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Datebook
| July 8: New York, NY
Brooklyn Rider
Borders/Time Warner Center
Show & CD signing, 7PM
July 8, 11, 14, 17: London
James Valenti
Royal Opera, Covent Garden
La traviata (Alfredo)
July 9-17: Fort Worth, TX
Alessio Bax
Mimir Chamber Music Festival
July 10,12: Bellingham, WA
Joshua Roman
Bellingham Music Festival Tchaikovsky+
July 11: Vail, CO
Inon Barnatan
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
Philadelphia Orch. debut
Gershwin: Piano Cto. in F
July 11: Highland Park, IL
Joyce Yang
Ravinia Festival
Chicago Symphony Orch.
Bernstein: Age of Anxiety
July 12: New York, NY
Susanna Phillips
Central Park Summerstage
Recital: Met Opera summer series
July 14: Vail, CO
Stefan Jackiw
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
Philadelphia Orch. w/Alsop
Prokofiev: Violin Cto. 2
July 18: Malmö, Sweden
Brooklyn Rider
Malmö Music Festival
July 18: Bellingham, WA
Stefan Jackiw
Bellingham Festival of Music
Mendelssohn: Violin Cto.
July 19: Crested Butte, CO
Joyce Yang
Crested Butte Music Festival
Recital
July 20: Brooklyn, NY
Susanna Phillips
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Recital: Met Opera summer series
July 23: Atheron, CA
Inon Barnatan
Music@Menlo
Vivaldi: Four Seasons (Harpsichord)
July 23: San Francisco, CA
Joyce Yang
San Francisco Symphony
Rachmaninoff: Piano Cto. 3
July 23-August 13: Seattle & Redmond, WA
Stefan Jackiw
Seattle Chamber Music Society
July 24: Westport, CT
Alessio Bax
Westport Arts Center
Recital with Lucille Chung
July 24: Cleveland, OH
Pablo Heras-Casado
Blossom Festival
Cleveland Orch.
Beethoven, Barber, de Falla
July 25-27: Atherton & Palo Alto, CA
Inon Barnatan
Music@Menlo
Britten, Elgar
July 27 & 29: Hollywood, CA
Pablo Heras-Casado
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles Phil.
Beethoven: Sym. 3, Piano Cto. 3
August 1: Aspen, CO
Joyce Yang
Aspen Music Festival
Tchaikovsky: Cto. No. 1
August 3, 7, 11: Aspen, CO
Inon Barnatan
Aspen Music Festival
Recital
August 3 & 4: New York, NY
Pablo Heras-Casado
Mostly Mozart Festival
Stravinsky, Mozart, Beethoven
August 7-10: Menlo Park, CA
Alessio Bax
Music@Menlo
"Carte Blanche" recital, chamber music
August 7 & 8: Napa, CA
Joshua Roman
Music in the Vineyards
Borodin, Messiaen, Dahl
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About 21C Artists To Watch
| 21C Artists To Watch is an image- and awareness-building
program for artists on the brink of major careers in classical music.
Each month, 21C Media Group publishes an e-newsletter profiling several
members of this select group and highlighting their recent and upcoming
activities. Read past newsletters here.
For inquires regarding any of the 21C Artists To Watch, please contact:
Wende Persons
Program Director
21C Media Group
ph (917) 691-1282
click here to e-mail
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Pablo Heras-Casado: FIVE Summer Debuts
|  Dubbed by The Sixteen's Harry Christophers as "one to watch" and by Dilettante Music as a "21st-Century Renaissance Man," conductor Pablo Heras-Casado has just completed the first of five important summer debuts. Arts Desk (UK) wrote of his Welsh National Opera Rigoletto (with Simon Keenlyside in the title role for the first time), "The conductor is the young Spaniard Pablo Heras-Casado - excellent not least because unobtrusive, attentive to the singers, but also moulding orchestral and choral detail with great care." Seen and Heard International praised "orchestral moments of real power," and for the Associated Press, "the music gained steadily in dramatic tension through the glorious Act 4 quartet up to the shattering conclusion." Heras-Casado now heads to the States for several high-profile festival appearances on his summer calendar:
- Jul. 24: Blossom Festival debut (OH); Cleveland Orchestra (Beethoven, Barber with Gil Shaham, de Falla)
- Jul. 27 & 29: Hollywood Bowl debut (CA); Los Angeles Philharmonic (All Beethoven with David Fray)
- Aug. 3 & 4: Mostly Mozart Festival debut (NYC); (Stravinsky, Mozart with Gil Shaham, Beethoven)
- Aug. 22: Concertgebouw debut (The Netherlands); Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra (Prokofiev, Beethoven with Jonathan Biss, Schubert)
- Aug. 26: Tonhalle Orchestra (Zürich); (Flecha, Nono, Britten, Shostakovich, Debussy)
For more information, visit PabloHerasCasado.com or the HarrisonParrott web site.
