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Archive for May 5th, 2008

Moscow Virtuosi: more Russian music please

Posted in Seattle, WA, tagged , , , , , on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »

It was 1979, the Shah fled Iran for Egypt, the United States and China established full diplomatic relations, Senator Ted Kennedy announced he would challenge President Carter for the Democratic nomination, and at the Chicago Symphony violin virtuoso, turned conductor, Vladimir Spivakov, made his conducting debut.
Not long after his debut in Chicago, Spivakov returned to [...]

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It’s Official

Posted in Seattle, WA on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »

It’s official.

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Iwasaki delivers electrifying Sibelius

Posted in Portland, OR on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »

Many concertgoers have wondered just how good of a violinist is Jun Iwasaki, the concertmaster of the Oregon Symphony. We’ve heard him play exceptionally well as primo violinist of the orchestra, but it’s always in brief snatches whenever he has an exposed solo. Fortunately, at Friday night’s concert with the Portland Columbian Symphony Orchestra, we [...]

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Puritanical I Puritani Isn’t

Posted in Seattle, WA on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Normally, Seattle Opera pulls out all its stops for its sumnmer production, usually the biggest event of the Seattle Opera year, but I can’t see even this August’s Aida outshining the current production of Bellini’s I Puritani, which opened Saturday night at McCaw Hall.

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