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Meeting of the Minds
Ahead of the release of her latest album, Speak, Memory , a compilation of works for solo violin by Lera Auerbach, Danish violinist...
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Jan 11
Music of Survival
Music of Survival, a New York City Opera presentation at Carnegie Hall on February 24, features virtuoso cellist Kristina Reiko-Cooper...
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Nov 7, 2024
Orpheus’ Musical Chairs, Mozart, and violin icon Maxim Vengerov
If Orpheus’ powerful sound is defined by the palpable musical relationship between each of its orchestral members, one can only imagine how
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Nov 3, 2024
The Muse
Multi-Grammy Award-nominated violinist Philippe Quint returns to the delightful Aspect Chamber Music Series with the multi-media show
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Jul 8, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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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