Felix Mendelssohn Overture in C major, Op. 101
... This is a gorgeous aria for the violin, joined again without pause to the Finale. Of this familiar jewel there is little that can be said that is not obvious on first hearing: it is exquisitely proportioned, virtuosic without being showy and, above all, full of energy and life. One may forgive Ferdi ...
... This is a gorgeous aria for the violin, joined again without pause to the Finale. Of this familiar jewel there is little that can be said that is not obvious on first hearing: it is exquisitely proportioned, virtuosic without being showy and, above all, full of energy and life. One may forgive Ferdi ...
Gary Levinson bio in PDF format 2015
... Residence in Athens, Greece. The summer season takes him to various music festivals, such as the Strings Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, the Sunflower Music Festival, the Florida Music Festival in Sarasota, Florida, the Utah Music Festival in Park City, Utah and the Arcady Music Festival in ...
... Residence in Athens, Greece. The summer season takes him to various music festivals, such as the Strings Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, the Sunflower Music Festival, the Florida Music Festival in Sarasota, Florida, the Utah Music Festival in Park City, Utah and the Arcady Music Festival in ...
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Digital Commons @ Kennesaw State
... eter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia, on May 7, 1840, and died in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 6, 1893. The first performance of the Violin Concerto took place in Vienna, Austria, on December 4, 1881, with Adolf Brodsky as soloist and Hans Richter conducting the Vienna ...
... eter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia, on May 7, 1840, and died in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 6, 1893. The first performance of the Violin Concerto took place in Vienna, Austria, on December 4, 1881, with Adolf Brodsky as soloist and Hans Richter conducting the Vienna ...
Villanelle (from Les nuits d`été)
... As a native of Jackson, Mississippi, Shellie grew up playing classical violin and bluegrass, Irish, and Scottish fiddling with various teachers of the Jackson area and Mississippi Symphony Orchestra since the age of five, including Tammy Mason, Tim Avalon, Mickey Davis, and Song Xie. Shellie has att ...
... As a native of Jackson, Mississippi, Shellie grew up playing classical violin and bluegrass, Irish, and Scottish fiddling with various teachers of the Jackson area and Mississippi Symphony Orchestra since the age of five, including Tammy Mason, Tim Avalon, Mickey Davis, and Song Xie. Shellie has att ...
Voices of Bohemia Program
... commissioned to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Czech Nonet, one of the very few permanent ensembles of this kind in the world. The Czech Nonet consists of one each of flute, oboe, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass. They gave the first performance at the Salzburg Festival tha ...
... commissioned to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Czech Nonet, one of the very few permanent ensembles of this kind in the world. The Czech Nonet consists of one each of flute, oboe, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass. They gave the first performance at the Salzburg Festival tha ...
Program Notes
... Polacca con variazioni in A Major (1810); Six Sonatas for Violin and Guitar, op. 2 (1805) Approximate duration: 23 minutes SK: The second half of the first program goes into real nineteenth-century virtuoso-style writing, music written by composers who were great virtuosos themselves and that also d ...
... Polacca con variazioni in A Major (1810); Six Sonatas for Violin and Guitar, op. 2 (1805) Approximate duration: 23 minutes SK: The second half of the first program goes into real nineteenth-century virtuoso-style writing, music written by composers who were great virtuosos themselves and that also d ...
Ning Kam violin - Ensemble Kheops
... in 2002 to inaugurate the Concert Hall at Esplanade Theatres on the Bay in Singapore. She has been the Artistic Director of Het Kamerorkest Brugge since september 2011 and is known for her visionary and imaginative leadership both on stage as well as in the working process. As a recording artist, Ni ...
... in 2002 to inaugurate the Concert Hall at Esplanade Theatres on the Bay in Singapore. She has been the Artistic Director of Het Kamerorkest Brugge since september 2011 and is known for her visionary and imaginative leadership both on stage as well as in the working process. As a recording artist, Ni ...
Early History of the Violin (1520-1650)
... none exist today), the older violins were carefully preserved, though apart from rare exceptions, usually opened and altered with modern fittings, including neck, fingerboard, bridge, bass-bar, sound-post, strings, chinrest and E tuner. Because of the lower tension, the old bass bar was shorter and ...
... none exist today), the older violins were carefully preserved, though apart from rare exceptions, usually opened and altered with modern fittings, including neck, fingerboard, bridge, bass-bar, sound-post, strings, chinrest and E tuner. Because of the lower tension, the old bass bar was shorter and ...
