Tag: pianist
Review: Pianist Veronika Böhmová at the Czech Embassy in the Embassy...
The Czech Republic is a small country with a big impact on music. It’s a good thing they don’t just churn out mere virtuosos,...
“Creating An American Citizen”: An Interview with Pianist Bruce Levingston
On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Georgetown University will welcome acclaimed pianist Bruce Levingston, one of the country’s leading figures in contemporary classical music, for...
‘Mozart and Friends’ at The National Chamber Ensemble by J.M. Greig
The National Chamber Ensemble opened its ninth season in style at the Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre on Saturday with a program entitled Mozart and Friends....
New CDs from Washington Area Cellist Amit Peled and Pianist Thomas...
It must be time for dessert! Two new recordings by prominent local classical artists coincidentally use the metaphor of desserts-after-a-meal in their concepts. They...
Pianist Alon Goldstein at the Odeon Chamber Music Series
Franz Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor is a sprawling, at times even rambling composition that takes a full half hour to...
Pianist Martin Kasik with the Embassy Series at the Czech Embassy
Czech pianist Martin Kasik has an important historic connection with Washington despite relatively infrequent visits here. He was a 1999 winner of the Young...
Pianist András Schiff at Washington Performing Arts at Strathmore
One of the most charming moments I’ve seen at a concert in years occurred yesterday at The Music Center at Strathmore. András Schiff, one...
Pianist Einav Yarden at The Phillips Collection
A packed house at the Phillips Collection could have been forgiven if they thought that pianist Einav Yarden had magically switched out Steinway grand...
‘It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play’ at CENTERSTAGE
Following its successful runs of the epic play Amadeus and the rock musical Next to Normal, CENTERSTAGE lines up a fantastic family rendering of...
An Interview With Washington, DC Piano Sensation Thomas Pandolfi About Classical...
If Thomas Pandolfi hasn’t done all that a pianist can do to present an exceptionally broad range of music to an engaged public, he...
The National Chamber Ensemble at The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage by...
The National Chamber Ensemble made its debut at the Kennedy Center on Thursday, September 26, 2013 with a wonderful and well-performed concert that delighted a...
‘NSO@Wolf Trap 1812 Orchestra and More!’ by Jessica Vaughan
On a perfect summer evening, the National Symphony Orchestra took on two Russians – Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff – during their popular NSO@Wolf Trap Summer...
National Chamber Ensemble presents ‘The Three B’s: Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms’...
I really like the National Chamber Ensemble, the adventuresome and enjoyable programs they present, and the talented and friendly musicians who make up this...
‘Inside the Music’: An Interview with National Chamber Ensemble Artistic Director...
One of the things I love the most about living in the Washington, D.C. area is that the music never ends, nor does the...
‘The Art of the African-American Spiritual’ at National Chamber Ensemble by...
The National Chamber Ensemble presented The Art of the African-American Spritual at Artisphere on Saturday evening. It was a delightful concert with talent abounding,...
‘Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano’ at Nordic Cool 2013 by Keith Tittermary
The arts in Washington, DC are an ever-evolving landscape. Being in the political center of the country we sometimes underestimate the resources that organizations...