Last December, Roy Thomson Hall presented a high-profile concert by “Itzhak Perlman and Friends” (the friends being pianists Emanuel Ax and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the Juilliard String Quartet). The first piece on the program was a Baroque sonata for two violins by Jean-Marie ...
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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...
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...
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: ...
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...
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...
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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...
