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Datebook
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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
Special event with John Malkovich
Sept. 10-12: Chapel Hill, Durham & Raleigh, NC
Brooklyn Rider
3-city, 3-program collaboration
Sept. 12, 16, 19, 22: Japan
James Valenti
Royal Opera 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+
Sept. 19: Southbury, CT
Alessio Bax
Recital with Lucille Chung
Schubert, Brahms, Piazzolla
Sept. 21: Berlin, Germany
Inon Barnatan
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester
Ravel: Piano Cto. in G
Sept. 23: The Netherlands
Inon Barnatan
Concertgebouw
Recital: Adès, Ravel, Crumb+
Sept. 25-26: Dallas, TX
Alessio Bax
Meadows Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sept. 24: Wenham, MA
Stefan Jackiw
Gordon College recital
Sept. 25: Roswell, GA
Joyce Yang
The Chopin Society of Atlanta recital
Sept. 25-Oct. 3: Saint Paul, MN
Susanna Phillips
Minnesota Opera Orfeo ed Euridice (Euridice)
Sept. 28: Seattle, WA
Joshua Roman
TownMusic Series
With Derek Bermel, composer & clarinet
Sept. 29: Croydon, UK
Alessio Bax
Royal Philharmonic
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Pagainini
Sept. 30 - Oct. 3: Baltimore, MD
Stefan Jackiw
Baltimore Symphony
Mendelssohn: Vln. Cto.
Sept. 30 - Oct. 17: Spain
Pablo Heras-Casado
Teatro Real
Kurt Weill: Mahagonny
Oct. 3: Vancouver, BC
Inon Barnatan
Vancouver Recital Society
Beethoven, Britten, Ravel+
Oct. 3 & 5: San Rafael, CA
Joyce Yang
Marin Symphony
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Oct. 4: New York, NY
Susanna Phillips
Classical Recording Foundation Awards
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Scott Wheeler: songs
Oct. 5: New York, NY
Inon Barnatan
Rockefeller University
With Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Oct. 6: Chicago, IL
Susanna Phillips
Dame Myra Hess Series
Oct. 8-10: Milwaukee, WI
Joyce Yang
Milwaukee Symphony
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Oct. 9-10: Denver, CO
Alessio Bax
Colorado Symphony
Beethoven: Triple Cto.
Oct. 12: Cincinnati, OH
Alessio Bax
Matinee Musicale Series
Recital
Oct. 15: London, UK
Inon Barnatan
Wigmore Hall
With Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Oct. 15: North Waterloo, Ontario
Joshua Roman
Perimeter Institute
Classical World Artists recital
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Alessio Bax to play NY debut recital at Met Museum
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 In September alone, pianist Alessio Bax is racking up frequent flier miles playing concerts in South Korea, Guatemala, Connecticut, Texas, and the UK, including a re-engagement with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The Leeds and Hamamatsu competition winner embarks this season on a trio of Canadian "Prairie Tours" with his wife, pianist Lucille Chung. Bax also anticipates the release of his Rachmaninoff CD, and a solo recital at NY's Metropolitan Museum of Art, among his U.S. highlights, which include: - Oct. 9-10: Colorado Symphony; Beethoven "Triple" Cto. with Marin Alsop, cond.
- Nov. 5: Metropolitan Museum of Art; NY debut recital
- Nov. 20: Harriman-Jewell Recital Series (Kansas City)
- Nov. 14, Dec. 2, Feb. 3 & 17, Mar. 22-25: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
- Jan. 16: Music@Menlo Winter Series (CA); solo & two-piano concert
- May 3: Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra; Mozart Piano Cto. K. 595
"We are immensely proud to have brought Alessio to Music@Menlo and to The Chamber Music Society; in our opinion, he is among the greatest pianists on stage today." more --David Finckel, Co-Artistic Director, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Music@Menlo, 8/17/10 For more information, visit AlessioBax.com or the Barrett Vantage Artists web site. |
Susanna Phillips to sing first Lucia
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 Fresh from a summer residency at the Marlboro Music Festival, soprano Susanna Phillips just co-launched Twickenham Fest, a new chamber music festival for her hometown of Huntsville, Alabama. Read her blog. This season she portrays the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor for the first time, also in her native state, and this month she sings Gluck in Minnesota with countertenor David Daniels and conductor Harry Bicket. Following two productions at the Metropolitan Opera, the 2010 recipient of the Beverly Sills Artist Award travels to Japan with the Met next June, singing Musetta in La Bohème with Anna Netrebko and Joseph Calleja.- Sept. 25-Oct. 3: Minnesota Opera; Orfeo ed Euridice (Euridice)
- Dec. 21-Jan. 6: Metropolitan Opera; The Magic Flute (Pamina)
- Jan. 31-Feb. 25: Metropolitan Opera; La Bohème (Musetta)
- Mar. 18 & 20: Opera Birmingham; Lucia di Lammermoor (first Lucia)
- Apr. 29-May 10: Boston Lyric Opera; A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena)
- June 2011: Metropolitan Opera - Japan tour; La Bohème (Musetta)
"Impressively gifted ... Ms. Phillips also proved herself in American song, winning a huge ovation for her impassioned performance of 'Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man' from Show Boat." -- The New York Times, 7/14/10 (on the Met Opera's Summer Recital Series in Central Park) For more information, visit SusannaPhillips.com or the IMG Artists web site. |
Joyce Yang on three continents with Edo de Waart
|  What a summer for pianist Joyce Yang! She enjoyed a sustained standing ovation in her San Francisco Symphony debut, was called "brilliant" by the Chicago Tribune's John von Rhein for her "snazzy performance" with the Chicago Symphony and James Conlon at Ravinia, and "dazzled" with Leonard Slatkin in the Aspen Festival tent. This coming season, the 2010 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient and Van Cliburn Competition silver medalist collaborates on three continents with conductor Edo de Waart in concerto appearances:
- Sept. 25: Chopin Society of Atlanta; recital
- Oct. 8-10: Milwaukee Symphony; Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Edo de Waart, cond.
