Israeli pianist Tomer Gewirtzman gave a glowing performance of a challenging program of Beethoven, Brahms, and three very different Russian composers.
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Concert Review: Malta Philharmonic Orchestra with Pianist Ingolf Wunder (Philadelphia, 27 Nov 2018)
Malta has a long and storied history, but the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra is making history of its own with its first U.S. concerts, featuring Maltese music.
Read More »Concert Review: Juilliard String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall (NYC, 19 Nov 2018)
The Juilliard String Quartet presented music by Beethoven and Dvořák and the NYC premiere of a new work by Lembit Beecher.
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Marc-André Hamelin at Carnegie Hall (NYC, 15 November 2018)
Hamelin's magical concert program flowed from Bach-Busoni to Schumann to Chopin, with twinkling detours into the 20th century.
Read More »Concert Review: Quartetto di Cremona at the Frick (NYC, 11 Nov 2018)
This Italian string quartet has developed a tight, fluid ensemble sound as comfortable with the avant-garde as with Boccherini.
Read More »Concert Review: Vox Luminis – Motets of J.S. Bach (NYC, 28 October 2018)
In the hands of a gifted group like Vox Luminis, Bach's motets exhibit the great composer's artistic genius as fully as anything else he wrote.
Read More »Music Review: Neave Trio with Carla Jablonski – ‘Celebrating Piazzolla’
Together the musicians craft the feel of a much larger band, taking turns evoking the bandoneón through technique and imaginative force, and summoning orchestral depth by turns dark and brilliant.
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Guy Livingston – ‘Dada at the Movies’ (NYC, 17 October 2018)
Livingston doesn't just champion this early 20th-century music, he brings it to vivid life, even as he entertains and educates on the classic Dada films.
Read More »Concert Review: Zemlinsky Quartet – ‘Zemlinsky, Janáček, Dvořák and Their Muses’ (NYC, 16 Oct 2018)
The Zemlinsky Quartet's onstage bonhomie, vivid engagement with the audience, and tremendous skill made the concert a joy.
Read More »Concert Review: The Verve Pipe at the Tobin Center, San Antonio, September 12, 2018
The band performed some old favorites as well as new material for an enthusiastic crowd at the Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater.
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