Extractions: Laurie David is not your typical Think Globally, Act Locally sort of environmentalist. Her husband, Larry David, co- created Seinfeld , for one thing, and now stars in his own series, Curb Your Enthusiasm . And David herself travels in privileged Hollywood circles. But she flips their good fortune on its head, mining her connections to actors, producers and movie execs to advance populist environmental campaigns. Shes the engine behind the Detroit Project and its controversial anti-SUV ads, and without her, one Santa Monica dealership would not be leading the country in sales of Toyotas gas/electric hybrid, the Prius. DEBORAH VANKIN tells us how David puts celebrity activism in the drivers seat.
CD Review Arcadi Volodos Schubert Solo Piano Works (Sony CD Review arcadi volodos Schubert Solo Piano Works (Sony Classical On this CD,Russian pianist volodos opens with the composer's earliest effort, the Sonata http://www.redludwig.com/reviews/archive/032602.html
Extractions: CD Review: Arcadi Volodos: Schubert: Solo Piano Works (Sony Classical) Buy it here In his prodigious career, Schubert came late - in terms of pieces previously written - to the sonata as a means of expression. By the time he reached his greatest heights as a composer, he had not only mastered the form but developed a complex and exquisitely lyrical vocabulary for it. The E major is a problematic work in many ways, not the least of which is the tentative manner in which Schubert explores the form. Themes and phrases lack finesse, yet they are endowed with the inate musicality that marks his finer works. Volodos plays with an ease and assurance throughout, capturing what Schubert was trying to say without emphasizing the labors it takes to get through it. Conversely, on the G major , both pianist and composer reach a sublime state of expression in which the music unfolds with an almost improvisational spontaniety and eloquence.
Extractions: Home In the Spotlight March 23, 2003 24 Hour Party People Motion Picture Soundtrack Available as CD Reserve this Title Baffling Smoke Signals: The Upsetters Shop Volume 3 Perhaps the most intriguing character in the history of reggae music is Lee "Scratch" Perry. When Perry's Black Ark Studios was gutted by fire, it was the Jamaican equivalent of Sun Studio or Motown being incinerated. What music survived was a decidedly mixed bag; perhaps a fitting metaphor for the mysterious, mercurialsome would say half-madPerry himself. The dozen tracks here (almost all previously unreleased) hail from Black Ark's 1976 to '78 prime, a fertile period when Perry's studio dub mastery was at its zenith. and had already entrenched him as an influential touchstone amongst pop trend makers on both sides of the Atlantic. Available as CD Reserve this Title LSO LIVE Shostakovich Symphony No 11 by the London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor (notes from CD booklet) Available as CD Reserve this Title Tao of Peace Tao of Peace Available as CD Reserve this Title West Coast: 1945-1949 by Charles Mingus Available as CD Reserve this Title Music Archive March 23, 2003
StereoTimes -- Strictly On The Record By Igor Kipnis The increasingly popular Russian pianist, arcadi volodos, has also recorded the RachmaninoffThird Concerto live with James Levine and the Berlin Philharmonic http://www.stereotimes.com/mr122900.shtm
Press Releases SYMPHONY HALL View full release Click to view photos arcadi volodos January 10 JasonDanieley Rita Moreno Marin Mazzie November 1, 2002 pianist ALICIA DE http://staging.sfsymphony.org/templates/router.asp?nodeid=2015
PIANOnews Leseprobe Translate this page ein Lehrer durch dessen Schule pianisten wie arcadi volodos, Nikolai Demidenko ermehr als Professor und Lehrer von Meisterkursen bekannt, denn als pianist. http://www.pianonews.de/leseprobeaktuell5.htm
Extractions: Studiert hat Dmitri Bashkirow in Moskau, wie könnte es anders sein. Bei so renommierten Namen wie Anastasia Wirssaladse und noch fünf Jahre bei dem legendären Alexander Goldenweiser. 1955 gewann er in Paris den Marguerite Long Wettbewerb und startete damit, damals mit 24 Jahren, seine internationale Karriere. Das war sein einziger Wettbewerb. Und heute: Haben sich die Wettbewerbe seither verändert? "Ich hasse Wettbewerbe. Damals wollte die russische Regierung, dass ich nach diesem Wettbewerbsgewinn in Paris weitere Wettbewerbe spiele, den Tschaikowsky-Wettbewerb beispielsweise. Ich sagte: niemals. Einmal habe ich Glück gehabt. Das waren aber andere Zeiten." Und wie genau haben sich die Zeiten geändert? "Ach wissen Sie, heute sind die Studenten, die an Wettbewerben teilnehmen so verbissen. Sie kennen alle Jurymitglieder, kennen die Geschichte des Wettbewerbs und so weiter. Ich bin damals einfach hingefahren und dachte: entweder es klappt oder nicht." Noch später erinnerten sich andere Teilnehmer dieses Wettbewerbs, dass allein Bashkirow auch vor der Bekanntgabe der Preise vollkommen entspannt war.
