Who says serious music can't also be fun? Case in point: Marc Mellits's works on New Music Detroit's debut album 'Smoke.'
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Piano School of NYC: Making It Possible for Everyone to Fall in Love with Music
When pianist Vera Anselmo, who trained at Juilliard and Mannes School of Music, started giving piano and music lessons at local schools in Manhattan’s Upper West Side and Harlem in 2001, she did not realize the potential impact her 'Piano School of New York City' would make over the years. But her passion to bring the gift of music to all had always been her driving force.
Read More »Concert Review: Carolina Eyck, Theremin, and Theo Bleckmann, Vocalist (NYC, 2 July 2018)
Theremin virtuosa Carolina Eyck and avant-garde vocalist Theo Bleckmann were at their inventive best in separate sets at (le) poisson rouge in NYC.
Read More »Music Review: Vadym Kholodenko – ‘Scriabin: Preludes, Études and Sonatas’
The pianist's new album is a superb survey of some of the most distinctive music by a composer who is today well remembered and valued by musicians and composers, but heard by audiences too seldom.
Read More »Music Review: Gin Blossoms at Celebrate Fairfax! Festival 2018
Rock band Gin Blossoms delivered with their old hits and some new tracks from their latest album, 'Mixed Reality.'
Read More »Concert Review: ‘Joachim Stutschewsky and the Music of His World’ with Julian Schwarz and Marika Bournaki (NYC, 22 May 2018)
We're fortunate these neglected composers of the New Jewish National School have found worthy champions.
Read More »Concert Review: Kiefer Sutherland with Rick Brantley – Alexandria, VA, May 20, 2018
Kiefer Sutherland fans will enjoy seeing the 'Designated Survivor' and '24' actor on tour in advance of his new album.
Read More »Concert Review: Four Nations Ensemble and Sherezade Panthaki – ‘Fête Galante’ (NYC, 17 May 2018)
The music of the Fête Galante-era composers like Jean-Marie Leclair counteracted the grand style of their predecessors, just as Watteau's paintings of regular people enjoying simple pleasures in the outdoors contrasted with the heavy subject matter of the art he'd grown up with.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Cellist Julian Schwarz on Joachim Stutschewsky and 20th-Century Jewish Music
"With the rise of worldwide anti-Semitism, it has been difficult for me to program Jewish works. I remember a certain recital when I was asked to remove a suite of pieces by Ernest Bloch for fear of audience distaste."
Read More »Music Review: Amit Peled, Noreen Polera – ‘To Brahms, with Love: From the Cello of Pablo Casals’
The musicians make technique seem invisible on this wonderful new recording, with Amit Peled playing Pablo Casals's cello in two of the greatest works of the Romantic era.
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