04.14.99 - News Briefs Though his concerts at Zellerbach are long sold out, there is still a chancefor fans of classical pianist stephen kovacevich to hear his captivating http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1999/0414/briefs.html
Extractions: News Briefs Posted April 14, 1999 Nobelist Kenzaburo Oe Lectures April 19, 20 Kenzaburo Oe, novelist and 1994 Nobel Laureate, will deliver the inaugural Maruyama Lecture on Political Responsibility in the Modern World Monday, April 19 at 5 p.m. in the Lipman Room of Barrows Hall. Titled "The Language of Masao Maruyama," the lecture is named for the late preeminent political thinker of the postwar era in Japan and the inspiration for generations of students and scholars in East Asian political thought. On Tuesday, April 20 at 4 p.m. in 315 Wheeler Hall, Oe will explore how, as a Japanese writer, he is a product of his generation in his lecture, "From the Beginning to the Present, and Facing the End." The events are sponsored by the Center for Japanese Studies and the Townsend Center for the Humanities. For information, call 643-9670.
Montague National Symphony Orchestra (Washington,DC), a Norwegian military band, the HilliardEnsemble and soloist such as pianist stephen kovacevich and Marc Hamlin http://www.dreamspace-agis.com/webesp/montague.htm
Extractions: You need Quick Time Player, you may download it http://www.quicktime.com Stephen Montague was born and educated in USA, and he has lived in Europe since 1972, first in Warsaw as a Fulbright Scholar, and since 1974, in London where he is based as a free lance composer. He has written for all medium and his works have been performed by orchestras, chamber groups and soloist world wide. Recent events have included performances by The London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (Washington,DC), a Norwegian military band, the Hilliard Ensemble and soloist such as pianist Stephen Kovacevich and Marc Hamlin and percussionist, Evelyn Glennie. The music emanates from points throughout the space, but it is actually performed over a matrix of 16 loudspeakers installed out of sight of the public. The musical sounds are made both from the natural world like human voice, wood blocks and water, and from electronic sounds produced by computer. Bright Interiors III was created at EMS, the Electronic Music Studios of the University of Texas at Austin, while Montague was a guest professor at the university from January through May, 2000. It begins with sounds of breath from the natural world which are gradually transformed to something far beyond the original source. The 16 channels of sound work as a series of 8 one hour long 2 channel loops. Each loop is a different length which interacts differently with its neighbour as they get further and further out of sync in the course of a day run. The different loop lengths mean that they always interact with each other in a completely unique way and so provide an amazing variety of relationships analogous to the continually changing colour relationships found in the sculpture.
Extractions: Abel (the son of Adam and dear brother of Cain) â ACM (Association for Contempoeary Music) â Adam (the first man) â Adlam, Adrian (violin, conductor) â J Adorno, Theodor (critic) â Akhmatova, Anna (poet) â Alexandrov, Boris (composer) Alikhanov, Tigran (piano) â Alikhanova, Evgenia (violin) â Angus, David (conductor) â Arapov, Boris (composer) â Arden, Annabel (conductor) â J Arden, Jeremy (composer, conductor) â J Argerich, Marta (pianist) â Aris, Valerie (balletmeister) â Armengaud, Jean-Pierre (piano) â Arrangements â EF Artyomov, Vyacheslav (composer) â Ashbury, Stefan (conductor) â Atarov, Alexander (composer) â Austen, Jane (writer) â Baal Shem Tov (prophet) â Bach, J.S.â Bakhchiev, Alexander (piano) â Balasanian, Sergei (composer) â Ball, Andrew (piano) â Ballet scores â DS Barash (also Kotliarskaya, Pavlenko), Elena (musicologist) â Baroque Ensemble â Barsova, Inna (musicologist) â J Bartlett, Rosmund (musicologist) â Bart³k, Bela (composer) â Bashyo, Matsuo (poet) â
Stephen Montague- Chamber Music 2000 Music Making for Amateurs (COMA), London and soloists stephen kovacevich, EvelynGlenni a piano * electronics duo with the British pianist, Philip Mead Montague http://www.chambermusic2000.com/composer.php?c_id=36
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Reviews Sir Colin Davis, Seiji Ozawa, Alan Civil and stephen kovacevich (PENTATONE) Musicof superb budgetpriced CDs of historic recordings by pianist IGNAZ FRIEDMAN http://classicalcdreview.com/reviews.htm
