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August 2010 e-newsletter

LOOK & LISTEN issue:  It's summer.  Kick back, relax, and enjoy performance and interview clips featuring these rising stars.

In this issue
Pianist Inon Barnatan
Pianist Alessio Bax
Brooklyn Rider
Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado
Violinist Stefan Jackiw
Soprano Susanna Phillips
Cellist Joshua Roman
Tenor James Valenti
Pianist Joyce Yang
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Datebook

Aug. 11, 13:  Redmond, WA
Stefan Jackiw
Seattle Chamber Music Society
Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Turina+

Aug. 14 & 15: Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Alessio Bax
Bard Music Festival
Solo & chamber music

Through Aug. 15: Marlboro, VT
Susanna Phillips
Marlboro Music Festival
Residency

Aug. 17: Torroella de Montgri, Spain
Alessio Bax
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra
Chopin: Cto. No. 2

Aug. 18 & 22: Bridgehampton, NY
Stefan Jackiw
Bridgehampton Music Festival
Schubert, Maccombie, Brahms, Haydn+

Aug. 22: Amsterdam
Pablo Heras-Casado
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Concertgebouw debut
Prokofiev, Beethoven, Schubert

Aug. 23: Menorca, Spain
Alessio Bax
Festival de Ciutadella
Recital: Bach, Busoni, Chopin+

August 24: Minneapolis
Brooklyn Rider
Stillwater Music Festival
Southern Theater
With 2 Foot Yard

Aug. 24 & 27: La Jolla, CA
Joyce Yang
La Jolla Music Society
Schumann & Beethoven Piano Trios

August 26: Zürich
Pablo Heras-Casado
Tonhalle Orchestra
Flecha, Nono, Britten+

August 27: Stillwater, MN
Brooklyn Rider
Stillwater Music Festival
Washington County Historic Courthouse
With Kojiro Umezaki

Aug. 27-29: Lexington, KY
Alessio Bax
UBS Chamber Music Festival
Messiaen, Bartok, Mendelssohn+

Aug. 30: Stillwater, MN

Brooklyn Rider
Stillwater Music Festival
Stillwater Public Library
Family concert

Aug. 31: Stillwater, MN
Brooklyn Rider
Stillwater Music Festival
Trinity Lutheran Church
With The Knights & Steven Copes

Sept. 1, 3, 4: Seoul
Alessio Bax
Shinsegae Chamber Music Festival
Brahms, Mozart, Stravinsky+

Sept. 6: New York, NY
Brooklyn Rider
U.S. Open Tennis Tournament
Performance

Sept. 9, 11: Guatemala
Alessio Bax
Piano four-hands
With Lucille Chung+

Sept. 10: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Inon Barnatan
The Music Critic with John Malkovich
Rector's Palace

Sept. 10: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Inon Barnatan
Rector's Palace
With John Malkovich

Sept. 10-12: Chapel Hill, Durham & Raleigh, NC
Brooklyn Rider
Raleigh Chamber Music Guild
Duke Performances residency

Sept. 12, 16, 19, 22: Japan
James Valenti
Royal Covent Garden on tour
La Traviata (Alfredo)

Sept. 16: Seoul
Stefan Jackiw
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante

Sept. 16: The Netherlands
Inon Barnatan
Recital: Beethoven, Britten, Ravel+














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Pianist Inon Barnatan
Inon Barnatan plays Beethoven














View performance:
With the Suisse Romande Orchestra under Lawrence Foster: Beethoven's Concerto No. 4, Finale (10:00)

Watch interview:
Promo video for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's Schubert Ascending festival, curated by Barnatan (7:26)

Watch more Inon Barnatan videos on YouTube.

Pianist Alessio Bax
Alessio Bax plays Brahms














View performance:
"Live at Verbier": Cziffra's transcription of Brahms's Hungarian Dance no. 5: (3:27)

Watch interview:
Found in Translation: Music@Menlo "Carte Blanche" recital interview (5:24)

See more Alessio Bax videos on YouTube

Brooklyn Rider
Brooklyn Rider plays Debussy














View performance:
WNYC's "Soundcheck": Debussy's String Quartet, 2nd mvt.; video logged 100,000+ views in its first three days on YouTube (4:31)

Watch interview:
NY1 News TV with reporter Stephanie Simon (2:15)

See more at Brooklyn Rider.com (click on the TV set)

Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Castel














Hear performance:
World premiere recording of La Fontana del Placer by Jose Castel with the Compañía Teatro del Príncipe, Aranjuez (4:25)

Read interview [PDF]:
Opus Musica's May 2010 interview about Heras-Casado's life journey from school choir in Granada to his Dresden Staatskapelle debut

View discography at PabloHerasCasado.com

Violinist Stefan Jackiw
Stefan Jackiw plays Mendelssohn














View performance:
With the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, 1st mvt. (6:20)

Watch interview:
Promo video for release of debut CD (Sony): Brahms Violin Sonatas (2:19)

See more Stefan Jackiw videos on YouTube

Soprano Susanna Phillips

Susanna Phillips sings Mozart








View performance:
"An Evening with Susanna Phillips" - Forth Worth Opera Festival (2:43)

Watch interview:
"A conversation with Susanna Phillips" on Mozart & Mahler with the Baltimore Symphony (15:00)

Hear more on SusannaPhillips.com


Cellist Joshua Roman
Joshua Roman plays Bach














View performance:
YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall: J.S. Bach's Suite No. 1, Sarabande, preceded by Yo-Yo Ma testimonial (5:41)

Watch interview:
Chicago's ABC Ch.7 appearance (3:23)

See Joshua Roman's Popper Project videos on YouTube


Tenor James Valenti
James Valenti sings La Boheme














View performance:
"Che gelida manina" from La Bohème with the Minnesota Opera: (1:42)

Watch interview:
On singing Lt. Pinkerton in Vancouver Opera's Madama Butterfly (3:05)

View more videos on JamesValenti.com


Pianist Joyce Yang
Joyce Yang plays Liebermann














View performance:
Lincoln Center's 2010 Avery Fisher Career Grants ceremony: Lowell Liebermann's "Gargoyles" (5:48)

Hear interview:
American Public Media's "Performance Today": Celebrating the Schumann Bicentennial (28:32)

Hear more on PianistJoyceYang.com