All reviews were reprinted by permission of Fanfare Magazine. Let’s be clear from the off: Wants List material. Malaysian-born in 1966, Su Lian Tan has a uniquely expressive voice. My colleague Barnaby Rayfield, interviewing Tan in Fanfare 34:4, waxed lyrical about Tan’s achievements (FTCL, or Fellow of Trinity College, London, by age 17; postgraduate degreesContinue reading “Fanfare Magazine reviews Revelations, music of Su Lian Tan”
Category Archives: Instrumental
World Premiere at Wintergreen Music Festival — Daron Hagen
Wintergreen Summer Music Academy faculty members violoncellist Sarah Kapps and pianist Peter Marshall will give the world premiere Daron Hagen‘s Sonata for Cello and Piano as part of the 2017 Wintergreen Music Festival. The performance is scheduled for July 27, 2017. To learn more about the concert, click here. Cellist Sarah Kapps has an active and diverseContinue reading “World Premiere at Wintergreen Music Festival — Daron Hagen”
Apple Hill String Quartet performs Kareem Roustom
The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music celebrates their 47th year with a Gala Fundraiser concert on July 25, 2017, featuring a performance of Traces by Kareem Roustom. The work, originally co-commissioned in 2013 by the Apple Hill Center, will be performed by the Apple Hill String Quartet, Kinan Azmeh (clarinet), and Sally Pinkas (piano). TheContinue reading “Apple Hill String Quartet performs Kareem Roustom”
Telos Trio performs commissioned work by Gwyneth Walker – Equality Now!
The Telos Trio hosted a concert titled “Equality Now: Celebrating the New York State Centennial of Women’s Suffrage” in Seneca Falls, NY. The highlight of the concert was Gwyneth Walker‘s Equality Now!, commissioned and premiered by the ensemble. The lively work is a celebration of the first Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls in 1848. The six-movementContinue reading “Telos Trio performs commissioned work by Gwyneth Walker – Equality Now!”
Kareem Roustom’s work for solo clarinet & electronics to receive European premiere: Pierre Boulez Saal
Fellow composers and clarinetists Jörg Widmann and Kinan Azmeh will lead audiences on a musical journey of discovery through three centuries, in a program that will include works from three continents by Mozart, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Elliot Carter, Steve Reich, Solhi al-Wadi, and Kareem Roustom, as well as Widmann and Azmeh. Kareem Roustom‘s A Muffled Scream forContinue reading “Kareem Roustom’s work for solo clarinet & electronics to receive European premiere: Pierre Boulez Saal”
Consonance-Dissonance: ACLU Fundraising Concert includes work by Kareem Roustom
Kareem Roustom‘s Buhur for clarinet and string trio will receive its West Cost Premiere in a benefit concert and exhibit in Los Angeles, CA scheduled for June 21, 2017. The program will also feature music of Golijov, Palestrina, Shostakovich, and Villa-Lobos in an eclectic program alongside a painting exhibit by Guy Walker. All proceeds raised will beContinue reading “Consonance-Dissonance: ACLU Fundraising Concert includes work by Kareem Roustom”
Kareem Roustom: Dutch premiere by New European Ensemble
Oriental Landscapes is a five-city contemporary oriental music festival. The artistic vision of Oriental Landscapes reflects on the history of oriental music and searches for a common ground for the future of shared musical heritage. On the 17th of June Oriental Landscapes travels to Utrecht, and presents a mini festival in Hertz and the K.F.Continue reading “Kareem Roustom: Dutch premiere by New European Ensemble “
Clare Shore – commission for flute & piano
Clare Shore has been commissioned by a consortium of three USA flutists, Tammy Evans Yonce (Midwest), Cathie Apple (West Coast), and Misty Theisen (East Coast) to write a work for flute and piano. Clare Shore, the second woman to earn the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from The Juilliard School (1984), has receivedContinue reading “Clare Shore – commission for flute & piano”
Misterioso for Koto & Cello (World Premiere) — Daron Hagen
World premiere by Duo YUMENO of the newly-commissioned work “Misterioso” in the “Song of Heike” cycle of duos. Internationally acclaimed Duo YUMENO premiered Daron Hagen‘s third work in the multi-year, four-part Songs of Helke cycle of duos for koto and violoncello commissioned from the composer. Performances include: April 1, 2017 (Washington D.C.) April 30, 2017 (Chicago, IL) MayContinue reading “Misterioso for Koto & Cello (World Premiere) — Daron Hagen”
John David Earnest – Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival commission & premiere
John David Earnest‘s Commedia Gallery (2011) for flute, harp, and viola was both commissioned and premiered by the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival. The performance took place June 10, 2017. Founded in 2007 by Artistic Director, Timothy Christie, the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival (WWCMF) is held in the rolling landscape of vineyards and farmland of WallaContinue reading “John David Earnest – Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival commission & premiere”
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