Hilary & Nico
No, not that Clinton woman and the iconic, dark (& sadly now dead) singer… Hilary Hahn managed to virtually catch up with a very busy Nico Muhly, and they chat on subjects far and wide in this...
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Strata gets Metaclassical
Strata – a trio consisting of pianist Audrey Andrist, clarinetist Nathan Williams, and violinist/violist James Stern - has just started a new commissioning project. Abetted by a grant from the Rauch...
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Levine leaving BSO, but show goes on with Birtwistle premiere
We’re saddened to learn of James Levine’s cancellation of the rest of his appearances this season at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and his resignation from the post of BSO Music Director. Levine has...
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Hilary Skypes with Max
Hilary Hahn. Photo: Peter Miller We all know Hilary Hahn as Sequenza 21′s resident video blogger; oh, and she’s a world class violinist and DG recording artist. Click here to view the embedded video....
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Next up in Hilary Hahn‘s chats with the composers writing for her 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores!, it’s New Zealand composer Gillian Whitehead. Click here to view the embedded video. And composers,...
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Ittai Shapira’s new violin concerto: The Old Man And The Sea
Ittai Shapira's new CD, released this month, includes his new violin concerto, to be premiered on April 20th. Ittai Shapira is best known as an internationally acclaimed soloist with an impressive...
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Christina Stanley a violinist and vocalist who received her MFA in Music Performance and Literature from Mills College, and her Bachelor of Music degree from San Francisco State University where she...
View ArticleHilary Hits the Subcontinent
Another composer interview from our favorite “reporter-at-large-when-she-isn’t-being-a-famed-virtuoso”, Hilary Hahn as part of her “In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores” series. This time it’s a chat...
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Karen Bentley Pollick at Firehouse Space, Brooklyn
Superstorm Sandy wreaked a fair amount of havoc on a lot of concert schedules, but things are starting to return to something resembling normal. One quick shout-out I’d like to pass along is a...
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The Gryphon Trio Bridge Musical And Artistic Genres
The Gryphon Trio (Houston, TX) Next week here in Houston, contemporary music rears its terrifying head in the form of Canada’s Gryphon Trio on two very different concerts presented by the Houston...
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Violinist Isabelle Faust charms in Bartok
The latest from Isabelle Faust Violinist Isabelle Faust may have impressed you in Mozart last week at the Mostly Mozart Festival. She’ll be back in New York for Beethoven and more next January! Her...
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Andrew McIntosh in Recital at The Wild Beast
On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at The Wild Beast on the Cal Arts campus, a faculty recital by Andrew McIntosh featured no fewer than six different violins and violas, five sections of the Rosary Sonatas...
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Gidon Kremer at McCarter
Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica McCarter Theatre Center Friday, February 3, 2017 By Christian Carey PRINCETON – I’ve wanted to hear violinist Gidon Kremer perform Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s...
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Miranda at Miller
The violinist Miranda Cuckson (USA), New York, New York, April 8, 2013. Photograph © Beowulf Sheehan www.beowulfsheehan.com Miranda Cuckson – Pop Up Concert at Miller Theatre March 7, 2017 Published in...
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John Eagle and Emily Call at the wulf @ Coaxial Arts
March 26, 2017 brought the opportunity to hear experimental music performed by John Eagle and Emily Call at the wulf @ Coaxial Arts. Since the sale of the former wulf building on Sante Fe Avenue last...
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Signal Plays Staud at Miller (Concert Review)
Photos: Karli Cadel Ensemble Signal Plays Johannes Maria Staud Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre April 8, 2017 Sequenza 21 By Christian Carey NEW YORK – Austrian composer Johannes Maria Staud...
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Ljova in Princeton
Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin. Photo: Mark Gurevich. “Sorry About the Mess – Portraits in Music:” Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin and Friends Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University February 27, 2018 Sequenza21.com...
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wild Up in Santa Barbara
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art hosted the violin section of wild Up on Thursday, September 27, 2018 for a concert of new music titled Gradient. A good crowd materialized, despite the fact that the...
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Daniel Corral – Hodad
The March 2021 offering from Music for Your Inbox is Hodad, a new video by Daniel Corral performed by violinist Myra Hinrichs. This work audaciously combines the Southern California surf with a solo...
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The Orchestra Now at Carnegie Hall: Scott Wheeler, Julia Perry and George...
Violinist Gil Shaham with The Orchestra Now conducted by Leon Botstein at Carnegie on November 18, 2021 (David DeNee) Big name soloists, a symphonic work plucked from obscurity and a premiere. It’s an...
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