Chelsea Music Festival features music by Edmund Finnis alongside Fanny and Felix
Tonight, June 28, 2022, the Chelsea Music Festival in New York City brings their annual festival to a close. The theme of the festival is, “Not Without You,” and the…
Vadim Neselovskyi – Odesa (CD Review)
Vadim Neselovskyi Odesa Sunnyside Records Jazz pianist Vadim Neselovskyi was born in Ukraine. He moved to the US to study at Berklee and has since joined its faculty, splitting…
Ojai Music Festival – McIntosh and Aucoin
On Saturday, June11, 2022 the Ojai Music Festival evening concert featured Little Jimmy, by Andrew McIntosh along with Deep Water Trawling and Family Dinner, both by Matthew Aucoin. The Libbey…
Žibuoklê Martinaitytê – Ex Tenebris Lux (CD Review)
Žibuoklê Martinaitytê Ex Tenebris Lux Pavel Gunter, percussion; Rokas Vaitkevičius, cello Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Karolis Variakojis, conductor Ondine Ex Tenebris Lux is the second portrait recording in as many…
Ojai Music Festival – Julius Eastman
The 75th anniversary edition of the Ojai Music Festival opened on June 9 and ran through June 12, 2022. A full program was scheduled by Music Director Zack Winokur including…
Ian Dicke – Roman
On June 4 and 5, the Synchromy Opera Festival presented two world premieres that explored the impact of modern technology on human relationships. The first of these, The Double, by…
Steve Reich – Reich/Richter CD Review
Steve Reich Reich/Richter Ensemble Intercontemporain, George Jackson, conductor Nonesuch Steve Reich has long admired the artwork of Gerhard Richter, whose abstraction and ties to minimalism seem tailor-made for a…
Vera Ivanova – The Double
The much-anticipated Synchromy Opera Festival was presented at Boston Court, Pasadena, over June 4 and 5, with two sold-out performances for a pair of world premiere productions. The Double, by…
Steven Schick – A Hard Rain (CD Review)
Steven Schick A Hard Rain Islandia Music Records Steven Schick is an extraordinary musician, best known as a percussionist but also a formidable conductor. After decades of performing all…
Wilfrido Terrazas – The Torres Cycle
New Focus Recordings has released The Torres Cycle, a new CD by Wilfrido Terrazas containing seven tracks of original music composed between 2014 and 2021. Subtitled ‘A Musical Ritual for…