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Jul 8

Aaron Dworkin – Lessons in Gratitude

Aaron Dworkin's vivid descriptions provide emotionally resonant narratives that foster a strong sense of connection while giving a testament

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Jun 9

Inna Faliks – Bringing Humanity to Storytelling

"Antisemitism has impacted my life so much and on so many levels," says Faliks, fighting back tears in her voice...

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Jan 26

An Open Letter To An Artist As Citizen

Should Turkish Concert Pianist/Composer Fazil Say's Concerts Have Been Canceled? Could We Have A Civil Conversation? Dear Fazil Say, We...

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Nov 27, 2023

NOT THE MESSIAH

At this time of year, New York's concert halls and churches host dozens of performances of Handel's wonderful 1741 oratorio--its text,...

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Nov 8, 2023

Beim Lera Auerbach Festival in Den Haag

Eine zeitgemäße Enthüllung die jüdische Vergangenheit und Gegenwart relativiert Foto: Ilona Oltuski - Lera Auerbach enthüllt zum ersten...

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Nov 8, 2023

At the Lera Auerbach Festival in The Hague – A timely unveiling honoring Jewish past and present

Lera Auerbach is a virtuoso pianist, award-winning poet, writer, composer, conductor, and visual artist. As a teenager, the Soviet-born...

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Oct 17, 2023

THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN

October 23 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ned Rorem in Richmond, Indiana, with what he termed his "upper-middle-class,...

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Sep 29, 2023

Transmutations: Between Fragility and Permeance

Exhibition of Lera Auerbach’s Bronze Sculptures at the AMARE Den Haag In the upcoming AMARE exhibition, Lera Auerbach's diverse bronze...

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Sep 20, 2023

Baruch Performing Arts Center- The City Without Jews

Hans Moser plays an anti-Semitic national assemblyman in the audacious 1924 silent film "The City Without Jews," a restored print from...

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Sep 18, 2023

Künstler im Rampenlicht - Pianist Konstantin Emelyanov

Photo Credit: Olympia Orlova Der dritte Preisträger Konstantin Emelyanov wurde als "Juwel des 16. Internationalen...

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Sep 18, 2023

Artist Spotlight - Pianist Konstantin Emelyanov

Lauded as the “gem of the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019,” third-prize laureate Konstantin Emelyanov received the...

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Aug 29, 2023

Die bestgehüteten Geheimnisse der polnischen Musik verbreiten

Publiziert bei Classical Post - July 21st, 2023 - Photo Credit: W.Grzedzinski@NIMIT In diesem Sommer öffnete der Internationale...

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Jul 22, 2023

Spreading the best-kept secrets of Polish Music

Published on Classical Post - July 21st, 2023 - Photo Credit: W.Grzedzinski@NIMIT This summer, in its third installment since its launch...

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Jun 15, 2023

PAC Perelman Performing Arts Center – Something for Everyone?

After its long buildup of abandoned planning and difficult construction phase, the Perelman Performing Arts Center, or PAC NYC, is set to...

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Jun 14, 2023

Emmy Rubensohn – A Cultural History of Arts Patronage amidst Persecution and Emigration

The Museen im Grassi in Leipzig, Germany, will host an exhibit titled "Emmy Rubensohn! Networker and Music Patron – from Leipzig to New...

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Jun 4, 2023

Sinfonietta Cracovia, Glass/Kilar – music seen through the international lens of the silver screen

By Ilona Oltuski On June 1st, New York's iconic downtown club (Le)Poisson Rouge hosted a fascinating program with the Polish chamber...

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May 3, 2023

Righteousness and Bravery: A Yiddish Symphony for Sugihara

Lera Auerbach’s Symphony No. 6, Vessels of Light, resonates with a spiritual message of remembrance and healing amidst the destruction...

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Apr 15, 2023

The Art of Breakage and Repair — Lera Auerbach’s new symphony, commissioned by Yad Vashem

On April 19th, Lera Auerbach’s Symphony No. 6, Vessels of Light, the composer’s monumental work for violoncello, choir, and orchestra,...

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Apr 2, 2023

Pegasus’ season finale features pianist/composer Nicolas Namoradze

"This concert presents a fascinating program that examines many facets of both composers' perspectives and personalities. It is not often...

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Mar 25, 2023

Late Night at the Rose

Insiders might know about the salon-style seated Late Night Rose chamber music offerings. However, within NYC’s mainstream classical...

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Jan 30, 2023

Sonia Simmenauer – Starting the dialogue about changing leadership roles in the music industry

In her latest leadership role as the newly elected president of the BDKV – Germany’s Association of the Concert and Event Industry –...

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Jan 28, 2023

Tertulia – a la carte music experience served with prix fixe dinner

Building on the abundance of fine dining opportunities available in New York City and San Francisco, the bi-coastal Tertulia concert...

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Jan 7, 2023

Transatlantic Music Man – Garrett Keast’s Berlin Academy of American Music

During the height of the Pandemic, American conductor Garrett Keast formed the Berlin Academy for American Music, a new chamber orchestra...

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Oct 18, 2022

From Generation to Generation – Saline Academy captures the legacy of classical music educators

Accelerated by the pandemic's surge of online streamed and recorded music making and to provide access to high-level music training...

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Mar 17, 2022

String Feast - Brooklyn Rider and Israeli Mandolinist Avi Avital at New York's 92Y

Surprise and familiarity were only two opposing criteria that kept the 92Ys dimly lit stage filled with an abundance of tonal drama and...

