Archive for May, 2009
Miami Lyric Opera delivers impassioned double bill of “Cav” and “Suor”
The scrappy, low-budget Miami Lyric Opera presented two works Thursday in performances that for sheer operatic power blew away many glossier productions.
At the Colony Theater [...]
Fri May 29, 2009
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Frost School musicians highlighted on new CD
A new recording on the Naxos label showcases the musicians of the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, with a portion of the revenue [...]
Mon May 25, 2009
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Pablo Ziegler closes piano festival with a whole lot of tango
The closing concert of the Miami International Piano Festival’s Discovery series was an unusual one this season. Presenting Pablo Ziegler and his ensemble, the Lincoln Theater [...]
Mon May 18, 2009
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Hungarian pianist Szokolay stronger on bravura than poetry
Balazs Szokolay, a professor at Budapest’s famous Franz Liszt Academy of Music, performs best at high speed.
As the works on the Hungarian pianist’s program Saturday [...]
Sun May 17, 2009
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Stephen Beus brings daring virtuosity to Miami Piano Festival
The young American pianist Stephen Beus clearly believes the Miami International Piano Festival is no place for false modesty. After an obligatory nod to Bach [...]
Sat May 16, 2009
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Pianist Ning An makes exciting impact with Orchestra Miami
Orchestra Miami often gets confused with its similar namesake, the Miami Symphony Orchestra. The latter was founded in 1989, while Orchestra Miami is the new [...]
Sat May 16, 2009
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Seraphic Fire closes with Jewish and Christian Renaissance
In its final program of the season, the choir Seraphic Fire is taking us to the late Renaissance court of the Duke of Mantua, where [...]
Fri May 15, 2009
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Eckardstein opens Piano Festival with power and poetry
Severin von Eckardstein returned to open the Miami International Piano Festival’s Discovery Series Thursday night at the Lincoln Theatre, two years after his successful local [...]
Fri May 15, 2009
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KLR Trio closes chamber season with stylish Schubert
Although they have played together since Jimmy Carter’s inauguration, the members of the Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio showed no trace of staleness in their performance [...]
Sat May 09, 2009
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Coral Gables Congregational Church announces summer lineup
A series of classical and jazz performances at the historic Coral Gables Congregational Church will help relieve the seasonal South Florida drought of live music.
The [...]
Fri May 08, 2009
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New Frost program will put a stamp on ensemble musicianship
A unique scholarship program for exceptional students will be set up at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, thanks to a donation from [...]
Thu May 07, 2009
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MTT, New World wrap season with blazing Tchaikovsky
If April is the cruelest month, then perhaps May is the most populist—at least in terms of music programming in Miami, the better to attract [...]
Sun May 03, 2009
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A brief personal note
I announced in March on this site that I would be moving back to my hometown of Chicago to start up Chicago Classical Review, a [...]
Sat May 02, 2009
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Miami Symphony wraps season with music of Spain and the spheres
The final program of the Miami Symphony Orchestra’s 20th anniversary season reflects the ensemble’s past as well as its present, evolving status. Guitarist Angel Romero, [...]
Sat May 02, 2009
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May Calendar
May 31
Holocaust remembrance concert
Violinist Misha Vitenson; violist Michael Klotz; cellist Amit Peled; pianist Alon Goldstein
4 p.m. Gusman Concert Hall, Coral Gables
www.sundaymusicals.org. Ticketmaster: 305-358-5885; 954-523-3309; 561-966-3309.
Fri May 01, 2009
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