La Lontananza - Open Circuit Festival
... events; and a psychological experiment based on the work of 18th Century 'vitalist', Franz Mesmer. ...
... events; and a psychological experiment based on the work of 18th Century 'vitalist', Franz Mesmer. ...
This is GLUZ BIS 1242 REL FINAL
... Time… and again, a new CD featuring violinist Vadim Gluzman with pianist Angela Yoffe, has been released on the Bis label (BIS CD-1392, distributed by Qualiton). Gluzman, an Israeli who divides his time between Israel and the United States, is one of the major emerging musical talents of the next ge ...
... Time… and again, a new CD featuring violinist Vadim Gluzman with pianist Angela Yoffe, has been released on the Bis label (BIS CD-1392, distributed by Qualiton). Gluzman, an Israeli who divides his time between Israel and the United States, is one of the major emerging musical talents of the next ge ...
Hilary Hahn Biography - The Center for the Performing Arts
... Hilary Hahn was born in Lexington, Virginia, in 1979. At the age of three, she moved to Baltimore, where she began playing the violin one month before her fourth birthday in the Suzuki program of the Peabody Conservatory. From the age of five Hahn studied in Baltimore with Klara Berkovich, a native ...
... Hilary Hahn was born in Lexington, Virginia, in 1979. At the age of three, she moved to Baltimore, where she began playing the violin one month before her fourth birthday in the Suzuki program of the Peabody Conservatory. From the age of five Hahn studied in Baltimore with Klara Berkovich, a native ...
Jade Brightwell
... and professional image both within and out of the working enviroment, along with a keen enthusiasm to meet and work with new people and tackle any obstacles faced within the work-place. ...
... and professional image both within and out of the working enviroment, along with a keen enthusiasm to meet and work with new people and tackle any obstacles faced within the work-place. ...
Philadelphia Orchestra/Nézet-Séguin, Carnegie Hall, New York
... Had the best laid schemes of the Philadelphia Orchestra seen fruition, the centrepiece of this concert would have been the New York premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s long-awaited, much-deferred violin concerto. It was intended as a virtuosic vehicle for Leonidas Kavakos, the soloist on duty, and Yannick ...
... Had the best laid schemes of the Philadelphia Orchestra seen fruition, the centrepiece of this concert would have been the New York premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s long-awaited, much-deferred violin concerto. It was intended as a virtuosic vehicle for Leonidas Kavakos, the soloist on duty, and Yannick ...
La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura Yerba Buena Center for the
... Indeed, the performer may stop or deviate from a direct course, thus forming a network of routes throughout the space. By the same token, the "sound projectionist" is instructed to combine several channels of recorded material, essentially constructing a "path" through the eight-channel reservoir o ...
... Indeed, the performer may stop or deviate from a direct course, thus forming a network of routes throughout the space. By the same token, the "sound projectionist" is instructed to combine several channels of recorded material, essentially constructing a "path" through the eight-channel reservoir o ...
Frog`s Eye - Evan Ziporyn
... continues to mix his diverse interests, including Balinese Gamelan, minimalism and unorthodox textures. Finding an ensemble capable of navigating Ziporyn’s multifaceted compositions was no small feat, but the Boston Modern Orchestra Project is clearly sympathetic to the composer’s broader requiremen ...
... continues to mix his diverse interests, including Balinese Gamelan, minimalism and unorthodox textures. Finding an ensemble capable of navigating Ziporyn’s multifaceted compositions was no small feat, but the Boston Modern Orchestra Project is clearly sympathetic to the composer’s broader requiremen ...
- Digital Commons @ Ithaca College
... as part of the Collide-O-Scope new music series in New York with pianist Augustus Arnone. Also planned in this Schumann 200 Anniversary year are recitals featuring that composer at Penn State University and Ithaca College, and a recording project with fortepianist Chi-Chen Wu. Mr. DiEugenio is also ...
... as part of the Collide-O-Scope new music series in New York with pianist Augustus Arnone. Also planned in this Schumann 200 Anniversary year are recitals featuring that composer at Penn State University and Ithaca College, and a recording project with fortepianist Chi-Chen Wu. Mr. DiEugenio is also ...
