Last night was my last preconcert talk of the 2013-14 season with the Baltimore Symphony/Levine Music. A full house for Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff and then a stellar performance. Violinist Ray Chen ate up Tchaikovsky’s concerto followed by Paganini as an encore! Keep your eyes out DC, he’s doing a recital for Washington Performing Arts next … Read More
This coming Saturday May 24th is my next, and final, preconcert talk for the Baltimore Symphony and Levine Music for the season. Come hear and all-Russian program conducted by Hans Graf: Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto (Ray Chen, violin). Preconcert is at 7 pm. Concert at 8 pm.
Young Peabody Conservatory cellist Jacques-Pierre Malan, a student of Amit Peled‘s, premiered the full 3 movement version of Triptych, my solo cello piece commissioned for the 2013 Klein International String Competition, at the Phillips Collection on May 4, 2014 to a sold-out house in the historic music room.
Saturday May 3rd was my most recent preconcert talk for the Baltimore Symphony and Levine Music at the Strathmore Center. The program consisted of Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto (Op. 73) with Yefim Bronfman soloist and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 12 in D Minor (Op. 112, The Year Of 1917) . Marin Alsop conducted.
On Thursday, May 1st I had the pleasure of hosting the season preview for the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Chris Zimmerman opened and closed the festivities while I took the audience step-by-step through the terrific season Chris has planned. In addition there were chamber performances by FSO players mixed with this year’s young Feuer Competition … Read More
Sunday afternoon at 4 pm Jacques-Pierre Malan is giving the second East Coast performance of Triptych, my solo cello piece commissioned for the 2013 Klein International String Competition. JP is a very talented Peabody Conservatory student of Amit Peled‘s. The concert at the Phillips Collection in Washington DC includes Amit, and a number of other cellists performing works by Bach, … Read More
Tomorrow evening Jacques-Pierre Malan is giving the East Coast premie of Triptych, my solo cello piece commissioned for the 2013 Klein International String Competition. JP is a very talented Peabody Conservatory student of Amit Peled‘s. The concert at St John’s Music In the Valley includes Amit, and a number of other cellists playing Bach, Boccherini, … Read More
This Saturday night, April 26th I’m giving a Fairfax Symphony Orchestra preconcert talk introducing Mahler 5. 70 minutes of intense, extraordinary, and meticulously crafted music. It’ll be a blast and I can’t wait to hear what Chris Zimmerman does with the orchestra!
What a cool surprise! A student group, under the direction of the amazing sax player Noah Getz, is workshopping one of my Emily Songs: an art song-bossa nova setting of Emily Dickinson’s “Heart! We Will Forget Him!” It’s a fun group of young musicians (vocal, sax, guitar, bass, and drums). Sound Collage, Sunday April 27th … Read More
Donna Shor, contributor for Hollywood On the Potomac wrote a lovely article about our recent panel discussion on “The Enduring Impact of Giuseppe Verdi” held at the Italian Ambassador’s residence.