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2024-02-05 05:46:00
(Semi) Recent Releases No. 71 (CD Reviews)
by Karl NehringDebussy: Preludes, Books I & II. Hiroko Sasaki, piano (Pleyel 1879). Piano Classics PCL0064Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable. Iverson: Conundrum; Victory Is Assured; Technically Acceptable; Who Are You, Really?; The Chicago Style; It’s Fine to Decline; The Way Things Are; Charles Fox / Norman Gimbel: Killing Me Softly With His Song; Thelonious Monk / Charles Cootie Williams: ‘round Midnight; Iverson: The Feeling Is Mutual; Piano Sonata – I. Allegro Moderato; II. Andante; III. Rondo. Ethan Iverson, piano (all selections); Thomas Morgan, double bass; Kush Abadey, drums; Vinnie Sperrazza, drums; Simón Willson, double bass; Rob Schwimmer, theremin. I am reviewing these two albums together because although they are on the surface quite different, one being a solo piano album of music by the French composer Debussy, the other being a jazz album, there are some significant overlaps between the two releases. First of all, the Wisconsin-born Iverson and Japan-born Sasaki are friends, both currently residing in New York. In a recent posting on Iverson’s Transitional Technology (“TT”) […]
2024-01-06 09:54:00
At Kings Place this month, Turkish pianist Can Çakmur celebrates the Hamamatsu Competition which he won in 2018, not to mention embarking on his 12-disc Schubert with BIS
[…] by Ikon and this led to a chance to sign on with the company, a nice corollary.But as important for Can was that he met lots of wonderful people, who have become friends and he continues to return to Japan each year for some project or other. This year he will be playing two-piano repertoire with Noriko Ogawa in Hamamatsu.Following his prize-winners disc with BIS (which includes music by Schubert, Haydn, Bartok, Fazil Say, Fuyuhiko Sasaki and Beethoven, transcribed Liszt), Can followed this up with a recording of Liszt's transcription of Schubert's Schwanengesang, and then Without Borders with music by Bartok, Mitropoulos, Saygun and Enescu, and he has now embarked on his Schubert+ series, the second volume of which will be released in February 2024 and contains Schubert's Three Piano Pieces D.946 and Four Impromptus D.935 juxtaposed with Brahms' Four Piano Pieces Op.119. The first volume, which paired Schubert's early […]
2021-01-25 00:29:00
The Broad Stage Presents The West Coast Premiere of Heartbeat Opera’s "Breathing Free" Wednesday, February 10 at 7pm PT & Saturday, February 13 at 7pm PT
[…] Iacono (New York & Chicago)Associate Movement Director: Tamrin GoldbergArranger (Malcolm X, Balm in Gilead) & Associate Music Director: Sean MayesStage Manager: Jessica EmmanusAssistant Director: Mar CoxSound Editor: Gleb KanasevichSound Mixer: Sam TorresMusic Assistant, Orchestra Manager & Copyist: Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh CASTDerrell Acon, bass-baritoneCurtis Bannister, tenorKelly Griffin, sopranoRandy Castillo, Tamrin Goldberg, Brian HallowDreamz Henry, dancers Also featuring the voices of more than 100 incarcerated singers and 70 volunteers from six prison choirs: Oakdale Community Choir, KUJI Men’s Chorus, UBUNTU Men’s Chorus, HOPE Thru Harmony Women’s Choir, East Hill Singers and Voices of Hope BANDJacob Ashworth, violin Marika Hughes, cello Miki Sasaki, trumpetsKyra Sims, horn Thomas Flippin, guitars Britton-René Collins, percussion Daniel Schlosberg, piano Jason Thomas, pianoPrisoners Chorus features: Laura Weiner (horn), Nicolee Kuester (horn), Clare Monfredo (cello), Daniel Hass (cello), Euntaek Kim (piano) and Ben Cornavaca (percussion)More Information:Tickets are “Pay What You Wish” starting at $10 and can be purchased at thebroadstage.org.
2019-10-09 22:26:07
The 12 second round candidates have been announced at the 2019 Karol Lipiński International Violin Competition – in Toruń, Poland. The 2019 second round candidates are: Olga Artyugina (Russia) Feliks Harutyunyan (Armenia) Lorenz Karls (Sweden) Mao Konishi (Japan) Maya Levy (Belgium) Robert Łaguniak (Poland) Elias David Moncado (Germany) Noori Nah (South Korea) Mio Sasaki (Japan) Reika Sato […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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