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... Asadollah Malek Was a skillfull composer and violin player who was born in 1320 A.H.S In Tehran he came from an artist family . his elder brother hossein malek was a santur player and his uncles were musicians and musicologists and instrumental music players . Their house was a place of companionshi ...
... Asadollah Malek Was a skillfull composer and violin player who was born in 1320 A.H.S In Tehran he came from an artist family . his elder brother hossein malek was a santur player and his uncles were musicians and musicologists and instrumental music players . Their house was a place of companionshi ...
Colgate Chamber Players Program
... French symbolist poet Maurice Rollinat. “L’Etang” holds themes of lost love and death which are well-illustrated in the late romantic style exemplified by Loeffler as well as more famous composers such as Brahms and Debussy. “L’Etang” opens with a dramatic and thick piano line, which is soon followe ...
... French symbolist poet Maurice Rollinat. “L’Etang” holds themes of lost love and death which are well-illustrated in the late romantic style exemplified by Loeffler as well as more famous composers such as Brahms and Debussy. “L’Etang” opens with a dramatic and thick piano line, which is soon followe ...
Programme notes Stevie Wishart The Rough with the Smooth
... through the resonances of the entire string section.To enhance the resonances of the open-strings (and their overtones and harmonics), the “laisser vibrer” technique is used throughout the Concerto so that all notes are allowed to fade away naturally without damping. This principle guides the string ...
... through the resonances of the entire string section.To enhance the resonances of the open-strings (and their overtones and harmonics), the “laisser vibrer” technique is used throughout the Concerto so that all notes are allowed to fade away naturally without damping. This principle guides the string ...
VIOLIN CONCERTOS by BLACK COMPOSERS of
... Born in Matanzas, Cuba to a French businessman and Afro-Cuban mother, José Silvestre de Los Dolores White y Lafitte (Joseph White) made his public debut at age 18 performing a fantasy on themes from Rossini’s William Tell along with two pieces of his own. His accompanist was the most celebrated Nort ...
... Born in Matanzas, Cuba to a French businessman and Afro-Cuban mother, José Silvestre de Los Dolores White y Lafitte (Joseph White) made his public debut at age 18 performing a fantasy on themes from Rossini’s William Tell along with two pieces of his own. His accompanist was the most celebrated Nort ...
Booklet - Chandos Records
... broadly conceived 17-bar theme announced on cellos and basses embellished by an imposing, portentous horn fanfare and reinforced by bold timpani strokes. Eight variations follow, of which the first gives the theme to the tuba and contrabassoon accompanied by a haunting and liturgical-sounding chora ...
... broadly conceived 17-bar theme announced on cellos and basses embellished by an imposing, portentous horn fanfare and reinforced by bold timpani strokes. Eight variations follow, of which the first gives the theme to the tuba and contrabassoon accompanied by a haunting and liturgical-sounding chora ...
Program notes by
... development throughout his career. But the sonatas for piano and strings broke new ground as well. Before Beethoven, the Classical duo sonata for keyboard and any other instrument definitely featured the keyboard in the dominant role. Even Mozart's later violin sonatas, while they involve dialogue b ...
... development throughout his career. But the sonatas for piano and strings broke new ground as well. Before Beethoven, the Classical duo sonata for keyboard and any other instrument definitely featured the keyboard in the dominant role. Even Mozart's later violin sonatas, while they involve dialogue b ...
Biography - St Urban
... Records. She studied viola with William Gordon, Paul DeClerck, Wayne Brooks and Samuel Rhodes and holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School. She serves on the viola faculty at Brooklyn College. Michael Haas is a sought-after chamber musician, performing in New York City and aro ...
... Records. She studied viola with William Gordon, Paul DeClerck, Wayne Brooks and Samuel Rhodes and holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School. She serves on the viola faculty at Brooklyn College. Michael Haas is a sought-after chamber musician, performing in New York City and aro ...
bio one page - Tracy Silverman
... Formerly first violinist with the innovative Turtle Island String Quartet, Silverman was named one of 100 distinguished alumni by The Juilliard School. Shortly after graduating in 1980, Silverman built one of the first-ever 6-string violins and set his own course as a musical pioneer, designing and ...
... Formerly first violinist with the innovative Turtle Island String Quartet, Silverman was named one of 100 distinguished alumni by The Juilliard School. Shortly after graduating in 1980, Silverman built one of the first-ever 6-string violins and set his own course as a musical pioneer, designing and ...