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2022-06-23 23:55:16
CommonsNews.org: Chamber Series concludes with Laredo, Robinson, Ngwenyama, and Hochman [Vermont premiere of Nokuthula's "Elegy"]
Courtesy photoClockwise from left, Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama, and Benjamin Hochman will be performing in the June 24 finale of the Brattleboro Music Center’s Chamber Series.The CommonsJune 22, 2022BRATTLEBORO—The Brattleboro Music Center Chamber Series concludes with an evening of beloved piano quartets featuring Jaime Laredo (violin) Nokuthula Ngwenyama (viola), Sharon Robinson (cello), and Benjamin Hochman (piano).Their performance will include the Vermont premiere of award-winning composer/violist Ngwenyama’s new piano quartet Elegy. This BMC co-commission was composed in response to the tragic events of spring 2020, including the killing of George Floyd.Known for writing “music of bold, mesmerizing character” (Gramophone), Ngwenyama joins what The Washington Post calls “superstars of the chamber music world,” Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson, with Benjamin Hochman, for the finale concert of this season’s BMC Chamber Music Series.Also on the program will be Mozart’s Piano Quartet in […]
2021-12-11 00:53:35
John Malveaux: Dec. 5, 2021 reunion picture of pianist Althea Waites, violist/composer Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama and presenter John Malveaux
John Malveaux, Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama and Althea Waites John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes: On Sept 22, 2012 MusicUNTOLD, KUSC Classical Radio and the Colburn Foundation presented a concert celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION at the AT&T Center Theatre downtown Los Angeles. The concert included solo and duet performances by violinist Sanford Allen (who became the 1st African American violinist hired by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in 1962) and Los Angeles violist Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama. The concert also included performances by tenor George Shirley and educator/pianist Althea Waites. George Shirley had previously performed 28 major roles in 26 operas during his 11 seasons with the Metropolitan Opera and he earned a 1968 Grammy Award. Violist Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama's earliest awareness of African American female composer Florence Price was from a recording and friendship with […]
2021-12-10 00:09:40
John Malveaux: Joyfully attended Los Angeles Phil Orchestra Dec. 2 and Dec. 5, 2021 performances of "PRIMAL MESSAGE" composed by Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama
John Malveaux and Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes: Joyfully attended Los Angeles Phil Orchestra Dec. 2 and Dec. 5, 2021 performances of "PRIMAL MESSAGE" composed by Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama at Walt Disney Concert Hall. See ici The program also included the world premiere of "Woven Loom, Silver Spindle" by Julia Adolphe in the 1st half and concluded with the undisputable Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op.92 masterfully conducted by Xian Zhang. See pic Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama and John Malveaux (MusicUNTOLD).
2021-12-08 01:09:21
John Malveaux: Los Angeles Philharmonic presented Los Angeles premiere of Nokuthula Ngwenyama's "Primal Message" Dec 3, 4, 5 at Walt Disney Concert Hall
John Malveaux and Dale Breidenthal John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes: On Sept 22, 2012 MusicUNTOLD, KUSC Classical Radio and the Colburn Foundation presented a concert celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION at the AT&T Center Theatre downtown Los Angeles. The concert included solo and duet performances by violinist Sanford Allen (who became the 1st African American violinist hired by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in 1962) and Los Angeles violist Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama. The Los Angeles Philharmonic presented the Los Angeles premiere of Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama' "PRIMAL MESSAGE" Dec 3, 4, 5 at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Dale Breidenthal has been a violinist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra for over 37 years and a long time friend of Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama. See Dec 5 pic of violinist Breidenthal with me […]
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