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Aug 3, 6, 9: Sydney, Australia
Takesha Meshé Kizart
Opera Australia
Puccini: La Bohème (Mimi)
Aug 3: Vail, CO
Joyce Yang
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
Two Piano Extravaganza
w/Anne-Marie McDermott+
Aug 4-6: Sioux Falls, SD
Alessio Bax
Dakota Sky Festival
Masterclass & recital
August 6: Bellingham, WA
Joshua Roman
Marrowstone Festival
Dvorak: Silent Woods & Rondo+
Aug 6-28: Asia Tour
(Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hanoi, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo)
Stefan Jackiw
Asian Youth Symphony
Saint-Saens; Sarasate; Sibelius
Aug 9: Santa Fe, NM
Joyce Yang
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Recital: Liebermann, Debussy, Schumann
Aug 10-12, 14: Santa Fe, NM
Joyce Yang
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
4 concerts: Liebermann, Tchaikovsky
Aug 11: Bridgehampton, NY
Brooklyn Rider
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
C. Jacobsen, Byron, Glass
Aug 14: La Jolla, CA
Joshua Roman
La Jolla SummerFest
w/Assad brothers
Aug 14: Westport, CT
Alessio Bax
Westport Arts Center
w/Lucille Chung
Aug 15-21: Lexington, KY
Alessio Bax
UBS Chamber Music Festival
Daniel Kellogg premiere+
Aug 16: La Jolla, CA
Joyce Yang
La Jolla SummerFest
FX Mozart: Grande Sonata
Aug 19, 20: La Jolla, CA
Joshua Roman
La Jolla SummerFest
Commissions & Baroque concerts
Aug 21: La Jolla, CA
Joyce Yang
La Jolla SummerFest
Wong: Piano Quartet
w/Tokyo Quartet
Aug 22: New York, NY
The Knights
Central Park Naumburg Bandshell
Schubert, Liszt
Aug. 23: Edinburgh, Scotland
Kelley O' Connor
Edinburgh Festival
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Aug 24: Highland Park, IL
The Knights
Ravinia Festival
Schubert, Liszt
Aug 24: Vienna, VA
James Valenti
Wolf Trap - Filene Center
40th anniversary gala
Aug. 26, 27: New York, NY
Kelley O'Connor
Mostly Mozart Festival Mozart: Requiem
Aug 28 - Sep 01: Minneapolis, MN
Brooklyn Rider
Stillwater Music Festival
Founders & artistic directors
Sept. 2-18: S. Korea
Stefan Jackiw
Ensemble Ditto tour
Ravel & Fauré
Sep 8: New York, NY
The Knights
WNET/Thirteen broadcast
We are The Knights
documentary (8:30 PM)
Sept 8: Los Angeles, CA
Joyce Yang
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Saint-Saëns: Piano Cto. 2
Sept. 10: Cleveland, OH
Kelley O'Connor
Cleveland Orchestra
Beethoven: Sym 9
Sept 10: Rome, Italy
Alessio Bax
Solo & duo w/Lucille Chung
Auerbach's Piano Sonata 2+
Sept 14: Taipei, Taiwan
Alessio Bax
National Concert Hall
Recital
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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 inquiries regarding 21C Artists To Watch, please contact: Wende Persons Artists To Watch Program Director Phone (917) 691-1282; click here to e-mail
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Pianist Alessio Bax
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View promo video for recital
"With an electrifying technique [Bax] delivered riveting performances of Brahms, Enescu and Bartok" (SF Piano Examiner) in his Music@Menlo Carte Blanche recital on July 24, 2011.
Stay tuned this month for Bax on APM's Performance Today playing and talking about his new Rachmaninov CD, Preludes & Melodies.
Visit AlessioBax.com, his YouTube channel or the Barrett Vantage Artists web site.
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Brooklyn Rider
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View performance
Brooklyn Rider previewed an excerpt of Suite from "Bent" by Philip Glass live at Time Out New York - March 7, 2011 [2:44]
The musicians played the world premiere during their Lincoln Center debut two days later at the Tully Scope Festival, and the piece is included on their new album, Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass.
