concert review

Festival Miami puts on the Ritz

by Alan Becker
The Ritz Chamber Players, founded in 2002, is a group of African-American musicians dedicated to the exploration of the black heritage in classical [...]

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Sat Oct 11, 2008
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Corigliano premiere opens Festival Miami with brassy power

By age 25, most young people are moving out of the house, striking out on their own, and starting new futures. So too has Festival [...]

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Fri Oct 10, 2008
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African rhythms and musical sonograms

The experimental music scene in Miami is fairly circumscribed, compared to larger music centers like New York, Chicago or San Francisco. Yet, amazingly for a [...]

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Tue Sep 30, 2008
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Seraphic Fire opens with Cuban Baroque

The world’s popular songbooks of the 20th and 21st centuries have been notably enriched by the music of Spanish America, but that’s far less true [...]

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Fri Sep 26, 2008
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A rare foray into Mexican classical music

Even in a Latin cultural milieu like Miami, rarely does one encounter the classical music of Mexico. Once in a great while, Silvestre Revueltas’ Sensemaya [...]

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Wed Sep 10, 2008
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Chamber Festival closing on several high notes

The Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival is concluding its four-week series on a high note, as demonstrated by the terrific concert Friday night at the [...]

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Sat Aug 02, 2008
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Cellist strikes a fire in Coral Gables

Gaps on the local classical music scene are so numerous, that one sometimes isn’t even aware of a specific absence until the void is filled. [...]

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Fri Aug 01, 2008
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A festive musical repast

The second program of the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival continues its juxtaposition of rarely heard music with more standard items. Once again, the Helen [...]

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Sat Jul 19, 2008
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Beethoven rarities spark Chamber Fest opener

The Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival is the perfect answer for listeners feeling concert deprivation during the summer doldrums. Each of the four weekend programs [...]

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Sat Jul 12, 2008
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