CBC Radio Two In Performance, March 2001 Listings 8 in G Major. Wednesday, March 14. From the Chan Centre in Vancouver,.pianist arcadi volodos. Alexander Scriabin,Enigma from three Pieces, op. http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/inperformance/01Mar/01Mar_listing.html
Extractions: March 2001 A Millennium of Music Part V: The 20th century The last in the five-part series features as panelists the composers Peter Maxwell Davies and Gary Kulesha as well as Tim Page , music critic and editor of the Glenn Gould Reader From Pollack Hall in Montreal A "Recorder Retrospective" Some of Montreal's best recorder players, supported by strings and percussion, present a thousand years of music for the recorder. Includes works by Byrd, Vivaldi, Libre Vermeil, Maute and Andriessen. From Vancouver Playhouse, Hornist Martin Hackleman and pianist Kelly Kerr Beethoven, Sonata for horn and piano
SoundStage! Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 Concerto No.3 Berlin Philharmonic; James Levine, conductor; arcadi volodos, pianoSony suggests that Rachmaninoff himself a giant of a pianist, with hands http://www.soundstage.com/music/reviews/rev308.htm
Extractions: srajan@soundstage.com Musical Performance Recording Quality Overall Enjoyment "Once in a blue moon..." "As rare as cracking an oyster and discovering a pearl inside..." "A sublime revelation…" Now that As reference, think Martha Argerich with her early Chopin performances. Think Anne-Sophie Mutter and her "Carmen-Fantasie," Corelli’s Concerti Grossi Op. 6 1-6 with the Philharmonia Baroque, or the complete Beethoven symphonies with Harnoncourt and The Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Bring to mind other recordings and performances that have become benchmarks against which newcomers are judged and measured. Now add this. GO BACK TO: Current Month's Music Reviews Archived Music Reviews
Artist Name arcadi volodos, piano Sunday, January 26, 2003, 730 PM. Program. Its exotic trillsand figurations call upon the pianist to make the instrument sing and soar. http://www.shriverconcerts.org/Volodos.html
Extractions: Sunday, January 26, 2003, 7:30 P.M Program Enigme, Op. 52, No. 2 (1907) Guirlandes, Op. 73, No. 2 (1914) Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 ("White Mass") (1911-1912) Alexander Scriabin Melodie in E major, Op. 3 (1940) Prelude N. 14 in E major, Op. 32, No. 3 (1910) Prelude N. 21 in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10 (1910) Prelude N. 16 in G major, Op. 32, No. 5 (1910) Prelude N. 11 in G-flat major, Op. 23, No. 10 (1903) Allegretto in E-flat minor, Op. 16, No. 2 (1940 revision?) Margaritki [Daisies], Op. 38, No. 3 (1916) Oriental Sketch in B-flat major (1917) Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 5 (1893-4, rev. 1940) Polka Italienne (1906) Sergei Rachmaninoff Sonata in A-flat major, D. 557 Franz Schubert Sonnet No. 123 (Petrarch), S158, No. 3 Consolation No. 6 in E major, S172, No. 6 Il penseroso, From Annees de Pelerinage , S161, No. 2
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter That said, arcadi volodos is its master that despite all his pained expressions, Mr.volodos never broke seats, curious to see what exactly the pianist was doing http://www.jhu.edu/~newslett/03-29-01/Arts/3.html
Extractions: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter Prokofiev's second piano concerto is more than just powerful. It can be a technical roadblock for many pianists. It requires iron stamina. And, as with any piece, it demands that the soloist be connected not only to the notes but to the nuances that lie within them. The Concerto in g minor holds tenderness, melancholy, fury and a quick humor. That said, Arcadi Volodos is its master. The second movement saw his fingers become incredibly flexible, flying through the non-stop sixteenth notes like miniature octopi on crack. He was all bit lip and concentration. At times, it seemed like the movement was an exercise, yet his control over the piece was unquestionable. The third movement deserved more phrasing and contrast; the orchestra could have been heavier, more robust. Mr. Volodos, again, took much care with his upward sweeps, grimacing; however, his return-trip glissandi were easily executed, his fingers supple and sure. The lower strings were exceptional in the last movement. Mr. Volodos continued to dazzle both technically and musically, looking as if he would burst the seams of his jacket or explode out of his chair. His background in voice and conducting could explain his lyricism and physical flair throughout the performance. Conductor James DePreist guided the orchestra effortlessly and with finesse, though they were not always together, particularly toward the ends of movements. The orchestra was clearly happy to perform the refreshing, enjoyable Prokofiev. It should be noted that despite all his pained expressions, Mr. Volodos never broke a sweat. The audience gave him a standing ovation.