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Joyce Yang: From Street Pianos To San Francisco
|  New York was sizzling earlier this week when pianist Joyce Yang brought classical music to the city's streets. On July 5th, with temperatures approaching triple digits, the 2010 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient headlined the closing concert at Lincoln Center of "Play Me, I'm Yours," an art installation of sixty pianos on the sidewalks, parks and plazas of all five boroughs. The presenter, Sing for Hope, praised Yang as one of the "compassionate, world-class artists who donate time and talent to the humanitarian causes that inspire them." Yang's red-hot summer is just beginning as she returns to the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia this weekend and prepares for her San Francisco Symphony debut. Read San Francisco Classical Voice interview
- Jul. 11: Ravinia Festival (IL); Chicago Symphony (Bernstein: "Age of Anxiety" with James Conlon)
- Jul. 19: Crested Butte Music Festival (CO); recital
- Jul. 23: San Francisco Symphony debut (CA); (Rachmaninoff: Cto. No. 3 with Alondra de la Parra)
- Jul. 27 & Aug. 1: Aspen Music Festival (CO); (Tchaikovsky: Cto. No. 1 with Leonard Slatkin)
- Aug. 24 & 27: La Jolla Summerfest (CA); chamber music
For more information, visit PianistJoyceYang.com or the Opus 3 Artists web site.
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Alessio Bax: World-wide Traveler
|  In June alone, pianist Alessio Bax sampled curry in Wales, fish soup in New York, and sashimi in Japan, all for the sake of music. The 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient traveled from Germany's Schloss Elmau to Wales where he recorded a Rachmaninoff CD for Signum, traveled briefly home to NYC, and then to Japan for seven concerts. Among the highlights of his globetrotting summer is his "Carte Blanche" solo recital on August 8th at Music@Menlo, where he'll play Bach transcriptions (including his own), and pieces from Spain, France and Italy. Read the Menlo program notes on the blog of this traveling connoisseur-pianist.
- July 9-17: Mimir Chamber Music Festival (TX); (Shostakovich, Messiaen, Korngold)
- Jul. 24: Westport Art Center (CT); recital with pianist Lucille Chung
- Aug. 7-10: Music@Menlo (CA); "Carte Blanche" recital (Aug. 8) & chamber music concerts
- Aug. 14 & 15: Bard Music Festival (NY); solo & chamber music concerts with the Daedalus Quartet+
- Aug. 17: Amadeus Chamber Orchestra (Spain); Chopin: Piano Cto. 2
- Aug. 23: Festival de Ciutadella (Spain); recital
- Aug. 27-29: UBS Chamber Music Festival (KY); (Messiaen, Bartok, Mendelssohn, Beethoven+)
For more information, visit AlessioBax.com or the Barrett Vantage Artists web site.
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James Valenti's Alfredo at Covent Garden
|  July 8th marks tenor James Valenti's eagerly anticipated Royal Opera, Covent Garden debut as Alfredo in La traviata with soprano Angela Gheorghiu, the role that turned heads and sparked acclaim for his Met Opera debut this spring. He travels with the UK production to Japan this fall. Last month the 2010 Richard Tucker Award winner portrayed another signature role: that of Lieutenant Pinkerton in Vancouver Opera's Madama Butterfly. "James Valenti is a singularly believable Pinkerton, all sex appeal and swagger: an impressive dramatic presence and a fine tenor sound," wrote the Vancouver Sun. "How could one resist such a glorious voice, so effortlessly projected, so free, warm, smooth, and seductive?" asked The Globe and Mail. Valenti will sing Pinkerton in his Paris Opera debut this coming season. "It has all these gorgeous soaring melodies, and it's a privilege to sing it," said Valenti, in a recent interview.