Extractions: R E V I E W S To search this site click HERE Click an icon to read the review Most recent reviews are listed first NOTE: To be informed via e-mail of updates to this site, write to: bob@classicalcdreview.com and under "Subject" type "update." You will then be informed of recordings and features the same day they are uploaded. Your address will not be used for any other purpose. Major historic reissues of performances by superb singers of the past: American soprano Geraldine Farrar (rec. 1907-1909), French bass Pol Plançon (rec. 1903-1908) and Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin (rec. 1907-1936), all treasures for the collector (ROMOPHONE / NAXOS)
Highbury & Islington Express Hall where he will appear in recital with pianist Andrew Zolinsky and again on May24 at the town hall where he will join pianist stephen kovacevich and the http://www.islingtonexpress.co.uk/archived/2002/0510/HAM&HIGH FESTIVAL/p3.asp
Extractions: The Online Edition of the Home News Sport Arsenal Forum ... Subscribe The genius of these young musicians will blow you away, writes David Sonin The Hampstead and Highgate Festival is delighted that Julian will be making his official London debut with two recitals so that audiences can appreciate what an outstanding virtuoso he is. Julian has played several times for members of the Royal family at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle and he was featured recently in a three-part series on Channel Four entitled Gifted. Adrian is currently a postgraduate student at the Royal College of Music and aside from orchestral and chamber concerts, he performs regularly with the Testori Quartet. Next on stage will be Hampstead duo Gemma Rosefield, cello, and Inon Barnatan, both of whom are members of the Fidelio Piano Quartet, which has won a string of awards since it was founded in 2000. Gemma studies at the Royal Academy of Music, though she has appeared as a soloist and chamber player in the USA and on the Continent and has taken part in masterclasses with, among others, Ralph Kirshbaum, Yo-Yo Ma, Zara Nelsova, Garry Hoffman and Steven Isserlis.
Highbury & Islington Express can be perilous, though in stephen kovacevichs case kovacevich emphasised itsdisturbing nature, especially in wrote for the blind pianist Maria Theresia http://www.islingtonexpress.co.uk/archived/2002/0201/whatson/asp/muscitwo.asp
Extractions: The Online Edition of the Home News Sport Arsenal Forum ... Subscribe STEPHEN KOVACEVICH Either by choice or out of respect to the Earl and Countess of Wessex, who were in the audience, the piano was placed laterally across the stage and immediately seemed to put Kovacevich at a directorial disadvantage. However, under Kovacevich it moved from the opening chaconne with confidence. A beautifully crafted lyrical andante moved serenely to the robust third movement allegro, then on to the brilliant final chaconne with its swathe of references to Bach. Noteworthy During February and most of March its showcase series, the Phelps Piano Concerts, will switch from evenings to Sunday mornings.
The Cleveland Chamber Music Society - Concert Schedule background is fascinating his grandfather was the Russian pianist and composer Bell,Pamela Frank, stephen Hough, Olli Mustonen, stephen kovacevich and Tabea http://clevelandchambermusic.org/html/about_isserlis.html
Extractions: Steven Isserlis Steven Isserlis' cultural background is fascinating: his grandfather was the Russian pianist and composer Julius Isserlis, while his family tree has connections with Mendelssohn and Karl Marx. Today his artistic profile is characterised by a uniquely beautiful sound, a diverse choice of repertoire, a passion for finding neglected works, a talent for devising performances in which he gathers around him friends and musical colleagues such as Joshua Bell, Pamela Frank, Stephen Hough, Olli Mustonen, Stephen Kovacevich and Tabea Zimmermann, and above all, commitment to the music he plays. In 1998 he was awarded a CBE in recognition of his services to music. He is an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music, and in 1993 received both the Piatigorsky Award in the U.S. and the Royal Philharmonic Society Award. In the year 2000 he was awarded the Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau (Schumann's birthplace); previous recipients have included Gilels, Masur, Richter and Fischer-Dieskau. His busy concert schedule includes invitations from the greatest orchestras, such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Philharmonia and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Michael Tilson Thomas, Christoph Eschenbach, Roger Norrington, John Eliot Gardiner and Sir Colin Davis. Engagements this season include performances with Philharmonia, Camerata Salzburg, Boston Symphony and the London Symphony orchestras and a tour to Japan and the Far East with the Czech Philharmonic.
