BSO's 'Adès Conducts Adès' CD Nominated For Three Grammys
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 24, 2020
The Boston Symphony Orchestra's latest recording on the Deutsche Grammophon label, Adès Conducts Adès, garnered three Grammy nominations earlier today: for Best Classical Instrumental Solo, Best Classical Compendium, and Best Contemporary Classical Composition.
Telegraph Quartet Presents ChamberFEAST
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Oct 27, 2020
The Telegraph Quartet (Eric Chin and Joseph Maile, violins; Pei-Ling Lin, viola; Jeremiah Shaw, cello) announced ChamberFEAST, its first chamber music festival in Taiwan, from November 12-22, 2020. ChamberFEAST is born out of Telegraph’s mission to spread music through education and audience engagement, and is presented by Revolving Gate Music.
Telegraph Quartet Gives Livestream Performance This Month From SFCM
by A.A. Cristi
- Oct 1, 2020
On Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 7:30pm PT, the Telegraph Quartet (Eric Chin and Joseph Maile, violins; Pei-Ling Lin, viola; Jeremiah Shaw, cello) presents a livestream concert on the Faculty Artists Series at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where the ensemble is quartet-in-residence. The quartet will perform live in Sol Joseph Recital Hall, and the stream will be free to watch online with advance registration.
World Premiere Recordings Released Of Thomas Adès' Acclaimed Concerto For Piano And Orchestra And 'Totentanz'
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 28, 2020
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has added another CD to its extensive and prestigious discography: world-premiere recordings made live at Symphony Hall of Thomas Adès' Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (performed in 2019) and Totentanz (2016), featuring pianist Kirill Gerstein, mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn, baritone Mark Stone, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the composer's direction. They are part of a new album from Deutsche Grammophon, set for international release on February 28, 2020.
Telegraph Quartet Performs Composer Robert Sirota's 'Wave Upon Wave' At The Morris Museum
by Stephi Wild
- Oct 23, 2019
On Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 2pm, the San Francisco-based Telegraph Quartet, winner of the 2016 Naumburg Chamber Music Award, joins forces with composer Robert Sirota for a performance presented by the Live Arts Series at the Morris Museum (6 Normandy Heights Road) in Bickford Theatre. This concert is part of Sirota @ 70, a celebration throughout the 2019-2020 concert season featuring residencies, performances, and premieres in honor of the composer's 70th birthday.
Leon Fleisher Announces Updated Program For 90th Birthday Celebration At Carnegie Hall
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 5, 2019
Renowned pianist and pedagogue Leon Fleisher has updated the program for his celebratory 90th birthday recital at Carnegie Hall today, February 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall to include works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart, along with two selections by Leon Kirchner. Joining Mr. Fleisher on stage are notable friends and colleagues, Jonathan Biss and Yefim Bronfman, whom Mr. Fleisher has mentored throughout his illustrious career. Mr. Fleisher will also be joined by special guests the Dover Quartet and Rachel Calin on bass. The evening's revised program reflects the repertoire that Mr. Fleisher wished to put forth for this celebratory occasion. Full program information is listed below.
Leon Fleisher Announces Updated Program For 90th Birthday Celebration At Carnegie Hall
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 9, 2019
Renowned pianist and pedagogue Leon Fleisher has updated the program for his celebratory 90th birthday recital at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, February 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall to include works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart, along with two selections by Leon Kirchner. Joining Mr. Fleisher on stage are notable friends and colleagues, Jonathan Biss and Yefim Bronfman, whom Mr. Fleisher has mentored throughout his illustrious career. Mr. Fleisher will also be joined by special guests the Dover Quartet and Rachel Calin on bass. The evening's revised program reflects the repertoire that Mr. Fleisher wished to put forth for this celebratory occasion. Full program information is listed below.
BMOP/sound, Celebrates 60th Album Release, 'Leon Kirchner: Music for Orchestra'
by Kaitlin Milligan
- Oct 2, 2018
Known as the nation's foremost label launched by an orchestra and devoted exclusively to new music, BMOP/sound today announced the release of its landmark 60th album, Leon Kirchner: Music for Orchestra. Showcasing a broad range of the great, late American composer's career, the album marks the only recording of Kirchner's complete orchestral music. Led by conductor Gil Rose and performed by the intrepid musicians of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the recording spans over 50 years of Kirchner's life, offering superb insights into the composer and his art.
Composer Robert Sirota's BIRDS OF PARADISE To Be Performed at Manhattan School of Music on Faculty Recital
by Macon Prickett
- Feb 14, 2018
On Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 2:30pm, composer Robert Sirota's Birds of Paradise – performed by flutist Linda Chesis, clarinetist David Valbuena, and pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine – will be presented on flutist Linda Chesis' Manhattan School of Music Faculty Recital, For the Birds, in the School's Greenfield Hall (120 Claremont Avenue). Birds of Paradise was commissioned and premiered by the Webster Trio in 2008 at the National Flute Association annual convention in Kansas City, MO. This performance will include commissioned videography by Jim Berman. Sirota explains, “In 2014, Linda Chesis programmed Birds of Paradise on the Cooperstown Music Festival. Having discovered the absolutely fantastic video footage of actual birds of paradise taken in New Guinea by the Cornell Birds of Paradise lab, she commissioned a video from Jim Berman to be performed with my piece.”
Naumburg Winners Telegraph Quartet Premiere Robert Sirota's Wave Upon Wave at Carnegie Hall 2/6
by Tori Hartshorn
- Dec 21, 2017
On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 7:30pm, the Telegraph Quartet, winners of the 2016 Naumburg Competition, will perform the world premiere of composer Robert Sirota's third string quartet, Wave Upon Wave, at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall (57th Street and Seventh Avenue), presented by The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation. Sirota's new work was commissioned by The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation for the competition winners. The concert will also include Kirchner's String Quartet No. 1 and Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 1 in N*E*R*D Minor, Op. 7.
Open Source Music Festival to Launch Next Month at Abrons Arts Center
by BWW
News Desk
- Nov 16, 2017
The Open Source Music Festival, November 16-18, 2017 at the Abrons Arts Center, takes its inspiration from the collaborations and connections between artists. The groundbreaking event explores the phenomenon of Open Source through a musical lens.
Open Source Music Festival to Launch Next Month at Abrons Arts Center
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 27, 2017
The Open Source Music Festival, November 16-18, 2017 at the Abrons Arts Center, takes its inspiration from the collaborations and connections between artists. The groundbreaking event explores the phenomenon of Open Source through a musical lens.
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