- Jul. 8, 11, 14, 17: Royal Opera, Covent Garden debut (UK); La traviata (Alfredo, with Angela Gheorghiu; Yves Abel, cond.)
- "Dashing presence and virile voice" - The New York Times
- "Valenti cuts a 1920's Hollywood leading-man dash as Alfredo" - Toronto Star
For more information, visit JamesValenti.com or the IMG Artists web site.
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21C Artists To Watch in the news
| WNYC's Soundcheck- 7/9/10 (Brooklyn Rider)
Stream the performance/interview with host John Schaefer live or listen to archived broadcast.
Strings - August 2010 (Stefan Jackiw)
"5 Tips to Consider Before You Tweet" - featuring Jackiw and other instrumental tweeters - Cory Ramey
San Francisco Classical Voice - 7/5/10 (Joyce Yang)
"Young, Restless and Being Heard" - interview preview for San Francisco Symphony debut
NY1.com - 7/4/10 (Brooklyn Rider)
"Brooklyn Rider To Make A 'Racket' At U.S. Open"
"A Brooklyn String Quartet is tuning up for their big performance at this year's U.S. Open. NY1's Stephanie Simon filed the following report." Watch the feature
Opera Actual - June 2010 (Pablo Heras-Casado)
Recommended disc of the month: L. Boccherini, La Clementina; Compañía Teatro del Príncipe, Aranjuez (Harmonia Mundi) "Exceptional quality ... Pablo Heras-Casado is nothing less than brilliant in his conducting of his original instrument orchestra. This is a must-buy."
Korea Times- 6/21/10 (Stefan Jackiw)
"Ditto Festival Expands Its Horizons" - feature
All 7,000 tickets sold out within a month for Jackiw's Ensemble Ditto concerts in Japan. The male ensemble's pop idol appeal lures new audiences for chamber music. - Lee Hyo-Wom
The Gathering Note (Seattle) - 6/13/2010 (Joshua Roman)
"Roman, helped by [Helen] Huang, reached across hundreds of years of music on Thursday. They played Britten with the same vigor as Brahms. But for those people who loved Roman because he offered something fresh, different, and adventurous, he delivered a stunner with [Visconti's] Americana." - Zach Carstensen
Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) - 6/9/10 (Brooklyn Rider)
"Rider a fresh twist that works ... Their programs' uniqueness and their chosen venues (bars, for example, as well as concert halls) attract the younger set. Their dazzling virtuosity captivates the older generations devoted to the classics." - William Furtwangler
Charleston City Paper - 6/7/10 (Inon Barnatan)
"It was a particular joy to hear Inon Barnatan in his first [Spoleto Festival] series appearance at the piano. A real rising star in the piano world, he's an absolutely fabulous chamber musician, with a subtle and supremely expressive touch that takes your breath away. You've really gotta come hear this guy." - Lindsay Koob
Straight.com - 5/30/10 (James Valenti)
"As Pinkerton, James Valenti has a silkily mellifluous, made-for-Puccini tenor. He brings just enough youthful sexual swagger and carefree attitude to the first act, and transforms into a remorseful wreck by the end." - Janet Smith
The Dallas Morning News - 5/25/10 (Susanna Phillips)
"Arriving in a blaze of vocal glory, Susanna Phillips' Donna Anna seems incapable of an unlovely sound or inelegant phrase." - Scott Cantrell
Gig magazine - May 2010 (James Valenti)
"James Valenti is on a roll." Profile interview about recent successes and July Covent Garden debut - Annemarie Kropf
Photos: Miguel Penalver (Heras-Casado), Oh Seok Hoon (Yang), Lisa-Marie Mazzucco (Bax), Dario Acosta (Valenti)
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