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Adrienne Haan – channels dynamite energy and freethinking zest into Cabaret...
“I love to bring music and the passion it contains close to people. That means to cast a spell on someone, it means to forget reality for a brief moment, dispensing with your senses…” says German-born...
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Pianist Roman Rabinovich – balance of mind, hands, and heart
There is darkness, and then the evocative, abstract sound of a narrative piano and cello piece setting the tone and interacting with the screen’s wide-angle focus on New York City by night. The camera...
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Donal Fox – Playing With the Classical Imperative
When pianist/composer and improviser Donal Fox appeared live on WQXR’s All Ears With Terrance McKnight in 2013, classical music’s agenda, addressing its cultural divide, was tangible on air. As rare as...
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Pianist Lily Maisky and Cellist Mischa Maisky – musicality in the genes
(This article is published in this month’s German Ensemble Magazine.) Lily Maisky – photo credit: Benjamin Brolet As the daughter of world-renowned cellist Mischa Maisky, pianist Lily Maisky always...
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Violinist Asi Mathatias – Talent forges its way
Fortunate for violinist Asi Mathatias, his prodigal musical gift has been recognized at a young age. Born in Jerusalem and growing up in Herzelyah, he heard Heifetz performing on the radio, making up...
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Vika goes wild – a classical pianist taps into her passion for rock
When her parents were told that she – at kindergarten age – had perfect pitch and a talent for music, there was no going back: “My parents took it seriously, and the natural consequence seemed to be...
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Interview: Pianist Yoonie Han on Interpreting New Compositions ‘Gloriously’...
Yoonie Han had been invited to perform some of her most recent repertoire in 2006 at a private house concert in New York when she first met Theodore Wiprud. Yoonie immediately observed his keen...
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Pianist Steven Lin – focus on essential music making
What does it take these days for a young pianist to survive in a talent market saturated with more and more prolific contenders? Given the unusually high-ranking technical, as well as musical eloquence...
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Lev ‘Ljova’ Zhurbin at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust – shtetl buoyancy re-invented
ljova_photo_Pemi_Paull Soulful violist and composer/arranger Lev ‘Ljova’ Zhurbin was featured in Ljova and the Kontraband’s Sunday afternoon concert at Brooklyn’s new home for the all-inclusive new...
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Violinist Stefan Jackiw – “music connects you with humanity”
I am reconnecting with the slender, young looking 31 years old violinist, Stefan Jackiw, who impressed me deeply when I had heard him perform several years ago, at the Good Shepherd Presbyterian...
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