440hertz - The London Piano Recital Database 440hertz, Recitals are currently sorted by pianist, then by date, Sortby date. Sun 18 th May 03, stephen kovacevich Bach, Schumann, Beethoven,. http://www.440hertz.com/recitals/index_name.htm
Extractions: Program Notes for Artists Performing October 1, 2001 Katarina Karneus: Bio "the best singer in [the English National Opera's new production at the Coliseum of] Carmen is the Mercédès (Katarina Karneus, Cardiff Singer of the World, 1995)" Tom Sutcliffe, OPERA NEWS , January 6, 1996 "Destacó la mezzosoprano Katarina Karneus, que posee un tono excepcional; suave y potente a la vez." Nacho Gonzalez, Madrid In 1999 EMI released her first solo recital disc, of songs by Mahler, Strauss, and Marx, accompanied by Roger Vignoles, described in the Gramophone as "an outright winner….one of the most satisfying CDs of Lieder to appear in recent months," followed in 2000 with a recording, also on EMI, of Ravel’s Chansons Madecasses with Stephen Kovacevich, Emanuel Pahud and Truls Mørk.
Middlebury College Public Affairs MIDDLEBURY, Vt.stephen kovacevichs interpretations of Beethoven are worldrenownedand A concert pianist with a reputation for radical interpretations of http://www.middlebury.edu/~pubaff/news_2001/Kovacevich.html
Extractions: Beethoven to be interpreted by a master at Middlebury College After a recital in Kansas City a year ago, a Kansas City Star reviewer said Kovacevich "played so spontaneously that the piece sounded as if it were being composed before us." Kovacevich records exclusively for EMI International and recently recorded the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas. He has won prizes and received award nominations for his studio work, including a Grammy Award nomination for a Brahms recording and several Gramophone Awards. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for senior citizens. A pre-performance dinner will be held at 6 p.m. in Rehearsals Cafe in the Center for the Arts. For tickets or dinner reservations, call the College box office at 802-443-6433. end
Piano Talent Joins ASQ pianist stephen kovacevich will take part in his first chamber music collaborationin Australia this month when the Australian String Quartet (ASQ) presents http://www.adelaide.edu.au/pr/publications/inside_adelaide/2002/14oct/whatson/pi
Extractions: Facsimile: Pianist Stephen Kovacevich will take part in his first chamber music collaboration in Australia this month when the Australian String Quartet (ASQ) presents its last Season 2002 concert, Storm and Passion. Mr Kovacevich will join the ASQ (the University of Adelaide's, and Elder School of Music's, quartet-in-residence) to play Brahms' Quintet for Piano and Strings in F mInor, Opus 34, considered the composer's most epic chamber work. Other works on the program are Shostakovich's emotional String Quartet No 7, written at the end of his life, and String Quartet No 2 by Perth composer Roger Smalley. Smalley's piece was commissioned by the ASQ and premiered at the 2000 Adelaide Festival. ASQ - Storm and Passion
Bishop En Davis: één Met Brahms De samenwerking tussen de pianist stephen Bishopkovacevich en de dirigent ColinDavis in de zeventiger jaren heeft geleid tot opnames waar de Penguin CD-Guide http://www.nopapers.nl/km/muz2/1/muze0167.html
Extractions: Bishop veroorlooft zichzelf niet veel met betrekking tot temposchommelingen en andere vrijheden. Overigens kan bij de introverte indruk die hij mede daardoor wekt, zeker in dit eerste deel, de opname een rol spelen. De registratie is aan de timide kant en van Bishops gebruikelijke expressiviteit gaat het een en ander verloren in de enigszins benepen pianoklank. Eigenlijk wordt de pianist niet helemaal recht gedaan. De klank is overigens niet steeds onder de maat: tegen het einde van het eerste deel lijkt het geheel aan kracht en openheid te winnen. De opname is dus op de eerste plaats aan de onevenwichtige kant. Het fraaie tweede deel, waarin Brahms zijn overleden vriend Schumann herdacht, wordt wonderlijk mooi gespeeld. Ook hier doet de opname de musici iets te kort, maar bijvoorbeeld het zachte fluitspel staat er weer heel goed op. Wederom is het heilig ontzag van de uitvoerenden voor deze muziek hoorbaar. Juist in een van de glasheldere passages met fluit is er een moment dat er een hoge noot voor het einde van zijn duur verstikt. Nooit eerder heb ik zo'n mooie fout gehoord. Dit is, wat de Engelsen noemen, "live music making". Het is musiceren op het scherpst van de snede. Het Rondo laat Bishop en Davis op hun best horen. Net als in het eerste deel wordt er gespeeld in een bijna uitzonderlijk hoog tempo. Nergens wordt er ingehouden, en het welhaast Hongaarse dans-karakter is hier nog sterker aanwezig. Wie hier naar luistert, moet maar niet letten op de schelle opnameklank en het smalle orkestbeeld: men krijgt er voldoende in muziek voor terug. Ik heb de laatste tijd heel wat opnames gehoord van Brahms' eerste pianoconcert, maar nergens wordt er met een zo volkomen inzet gespeeld als hier. Bishop en Davis doen meer dan alleen Brahms spelen, ze herscheppen zijn muziek in de meest volstrekte zin van het woord. Bishops toegift, de Rhapsodie in b mineur, opus 79 nr.1, sluit mooi aan op het concert, naar keuze en naar speelwijze. De opname is van zeven jaar later en klinkt iets beter dan de voorgaande.
