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New Mahler biography complete at last
Gustav Mahler: The Arduous Road to Vienna (1860 – 1897) by Henry-Louis de La Grange, completed, revised and edited by Sybille Werner. Pub. Brepols N.V., 809 pp. ISBN: 978-2-503-58814-8 By Stephen Cera Henry-Louis de La Grange was smitten with Mahler’s mus...
Remembering Barry Tuckwell, French horn
By Stephen Cera I was saddened today to learn of the death of Barry Tuckwell in his native Australia, at the age of 88. He was the preeminent French horn player since the death of Dennis Brain in 1957. Tuckwell came to the UK from his native Australia in 1951, age 19, and...
Making an Old Instrument Sound New Again
By Stephen Cera The latest release from new-music pianist Kathleen Supové is called “Eye to Ivory” and available on the Starkland label as a CD or download. Renewing her advocacy of contemporary works, she offers premiere recordings of pieces by five living composers: ...
Radu Lupu Retires from Concert Stage
by Stephen Cera Feelings of sadness, nostalgia and gratitude washed over me when I learned of the imminent retirement of pianist Radu Lupu, one of my favorites. Sadness, because it closes the book on a career lit by performances that fused poetry, inwardness, questing intel...
The Biggest Prize in the Piano World
by Stephen Cera I traveled to Ohio last summer to attend the Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition for pianists age 13 to 18, held in Oberlin and Cleveland. The jury awarded First Prize to Tony Siqi Yun, 17, from Toronto, whose final-round performance of Tchaiko...
From Chaos to Composure
https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/other-media/blog/general-music/28914-chaos-to-composure-cellist-erika-nielsen-grapples-with-music-and-mental-health...
NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR LIVE MUSIC
by Stephen Cera AJAX, Ontario – There’s nothing like hearing great chamber music performed by top musicians in a comfortable home setting. If the acoustics also happen to be fine, the experience can be as magical as that in a great hall, despite some obvious difference...
REMEMBERING ANDRÉ PREVIN (1929 – 2019)
by Stephen Cera He was one of the supreme boundary-crossing musicians. André Previn, who died on February 28 -- a few weeks short of his 90th birthday -- enjoyed early success in Hollywood. Yet this proved a mixed blessing in the transition to a more intense focus on cla...
