| In the midst of APAP, we took a quick trip across the Hudson River to catch New Jersey Symphony Music Director Jacques Lacombe lead the NJSO in the first concert of its Winter Festival, "Sounds of Shakespeare" in a gorgeous all-Romeo and Juliet program, covering selections from Tchaikovsky, Gounod, and Prokofiev. |
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| The irrepressible JACK Quartet (seen here on tour in December) saw many of you during the conferences as they performed 2015 New York dates at Roulette, SubCulture, and the Park Avenue Armory. Then they headed to London's Wigmore Hall to play a program including the new Haas String Quartet No. 8, winning audience acclaim and praise from The Guardian, and from the Financial Times:
"There’s something almost evangelical about the JACK Quartet...the ensemble’s intense and audacious performances have been known to convert even the most conservative listeners.“ |
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| Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and guitarist Jason Vieaux have brought their great musical partnership to disc, in "Together." Preview the album with this excellent video, and let us know if you're interested in learning more (the duo offers touring programs)! |
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| Cédric Tiberghien snapped this wonderfully serene image of his view from the rehearsal studio of The Isabel Bader Center (where our great friend, Tricia Baldwin, formerly of Tafelmusik, is now programming) in Ontario, where he performed a recital on Jan. 14. Just a week earlier, he offered a powerfully moving interpretation of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major with the Alabama Symphony. |
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| Is that an art gallery? No, it's Colbert's new office; come and visit us sometime! 307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2006
New York, NY 10001 |
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| Marc-André Hamelin joined the San Francisco Symphony's gala celebration of Michael Tilson Thomas' 70th birthday – and while there, caught up with a very special fan and fellow guest artists, Elvis Costello. |
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| Many of you may have met the wonderfully gregarious Adrian Fung of the Afiara Quartet at CMA. Check out the trailer (above) for the Afiara's latest project, Spin Cycle. |
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| Pianist Ran Dank (above, middle) and his wife, pianist Soyeon Kate Lee, created an innovative chamber music series, Music By the Glass. Aimed at engaging patrons of all ages, MBTG's theme is "great music, wine, company!" Catch Dank on Feb. 8 performing a program of Boulez, Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt for the Peoples Symphony. |
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| On Zuill Bailey's new disc: "At a casual glance, the pairing of Nico Muhly’s 2012 Cello Concerto with 'Schelomo' and the 'Three Jewish Poems' of Ernest Bloch might seem an odd combination. But listen to the world premiere recording of this lush, invigorating score in context, and the relationships become clearer...Bailey’s playing is strong-limbed and sensitive throughout..." – Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 21, 2015 ~ ~ ~
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