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Quilcene

Piratical Preface to Festival Finale

10/09/201306/09/2013 by Stan

[Sullivan], Debussy, and Beethoven: Julio Elizalde (piano), Jessica Lee and Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Patrick Jee (cello), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 31.8.2013 (BJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bernard Jacobson, Quilcene

Schubert Rarities Brilliantly Played

09/09/201328/08/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Schubert: Julio Elizalde (piano), Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu (violin), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 17.8.2013 (BJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bernard Jacobson, Quilcene

Effective Juxtaposition of the Youthful with the Mature

14/08/201313/08/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Beethoven, Walton, Foss, and Dvořák: Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu (violin and viola), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Matthew Zalkind (cello), Emily Daggett Smith (violin), Julio Elizalde (piano), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 11.8.2013 (BJ)

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Folk Inflections in a Generous Evening

14/08/201308/08/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Haydn, Enescu, Bartók, and Brahms: Stefan Milenkovich and Andrea Segar (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Matthew Zalkind (cello), Julio Elizalde (piano), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 3.8.2013 (BJ)

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Lucid Assurance in Exhilarating Beethoven Chamber Music

14/08/201301/08/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Beethoven: Paul Hersh (piano), Stefan Milenkovich and Stefan Hersh (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Bonnie Hampton (cello), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 27.7.2013 (BJ)

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Diverse Audience for Mozart Masterpieces Provides Reassuring Continuity

23/07/201319/07/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mozart: Julio Elizalde (piano), Charles Weatherbee and Korine Fujiwara (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Jennifer Culp (cello), Teddy Abrams (piano, clarinet), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 13.7.2013 (BJ)

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Virtuoso Meal with Four Substantial Courses

23/07/201311/07/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Prokofiev, Bach, and Sarasate: Julio Elizalde (piano), Ray Chen (violin), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 6.7.2013 (BJ)

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For Two Pianos: Marksmanship, Pizzazz and Whiplash Frenzy

17/09/201213/09/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Brahms, Stravinsky, Bernstein, and Ravel: Julio Elizalde and Michael Brown (pianos); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 1.9.2012 (BJ)

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