- Oct. 25: Sydney Symphony; recital (Australia debut)
- March 20: CAL Performances (Berkeley); recital
- Apr. 7-16: Melbourne & Sydney Symphonies (Australia); Rachmaninoff Cto. 3 & Mozart Cto. K. 491 with Edo de Waart, cond.
- Jun. 17 & 18: Hong Kong Philhmarmonic (China); Tchaikovsky Cto. with Edo de Waart, cond.
"Joyce Yang is more than a young pianist who can dazzle with sheer technique. What makes her special is what she does with the music. Sunday in the tent she tackled one of the most popular and familiar concertos in the literature, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, and created moment after moment that surprised a listener with a bit of extra musical insight."
--Aspen Times, 8/3/10 (on Aspen Festival)
More more information, visit pianistJoyceYang.com or the Opus 3 Artists web site.
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Stefan Jackiw to reunite with Marin Alsop
|  "The mood music my hotel in Seoul pipes into my bedroom is Beethoven Serioso quartet," tweeted violinist Stefan Jackiw from South Korea, where he's performing this week with the London Philharmonic and conductor Vassily Sinaisky. Read Strings Twitter Tips article featuring Jackiw. With his Brahms Sonatas CD (Sony) submitted for Grammy consideration, the 25-year-old violinist heads to Baltimore this month for a reunion with Marin Alsop, who led their Philadelphia Orchestra concert at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival this past summer.
- Sept. 30-Oct. 3: Baltimore Symphony; Mendelssohn Vln. Cto. with Marin Alsop, cond.
- Jan. 20-22: Nashville Symphony; Sibelius Vln. Cto. with Mario Venzago, cond.
- Feb. 19: London Philharmonic (UK); Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante with Yannick Nezet-Seguin, cond.
- May 12 & 13: RTÉ National Symphony (Ireland); Sibelius Vln. Cto. with Hannu Lintu
- May 19: Tampere Philharmonic (Finland); Mendelssohn Vln. Cto. with Hannu Lintu
- June 17-20: Kansas City Symphony; Bruch Scottish Fantasy with Michael Stern, cond.
"Stupendous ... Mr. Jackiw has had a well-justified and meteoric rise to the top of the international music scene. Still in his mid-twenties, he has performed with almost every major orchestra in the world and has been compared to Issac Stern and Itzhak Perlman ... [His performance] will be spoken of in hushed tones by Bellingham classical music lovers in years to come."
--Entertainment News NW, 7/19/10 (on Mendelssohn Vln. Cto. at Bellingham Music Festival)
For more information, visit StefanJackiw.com or the Opus 3 Artists web site.
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Joshua Roman gets set for his Big Date
|  On September 28th Joshua Roman performs the premiere of Derek Bermel's Sonata Humana for Cello at Seattle's Town Hall, where he is artistic director of the adventurous chamber music series, TownMusic. Later in the series, Roman presents the Jack Quartet in music by Gesualdo, and unveils a new solo cello suite by Gabriela Lena Frank. But right now Roman is concentrating on a very big date where his partner isn't his cello: his wedding on October 3rd. Then the 26-year-old groom hits the road for these and other 2010-11 season highlights:
- Oct. 15: Perimeter Institute (Canada); Classical World Artists series recital
- Oct. 23: Heineken City Arts Festival (WA); multimedia project with DJ Spooky, Odeon Quartet
- Nov. 5 & 6: New Philharmonic (IL); Dvorak Cello Cto. with Kirk Muspratt, cond.
- Jan. 20-22: Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra (MI): Elgar Cello Cto. with Octavio Mas-Arocas, cond.
- April 16: Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra (IL); Haydn: Cello Cto., Tchaikovsky "Rococo Variations" with Kirk Trevor, cond.
- May 8: Everett Philharmonic (WA); Brahms "Double" Cto. with James Garlick, cond.
Listen here: Joshua Roman talks about online social media in classical music with host John Schaefer, and performs live in WNYC's studio.
--WNYC's Soundcheck, 8/27/10
For more information, visit JoshuaRoman.com or the Opus 3 Artists web site.
Photos: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco (Bax), Ken Howard (Phillips), Oh Seok Hoon (Yang), Lisa-Marie Mazzucco (Jackiw), Jeremy Sawatzky (Roman)
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