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Victor Paukštelis in Review
Victor Paukštelis, Piano Presented by the Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Foundation Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY September 27, 2015 A professional, balanced, and innovatively designed program should not be an anomaly in today’s concert world, yet it is. That is why the Lithuanian pianist Victor Paukštelis’ recent recital at Weill Recital Hall…
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The Franchomme Project in Review
The Franchomme Project Louise Dubin, Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, Katherine Cherbas, and Julia Bruskin, cellists; Hélène Jeanney, pianist John Street Church, New York, NY September 19th, 2015 The compositions of Auguste Franchomme are undergoing a huge revival, thanks to the cellist Louise Dubin. The first concert in New York which celebrated the Franchomme Project CD release…
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HH Promotions London, LLC presents Carlo Grante, Pianist in Review
HH Promotions London LLC presents Carlo Grante, Piano Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center New York, NY September 15, 2015 It’s a World Premiere! With the same exhilaration that one feels in exclaiming “it’s a boy!” or “it’s a girl!” the world welcomes a new piano work, Chopin Dreams (2014), composed by Bruce Adolphe (b.1955) and…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents True Concord Voices and Orchestra in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents True Concord Voices and Orchestra True Concord Voices and Orchestra; Eric Holtan, music director and conductor Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY September 11, 2015 September 11, 2001 is a day that will be forever etched in the minds of those who were witness…
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Miryong Cha, Pianist in Review
Miryong Cha, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY June 23, 2015 In the highly competitive field of classical music, it is a significant achievement to earn one’s major degrees in piano at a prominent conservatory such as the Manhattan School of Music and to top things off with a Doctor of…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Future Vibrations in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Future Vibrations The Central Oregon Youth Orchestra, Amy Goeser Kolb, founder/executive director; Julia Bastuscheck, Eddy Robinson, directors Vancouver Pops Orchestra, Tom Kuo, director Distinguished Concerts Singers International, Francisco Núñez, guest conductor; Jon Holden Piano Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY June 14, 2015 On June 14,…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Requiem À Deux in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Requiem À Deux Distinguished Concerts Orchestra; Distinguished Concerts Singers International Jonathan Griffith, Music Director/conductor Iris Derke, flute Craig Jessop, conductor laureate Erica Miller, soprano; Stephen Lancaster, baritone; Leah de Gruyl, mezzo-soprano Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY June 7, 2015 Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY)…
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Abrazando: Latin Embrace CD In Review
Abrazando: Latin Embrace Rosa Antonelli, piano Albany Records TROY 1571 A beguiling CD just landed on my review desk, the sort of music that makes one long for a warm summer day and a cold drink to enhance the enjoyment. Rosa Antonelli, long a specialist in and advocate for lesser-known Spanish and Latin-American repertoire,…
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Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival Presents Evgeny Kissin: “With You, Armenia” in Review
Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival Presents Evgeny Kissin: “With You, Armenia” A Concert to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide Evgeny Kissin, piano; Hover Chamber Choir, Sona Hovhannisyan, Director and Choirmaster Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY May 26, 2015 Just over a week after a full-length solo piano recital…