Václav Kučera News
Czech music educator, composer and musicologist (1929-2017)
- classical music, incidental music, electroacoustic music, ballet
- Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic
- composer, pedagogue, musicologist, pianist, teacher, editing staff, music teacher
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2017-02-08 05:35:51
Nigel Kennedy: Vivaldi The New Four Seasons + Dedications QPAC, Concert Hall February 2 At 60 years of age now, iconic violinist Nigel Kennedy is still as rock star as ever in his sensibilities; not only does he appear on stage with trademark spiky hedgehog haircut and wearing fluro trainers, but he is 15 minutes late. He’s late returning from intermission too, but given his cheeky grin and absolute musical mastery, he is easily forgiven by those who have stayed for the long haul of his “Vivaldi The New Four Seasons + Dedications” QPAC show. Charmingly, the night begins with a Stevie Wonder number in dedication to an audience muse. Then it is straight into “The Four Seasons”… the group of four violin concerti by famed baroque Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives a musical expression to a season of the year. And from the first joyful strains […]
2016-02-20 07:00:24
Classical music: Here are the Grammy winners for 2016 in classical music along with the nominations. Some have ties to Madison.
[…] Came (Ensemble Galilei) • Gregson: Touch (Peter Gregson) • In The Light Of Air – ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir (International Contemporary Ensemble) • Schumann (Ying Quartet) • Scrapyard Exotica (Del Sol String Quartet ) • Stravinsky: Petrushka (Richard Scerbo & Inscape Chamber Orchestra) • What Artemisia Heard (El Mundo) • ZOFO Plays Terry Riley (ZOFO) ***Judith Sherman: • Ask Your Mama (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra) • Fields: Double Cluster; Space Sciences (Jan Kučera, Gloria Chuang & Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra ) • Liaisons – Re-Imagining Sondheim From The Piano (Anthony de Mare) • Montage – Great Film Composers & The Piano (Gloria Cheng) • Multitude, Solitude (Momenta Quartet) • Of Color Braided All Desire – Music Of Eric Moe (Christine Brandes, Brentano String Quartet, Dominic Donato, Jessica Meyer, Karen Ouzounian, Manhattan String Quartet & Talujon) • Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Ursula Oppens) • Sirota: […]
2015-12-11 07:00:39
[…] Came (Ensemble Galilei) • Gregson: Touch (Peter Gregson) • In The Light Of Air – ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir (International Contemporary Ensemble) • Schumann (Ying Quartet) • Scrapyard Exotica (Del Sol String Quartet ) • Stravinsky: Petrushka (Richard Scerbo & Inscape Chamber Orchestra) • What Artemisia Heard (El Mundo) • ZOFO Plays Terry Riley (ZOFO) Judith Sherman: • Ask Your Mama (George Manahan & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra) • Fields: Double Cluster; Space Sciences (Jan Kučera, Gloria Chuang & Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra ) • Liaisons – Re-Imagining Sondheim From The Piano (Anthony de Mare) • Montage – Great Film Composers & The Piano (Gloria Cheng) • Multitude, Solitude (Momenta Quartet) • Of Color Braided All Desire – Music Of Eric Moe (Christine Brandes, Brentano String Quartet , Dominic Donato, Jessica Meyer, Karen Ouzounian, Manhattan String Quartet & Talujon) • Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Ursula Oppens) • […]
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