James Levine, Artistic Director and they will also perform (with soloists Olga Borodina and arcadi volodos) at the responsibilitiesat The Met, Mr. Levine is a distinguished pianist and an http://www.metopera.org/levinebio.html
Extractions: Artistic Director In the 31 years since his Metropolitan Opera debut, Artistic Director James Levine has developed a relationship with that Company that is unparalleled in its history and unique in the musical world today. He conducted the first-ever Met performances of Mozart's Idomeneo and La Clemenza di Tito , Gershwin's Porgy and Bess , Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex , Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani I Lombardi and Stiffelio , Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny , Schoenberg's Erwartung and Moses und Aron , Berg's Lulu and Rossini's La Cenerentola , as well as the world premieres of John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles and John Harbison's The Great Gatsby ; all told, he has led two thousand performances of 75 different operas there. This season at the Met, he conducts 50 performances of 8 operas, including Andrea Chénier Elektra Die Entführung aus dem Serail , a new production of Les Troyens Nabucco Ariadne auf Naxos The Rake's Progress Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , and Opening Night's Gala performance.
Tonträgerbesprechung Translate this page v. arcadi volodos) arcadi volodos (Klavier), Berliner die Berliner Philharmoniker)geben volodos in den seinem Klavierspiel beschäftigter pianist nötig hat. http://www.klassik-heute.de/4DACTION/web_getTontraegerInfo/10578
Extractions: Mein perspektivisches Fazit: Man darf Volodos gratulieren, man sollte ihm aber auch alles Gute wünschen, klaren Kopf für den Aufbau seiner Karriere zu behalten. Diese begnadeten Finger gilt es für eine gedeihliche Zukunft zu schützen. Auch oder gerade den Plattenproduzenten sind dabei Pflichten auferlegt, denen sie sich um des schnellen Erfolgs willen allzu gerne entziehen. Wollen wir hoffen, daß sie in diesem Fall mit Umsicht Vermarktung und Betreuung als ein und dieselbe Sache betrachten.
The Seattle Times: Arts & Entertainment 13, 2003 Concert Review 'arcadi who?' A pianist this audience won't soon forgetYou couldn't guess from arcadi volodos' demeanor that a veritable tornado of http://datebook.seattletimes.nwsource.com/datebook/?MIval=ae_mov_vdetail&venue_c
Dan Mitchell: Concert List 800 pm. $33$48. 510-848-3696. pianist arcadi volodos - Davies Symphony Hall,201 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. 730 pm. $15-$69. 415-864-6000. http://faculty.deanza.fhda.edu/mitchell/music1/concertlist
Extractions: dan mitchell music department creative arts division ... de anza college List is compiled from a variety of sources including promotional materials, arts calendars, and online listings. Since the list is provided primarily for De Anza College music students, it may not be current when classes are not in session. Pacific Chamber Symphony - Pianist Dennis Pascal. Piano Concerto in G (Ravel); Symphony in C (Bizet); Premier work for piano and chamber symphony (Bruno Coulais). Performing Arts Center, 25555 Hesperian, Hayward. 8:00 pm. $15-430. 925-484-9783. Pacific Chamber Symphony - Pianist Dennis Pascal. Piano Concerto in G (Ravel); Symphony in C (Bizet); Premier work for piano and chamber symphony (Bruno Coulais). Chabot College, 2555 Hesperian Blvd., Hayward. 3:00 pm. $15-430. 510-352-3945. Pacific Chamber Symphony - Pianist Dennis Pascal. Piano Concerto in G (Ravel); Symphony in C (Bizet); Premier work for piano and chamber symphony (Bruno Coulais). Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness at McAllister, San Francisco. 8:00 pm. $15-430. 415-392-4400. Sunday, April 13
Olli Mustonen: Mannerism Over Music The young Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen is one of the classical provocative CroationIvo Pogorelich and the flamboyant Russian arcadi volodos, Mustonen uses http://www.scena.org/columns/anson/010112-PA-Mustonen.html
Extractions: Jan. 12, 2001 The young Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen is one of the classical piano world's new brat pack who seem to be trying to redefine classical pianism through willful "derangement of the senses", to use a Rimbaudesque phrase. Listening to these technically impeccable performers, one wonders if their experimentation is motivated by boredom with the old or fascination with the new. Along with the provocative Croation Ivo Pogorelich and the flamboyant Russian Arcadi Volodos, Mustonen uses the score as a springboard for his own aleatory experiments with tempo, phrasing, and dynamics. I guess Glenn Gould is the father of this eccentric school of young rebels who wilfully alienate conservative listeners, while building a small but vociferous following among the cognoscenti. Pogorelich's slow tempos and weird silences turn his concerts into sessions of mental torture or sublime zen meditation, depending on your expectations. Volodos is the idiot savant of the Steinway, performing astounding digital acrobatics that verge on a circus act.
