Posted on 03. Aug, 2011 by admin in Blog
It seems that talk of innovations in classical music and the production of dynamic new performances is a frequent theme in my blogging. It seems that more often these days, I am writing about interesting things other people are doing that work, interesting things people are doing that don’t work as well but still have plenty of value, or even things that I am trying to do to engage the audience a little bit better.
And these are all questions that are definitely fascinating […]
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Posted on 22. Jul, 2011 by admin in Blog
For the past few years, I’ve served as the director of the Atlantic Music Festival‘s Piano Institute and Seminar: a wonderful opportunity for budding pianists to take private lessons from renowned teachers and performers, as well as for the chance to attend both inspiring chamber and orchestral performances, free of charge, by famous conductors and other artists. On Tuesday, July 19, we kicked off our 2011 performing season with the first piano institute concert of the season, introducing our piano students and fellows to the general public with an eclectic program of music.
The program featured the “usual” […]
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Posted on 05. Jul, 2011 by admin in Blog
Since December 2010, Juilliard has seen the death of three notable figures in classical music: Milton Babbit, composer and teacher at both Princeton and Juilliard; Jacob Lateiner, pianist known for his interpretations of Beethoven and 20th century music; and Herbert Stessin, a pianist and longtime Juilliard faculty member.
They were all remarkable for many reasons. […]
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