United States Time:Spans 2024 – Takasugi: Roger Admiral (piano), Talea Ensemble / James Baker (conductor). DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, 18.8.2024. (DS)
In New York, a Takasugi piano concerto for the end of our times
Daniele Sahr
Takács Quartet in the premiere of an exceptional work by Gabriela Lena Frank in Boulder
United 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)
Olga Kern and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra triumph at Boulder’s Chautauqua Auditorium
United 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)
The Israeli Chamber Project and Karim Sulayman delight in an impassioned collaboration
United 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)
Quartetto di Cremona brings life and beauty to Chamber Music Society’s Winter Festival
United States Various: Quartetto di Cremona (Cristiano Gualco, Paolo Andreoli [violins], Simone Gramaglia [viola], Giovanni Scaglione [cello]). Alice Tully Hall, New York, 8.3.2024. (DS)
A classical guitarist and a Baroque ensemble come together in an alluring concert
United States Baroque Unlimited: Miloš (guitar), Les Violons du Roy / Jonathan Cohen (music director and conductor). Zankel Hall, New York City, 30.11.2023. (DS)
Three virgins, an elusive unicorn and social media infusions in Kate Soper’s The Hunt
United States Kate Soper, The Hunt: Brett Umlauf, Christiana Cole (soprano and ukulele), Hirona Amamiya (soprano and violin). Miller Theater at Columbia University, New York, 14.10.2023. (DS)
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