Category Archives: Pianists
Sunday Night: Lie Down with Bach
Katya Kramer-Lapin, a wonderful pianist finishing her doctorate at the IU Jacobs School of Music and one of my DePauw colleagues, is playing the Bach Goldberg Variations tonight (Sunday Nov. 13) in the beautiful Methodist church nestled in the heart … Continue reading
Sunday in the Bar with Johann and the Preschoolers
One of [le] poisson rouge‘s motto’s may be “serving art and alcohol,” but when Orli Shaham and company take the space over on Sunday, it’s only musical art being served, so bring your own . . . whatever. Not exotic … Continue reading
Filed under Baby Got Bach, Le Poisson Rouge, Orli Shaham
My mother, so present in her absence, at last night’s concert
“I’m not quite sure how to follow that!” The audience laughed. Nariaki Sugiura had just finished a virtuoso performance of Alan Jay Kernis’s Superstar Etude No. 1, a rock/classical mashup of a piece, which included Nariaki leaning over and using … Continue reading
Oh! I’m playing a concert tonight
Ha! I have a little block (maybe more than a little) when it comes to promoting my own concerts. So I’m just getting this up the afternoon of the show. Tonight, pianist Nariaki Sugiura and I play a recital as … Continue reading
Leon Fleisher and Jaime Laredo at the 92nd St Y; Inbal Segev and Fernando Otero at LPR
It really was a visit to the past, in a way, my trip to New York’s 92nd St Y to hear Leon Fleisher and Jaime Laredo. Just the night before, I’d been at [le] poisson rouge where I’d been experiencing … Continue reading
Baby Got Bach: My Inner Child Had Fun Along With the Real Kids
I don’t know when I’ve had more fun than I did at pianist Orli Shaham‘s sold-out Baby Got Bach event on Sunday April 3 at [le] poisson rouge. Talk about serving all audiences! This was aimed at the 3 to 6 … Continue reading
Filed under Baby Got Bach, Gil Shaham, Le Poisson Rouge, Orli Shaham
Winning at Roulette: An Evening Not for the Faint of Heart
After the Clogs/Brooklyn Youth Chorus Ecstatic Music Festival concert, I went into serious-cellist mode. Wednesday March 16, my performance with the International Street Cannibals, was looming. (It went well, and I was not eaten alive, thanks for asking, nor was … Continue reading
Sweet Plantain and Fernando Otero at 92Y Tribeca
Ugh! So behind again in posting. I gotta learn how to do a quick post about a concert I attend. On Friday March 11 at the 92nd St Y TriBeCa, the string quartet Sweet Plantain, as uncategorizable as it is … Continue reading
