Tag Archives: Lara St. John

St. John joined The Knights for Avner Dorman's violin concerto based on Jewish songs from around the world.

Violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz's new album is the gold standard of classical music albums: It lets you hear familiar music by the great composers as you've never heard it before.

The album presents distinctive approaches by composers Kelly-Marie Murphy and Avner Dorman to new music based on traditional tunes and themes.

Two recent albums that do new things with very old music.

Violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz present new and scarily inventive arrangements of traditional tunes from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East, many with Jewish roots.