    Pro Musicis Concert Series 2012 Andrew Staupe, piano, Alexandria Le, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall;  New York, NY April 11, 2012   Pro Musicis award winners Andrew Staupe and Alexandria Le appeared in a shared recital that also was each pianist’s New York debut.  With three world premiere pieces and some of the…

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