Takács Quartet in the premiere of an exceptional work by Gabriela Lena Frank in Boulder

United StatesUnited States Colorado Music Festival 2024 [2] – Various: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola], András Fejér [cello]), Colorado Festival Orchestra / Peter Oundjian (director). Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, Colorado, 19.7.2024. (DS)

Gabriela Lena Frank (left), Harumi Rhodes (center) and Peter Oundjian (right) during pre-concert talk © Geremy Kornreich

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Olga Kern and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra triumph at Boulder’s Chautauqua Auditorium

United StatesUnited States Colorado Music Festival 2024 [1] Various: Olga Kern (piano), Kabin Thomas (narrator), Colorado Festival Orchestra / Gemma New (director). Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, Colorado, 19.7.2024. (DS)

Gemma New conducts pianist Olga Kern and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra © Geremy Kornreich

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The Israeli Chamber Project and Karim Sulayman delight in an impassioned collaboration

United StatesUnited States Various: Israeli Chamber Project (Carmit Zori, Kobi Malkin Andreoli [violins], Guy Ben-Ziony [viola], Michael Korman [cello], Tibi Cziger [clarinet], Sivan Magen [harp], Assaff Weisman [piano]), Karim Sulayman (tenor). Merkin Hall, New York, 12.4.2024. (DS)

Israeli Chamber Project and tenor Karim Sulayman © Judy Kuan

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Japan Society’s upcoming concert series: ‘John Cage’s Japan’

Japan Society’s John Cage’s Japan In 2012, the world celebrated John Cage’s hundredth birthday. ‘World’ is a vague term that risks meaning North America and Europe when used with bravado from a Western musical perspective. But it is no exaggeration to say that John Cage held worldwide notoriety far beyond the New York City of post-World … Read more