August 29, 2012
Howard Reich
Just moments after Wynton Marsalis took the stage of Orchestra Hall on Tuesday night he addressed a subject on many people’s minds: Chicago tenor saxophonist Von Freeman, who died earlier this month at age 88.
“He was a legend,” Marsalis told a crowded… Read More >
By Jeffrey Rossman
December 9, 2011 – Chapel Hill, NC
Unless you have been holed up in an underground bunker for the past two months with no access to the outside world, by now you would have been subjected to a relentless onslaught of arrangements of Christmas music, much of it ranging from… Read More >
By Roy Kasten Wed.
April 11 2012
“It’s safe to say that of all the ambassadors for old-time music — from Bill Monroe to Pete Seeger to Ralph Stanley — Abigail Washburn has had, through her passion for and knowledge of China, the most remarkable of international impacts. At… Read More >
By C.J. Gianakaris
KALAMAZOO – Radu Lupu may not be a household name in this locale. That should change after Monday nightÂ’s spellbinding performance by the Romanian-born pianist. Lupu played before a sold-out Chenery Auditorium for the Gilmore Piano Masters Series, performing two works by… Read More >
Rian Evans
For his piano recital at St George’s, the Romanian Radu Lupu chose an all-Schumann programme. As always, Lupu’s demeanour was quite unlike that of any other pianist. Leaning right back in his chair, apparently nonchalant, he invested Schumann’s melodies with a… Read More >