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Extractions: St Martin-in-the-Fields. Trafalgar Squ. WC2 Alfredo Perl Harrods International Piano Series Alfredo Perl Bach : Chromatic fantasia and fugue in D minor, BWV.903; Schoenberg: Suite Op.25; Bach: Partita No.1 in B flat, BWV.825; Liszt: 6 Bach Organ Prelude and Fugue transcriptions S.462 - No.1 in A minor (BWV.543); .: INTERVAL; Schubert: Piano Sonata in B flat, D.960
Belliere(krystian) In addition he was repetiteur/orchestral pianist for Opera Dolce This included undertakingintensive courses with Murray Perahia, stephen kovacevich and Alfred http://www.maslink.co.uk/cvs/keyboards/belliere(krystian).html
Extractions: Current work Recent work has also included being repetiteur for English Pocket Opera and for British Youth Opera's production of Mozart's 'Le Nozze di Figaro' at the Queen Elizabeth Hall during September 2002. In addition he was repetiteur/orchestral pianist for Opera Dolce Vita's production of Kurt Weill's 'Mahagonny' at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London during October 2001. He has now been appointed Musical Director for their upcoming performances of Viktor Ullmann's 'Der Kaiser von Atlantis' at the Bridewell Theatre. Background and musical education After winning the Hastings National Concerto Competition in 1993, he gave numerous performances throughout the South-East of England, including at the Brighton Festival and in the International Concert Series at the White Rock Pavilion, Hastings. In 1996 he was selected by the Keyboard Trust to give a 'showcase' recital at Steinway Hall, London leading to further engagements in Britain. Awards Hastings National Concerto Competition 1993 First Prize
Stephen Hough stephen Hough has emerged as a unique presence on the international concert scene orchestras,to a particular interest in unusual works by pianistcomposers of http://www.cramermarderartists.com/hough.htm
Extractions: pianist Jean-Philippe Collard pianist ... pianist Stephen Hough pianist CMA Home Page Photos Biography Recordings Click on each topic or scroll do wn to see complete information Biography January 2003 Stephen Hough Mr. Hough divides his time between homes in London and New York City. Since winning first prize in the Naumburg International Piano Competition in 1983, he has performed with most of the major American orchestras and with numerous European orchestras with conductors including Abbado, Dohnanyi, Dutoit, Gergiev, Levine, Rattle, Salonen, Temirkanov, Tilson Thomas and Vanska. Stephen Hough regularly gives recitals in major halls and series all over the world and has been a frequent guest at many international festivals including Aspen, Ravinia, Tanglewood, Blossom, the Hollywood Bowl, Mostly Mozart, Edinburgh, Salzburg and the Proms, where he has appeared over a dozen times. Record of the Year Record of the Year award was for his 1996 recording of concertos by Scharwenka and Sauer which also won Concerto Recording of the Year New York Variations (chosen as Best Classical CD of the Year by Time Visit www.stephenhough.com
The McGill Daily Brahms Back With a Vengeance Maestro Charles Dutoit and pianist stephen Kovacevichteam up to deliver outstanding performance at Place des Arts by Jonathan http://www.previewmysite.com/mcgilldaily.com/archives/november262001/culture02.h
Extractions: On a such a night, one might have hoped for a full house to witness this virtuosity. Nevertheless, Salle Wilfred-Pelletier looked to be at about 80 per cent capacity. In any genre of music, few can equal the power which a symphony orchestra can deliver in concert, let alone one with the skill of our own MSO.
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