Tag: News
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Tomorrow night, Anton Batagov emerges for his Seattle debut and first public recital in 12 years at the Good Shepherd Center in the Wallingford neighborhood. The Russian composer/pianist is famous in his country for his movie scores for television and movies. His recital will include music from some of his television and movie scores. you…
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Leon Kirchner died today. You can read about Kirchner over at New Music Box. You can also read a very personal blog post by Jeremy Denk about Kirchner, a composer Denk obviously believed in and someone who the pianist considered a friend. Denk posted a follow up to his original post this morning. season of…
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After a lengthy Ring hangover, the new classical music season is upon us and I am back to blogging. The Seattle Symphony kicked off their season this weekend with a gala celebration, before that they paired three mini-concerts with wine tasting. The orchestra’s subscription season gets underway in earnest next week, with Gerard Schwarz leading…
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legend of the guardians: the owls of ga’hoole movies download As the summer festival season winds down there are two notable concerts this weekend. The first is a benefit concert this Saturday at Green Lake Methodist Church. The program starts at 7 pm and highlights chamber music by Brahms, Schumann, and features the world premiere…
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There is plenty going on classical music-wise in Seattle these days. There is, of course, the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Lakeside School festival which is heading into its third week. Some of the highlights next week include: Richard Strauss’s Piano Quartet on Monday Jeremy Denk playing Ligeti etudes in a free recital on Wednesday And,…
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Zach Carstensen : How were you introduced to the violin? ZC: Your professional career began at a young age – you were 12 when you performed with the New York Philharmonic – what was it like being a classical music star while you are also entering your formative, teenage years? M: When a youngster is…
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Simple Measures founder Rajan Krishnaswami and Mark Salman are holding a recital at Town Hall to benefit Simple Measures. The cello and piano duo will be playing music by Shostakovich, Debussy, Chopin, and others. The two talked about the music briefly in a video (May 29, 2009). Another cellist will grace Seattle this weekend as…
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The University of Washington is staging Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” (May 15-17). The Rainier Symphony takes on Mahler’s Symphony Nr.2 “Resurrection” this weekend (May 16-17). The American String Project is presenting their annual series of concerts this weekend too (May 14-17). This year, Barry Lieberman has arranged Prokofiev’s String Quartet Nr. 2 and Robert Schumann’s String…
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The Third Angle New Music Ensemble will play several works by Jennifer Higdon in its upcoming concert this Friday at 7:30 pm at the Old Church in downtown Portland. Higdon’s music has been much in demand by vocal and instrumental ensembles, and she has garnered a couple of Grammys as well. I talked with Higdon…
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May is the start of the home stretch for the classical music season. There are a number of notable concerts this week to investigate. The Seattle Philharmonic ends their season tomorrow by performing Ralph Vaughan Williams Sixth Symphony and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. As far as I know, this is the only performance of a RVW…