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Nov 5, 2021

Sound Espressivo Virtual Music Competition – A Sorcerer's Apprentice’s Guide To Mastery

Fascinated with the concept of mastery - which at times meets the celebratory status of fame and success – we tend to indulge our thirst...

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Sep 10, 2021

Houses of Zodiac-poems for cello: Jeffrey Zeigler fiercely interprets Paola Prestini's dynamic work

Presented by the reliably unpredictable Death of Classical , Brooklyn's National Sawdust re-opened its doors after 18 pandemic months...

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Sep 7, 2021

Apple caters to classical audiences

With its latest acquisition of the renowned classical music streaming platform Primephonic, Apple Music will enhance the classical music...

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Aug 31, 2021

A reflective journey in times of menace and hope - Anselm McDonnell

Light of Shore is a snapshot of Anselm McDonnell’s recent music for solo instruments, including suites for piano, guitar, and cello with...

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Jul 12, 2021

Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins: Expanding on traditions of civic commitment.

Beyond heightened sensitivity to prejudice and recognizing the plight of the other, members of the African American and American Jewish...

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May 27, 2021

Concert Black– Terrance McKnight personalizes the Black experience in classical music’s culture

While our collective awareness of bias and injustice towards Black people has recurrently ebbed and flowed throughout American history,...

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May 17, 2021

Pianist Rixiang Huang – On Anti-Asian Bias And Becoming A Better Human Being Through Music

An accomplished young concert pianist, Chinese-born and -raised Rixiang Huang, has spent many years at some of the most prestigious...

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Apr 7, 2021

The return of live culture in Brooklyn with Culture Window @ the Jewelbox

Two Downtown Brooklyn cultural staples —Actors Fund and Brooklyn Ballet — make a cautious return to live performance with window...

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Mar 29, 2021

Best Pandemic Efforts - Pianist Jeffrey Biegel’s adaptable commissioning projects

With a nod to challenging times, concerned industry leaders and scarce budgets, pianist Jeffrey Biegel offers exciting and scalable, new...

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Jan 5, 2021

Sean Hickey’s Scores For Shared Myths Of Humankind

Conveying much of the sentiment of our current contemplative state of mind, Sean Hickey’s recent composition responds with sweeping...

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Nov 24, 2020

Dorothy DeLay Master Class Series

The devastating times for the performing arts world during the pandemic have brought about many creative projects that make use of varied...

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Nov 22, 2020

MIDORI: Building Connections Between Music and the Human Condition

Ever since her debut as an 11-year-old violin prodigy, when she was invited by Zubin Mehta to perform at the New York Philharmonic’s 1982...

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Nov 5, 2020

Lang Lang Discovers

In his latest musical journey devoted to Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Lang Lang, beloved by audiences for his over-the-top bravura talent...

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Oct 23, 2020

Piano Cleveland and its Virtu(al)oso Efforts

The piano matters in Cleveland. With its winners’ concerts anchored to its historic Severance Hall—Cleveland’s edifice headquarters of the r

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Sep 21, 2020

To Accent Drama, Pianist Modulates To Method Acting

“Ultimately, every great performance is narrative, letting the audience partake in the experience the performer creates on stage,”

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Aug 1, 2020

Leeds Competition Winner Eric Lu Unexpectedly Opens 92Y’s Streamed Summer Series

published on Classical Post Ilona Oltuski July 31, 2020 LEEDS COMPETITION WINNER ERIC LU REPLACED PIANIST/COMPOSER MICHAEL BROWN AT 92Y’S...

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Jun 23, 2020

Jon “Jackie” Kimura Parker – reaching all audiences by rocking the craft

He prefers to be simply called “Jackie,” and from the beginning of a Zoom interview with the Canadian pianist, once can sense...

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Apr 17, 2020

Cellist Mark Prihodko - Music Missionary Amidst the Void

Mark is personally served well in that he always had a fatalistic conviction to his life as a musician: “I did not have a choice,” he says,

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Mar 14, 2020

Orli Shaham's Bach Yard

With the participation of young “performers,” from the center’s own Special Music School, and Carnegie Hall’s educational outreach...

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Feb 13, 2020

Musicians of Tomorrow – the legacy of violinist Anna Rosnovsky

Anna emigrated to Israel in 1977 during a small window of opportunity at a time of strictly enforced embargo on emigration imposed upon Russ

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Jan 23, 2020

Pianist Benjamin Hochman—“Music is Music”

At 39, Israeli-American pianist Benjamin Hochman is in a good place. The deeply engaging pianist has gained a reputation for excellence, est

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Jan 3, 2020

The Lang Lang International Music Foundation – The Transformative Power of the Piano

The former chief at Universal Music Austria in Vienna has been an integral part of many music icons’ lives but feels a special kinship with

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Dec 14, 2019

Backstage at the George Gershwin International Music Competition

Whether one considers music competitions a necessary evil of the trade or a stimulating opportunity for disseminating excellence and for...

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Dec 7, 2019

Forging individualistic soundscapes through kaleidoscopic prisms of color – Vadym Kholodenko

In our personal conversation, Kholodenko, a thoughtful raconteur, recalls the events leading up to his success on the international competit

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Nov 25, 2019

Glenn Dicterow with Pegasus

Old time favorites and some new, made it into yesterday’s orchestral assemblage coined Glenn Dicterow with Pegasus. (All photo credits:...

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