Listen to interview
Brooklyn Rider joined Irish fiddler Martin Hayes on WNYC's New Sounds with host John Schaefer - May 17, 2011 [57:40]
Visit BrooklynRider.com, the group's YouTube channel ,or the Opus 3 Artists Web site.
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Violinist Stefan Jackiw
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View interview
Violinist Stefan Jackiw was interviewed by Dutch TV (AVRO Klassiek) in Sydney, Australia for a feature called "What's on your iPod?"- March 17, 2011 [1:50]
View performance
Jackiw played Mendelssohn with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House - March 24, 2011 [7:56]
Visit StefanJackiw.com, his YouTube channel or the Opus 3 Artists web site
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Soprano Takesha Meshé Kizart
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Soprano Takesha Meshé Kizart on "life, love and desperation" behind the scenes at Opera Australia's 2011 production of Puccini's La bohème, which opened in Melbourne and at the Sydney Opera House - posted April 9, 2011 [4:43]
View performance excerpt
Kizart as Mimi in Opera Australia's La bohème - posted April 13, 2011 [1:58]
Visit TakeshaMesheKizart.com or the Askonas Holt web site, and view video clips.
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The Knights
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View promo video"We Are The Knights!" by Daniel Cowen - 2011 [3:27] Mark your calendars! The full documentary about the New York-based "orchestra of friends" was produced by WNET/Thirteen and will receive its broadcast premiere on September 8, 2011 at 8:30 PM, hosted by Paula Zahn. Visit TheKnightsNYC.com, The Knights on YouTube or the Opus 3 Artists web site.
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Conductor Julian Kuerti
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Conductor Julian Kuerti participated in a promotional video targeted to young people in advance of the New York City Opera's spring presentation of Oliver Knussen's Where the Wild Things Are. The New York Times praised Kuerti, in his NYCO debut, for drawing "a bustling, moody and colorful performance." - April 2011 [8:25]
Visit JulianKuerti.com or the IMG Artists web site .
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Mezzo-Soprano Kelley O'Connor
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View interview
Mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor talked with Zach Carstensen of Seattle's The Gathering Note in this preview for her Seattle Symphony performance of Peter Lieberson's Neruda Songs - Dec. 10, 2010 [13:18]
Request a review or airplay copy
of O'Connor's Neruda Songs CD with the Atlanta Symphony and conductor Robert Spano.
Visit KelleyO'Connor.com or the IMG Artists web site.
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Soprano Jessica Rivera
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View promo video interview
John Adams had soprano Jessica Rivera in mind when he created music for the leading role of Kumudha in his opera, A Flowering Tree. Rivera recently starred in Cincinnati Opera's production and participated in this "behind the scenes" video - June 23, 2011 [3:31]
Visit JessicaRivera.com, her YouTube channel or the IMG Artists web site.
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Cellist Joshua Roman
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Joshua Roman introduces some Bach - and his Stradivarius cello - on the John Lennon Bus at the 2011 TED conference, where he participated as a 2011 TED Fellow. - March 3, 2011 [1:29]
View performance
Joshua Roman played Paul Moravec's "Tempest Fantasy" in a WQXR Café Concert on July 22, 2011 [5:23]
Visit JoshuaRoman.com, his YouTube channel, or the Opus 3 Artists web site.
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Tenor James Valenti
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In 2009 tenor James Valenti was named Dallas Opera's Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year. In his return to Texas this spring, Valenti portrayed the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto - March 23, 2011 [:55]
Visit JamesValenti.com, his YouTube channel or the IMG Artists web site.
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Pianist Joyce Yang
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View promo video In this preview of coming attractions, pianist Joyce Yang explores connections between music and art for her debut solo CD, Collage, to be released by Avie Records in October 2011. The disc features works by Scarlatti, Liebermann, Debussy, Currier and Schumann.
Visit Joyce Yang's web site or the Opus 3 Artists web site.
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