Jonathan Leshnoff’s new work for symphony and chorus, Of Thee I Sing, had its world premiere by the Oklahoma City Philharmonic with Music Director Alexander Mickelthwaite on February 1st, 2020. The work was commissioned by the Oklahoma City Philharmonic (its first ever commission) together with the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.
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On January 29, violinist Danbi Um performed a recital for the esteemed Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at the Chicago Cultural Center. Joined by pianist Kuang-Hao Huang, Um’s recital consisted of works by Korngold, Bloch, Saint-Saëns, and Ravel and was aired and livestreamed on Chicago classical station WFMT.
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Pianist David Fung joined the esteemed Brentano String Quartet for performances of sonatas by Hindemith. Following a performance at Yale University on January 28, Fung graced the stage of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall on January 29 for a fantastic collaborative performance presented by Yale in New York.
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Violinist Arnaud Sussmann and violist Paul Neubauer returned this week from a tour throughout China and Taiwan with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. With performances in Taipei, Kaohsiung, and Nanjing, Sussmann and Neubauer were featured together with CMS Co-Artistic Directors Wu Han and David Finckel and violinist Paul Huang (who performed with Dinin Arts’ Danbi Um last month in Brevard). The November 30 Taipei performance featured Paul Neubauer giving the Taiwan Premiere of Shostakovich’s Impromptu for Viola and Piano, which was written in 1931.
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As part of Town Hall Seattle’s Town Music series, pianist David Fung collaborated with Artistic Director and cellist Joshua Roman and violinist Kristin Lee on November 25 to perform three piano trios. In addition to trios by Mendelssohn and Ravel, the musicians gave the world premiere of a new piano trio by Indian-American composer Reena Esmail.
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This spring’s Naxos all-Leshnoff's release was nominated for a 2020 GRAMMY for Best Classical Compendium. The recording, featuring the Nashville Symphony and Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, includes pLeshnoff’s Starburst, Guitar Concerto with Jason Vieaux, and NSO-commissioned Symphony No. 4, “Heichalos.”
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On November 3, the Brevard Philharmonic featured violinists Danbi Um and Paul Huang on a unique program featuring violin duos for orchestra. The frequently collaborating violinists, who have played in Brevard before, brought the crowd to its feet in their performance of Moszkowski’s Suite for Two Violins and Sarasate’s Navarra. The pair’s next performance together will be at Wolf Trap on Valentine’s Day.
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The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach just announced the appointment of French-born violin virtuoso, Arnaud Sussmann as its new Artistic Director – effective immediately.
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For its opening weekend celebrating the 100th anniversary of Detroit’s Orchestra Hall, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra featured pianist David Fung October 4-6 in a historic program mirroring the orchestra’s very first 1919 program.
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On September 21, the esteemed Steinway Series at Silo Hill in Phoenix, MD opened its season with pianist Yury Shadrin in a sold-out performance featuring solo and duo works with his partner, Tian Lu.
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The Amernet String Quartet concludes the 2018-19 season with a series of performances in the Tri-State Area. Following a performances at Chestnut Hill Concerts with cellist Ronald Thomas and violist Vivek Kamath on August 9, the quartet returned to Bargemusic on the Brooklyn waters for a program of works by Beethoven, Dvořák, and Daniel Asia. The quartet will be back in New York on August 19 for a performance at Maverick Concerts in Woodstock in a performance including the quartet’s transcription of Beethoven’s “Pathetique” Sonata. More information on the quartet’s Maverick performance can be found here.
Read MoreYury Shadrin ended his 2018-19 season of recitals as part of Andras Schiff's Building Bridges program with solo performances in June and July at Konzerthaus in Berlin and Beethovenhaus in Bonn (with Sir Schiff present). Shadrin also gave duo recitals earlier in June in the Czech Republic with Lukáš Vondráček.
Read MoreJonathan Leshnoff's Symphony No. 4, "Heichalos," which the Nashville Symphony premiered in March 2018, had its subsequent performance in Nashville May 31-June 3, 2019. The final performance took place during the annual League of American Orchestras conference, introducing the powerful work to a vast array of industry leaders. The concert followed by a CD signing with the new all-Leshnoff release by Naxos, accompanied by one of the Violins of Hope.
Read MoreFollowing a rousing performance home at Alice Tully Hall, Arnaud Sussmann and four other members of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center traveled across five cities in Europe performing Brett Dean's revolutionary new quartet, Seven Signals, and works by Beethoven, Debussy, and Brahms.
Read MoreOn May 2, 2019, Naxos will release a recording featuring three works by Jonathan Leshnoff performed by the Nashville Symphony and Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero. The collection will feature Leshnoff’s popular concert opener Starburst, his Guitar Concerto featuring Jason Vieaux, and the world premiere recording o his Symphony No. 4 “Heichalos” featuring the Violins of Hope, restored instruments played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust.
Read MoreThis month, Shadrin gave an engaging master class for piano students at London’s Royal Conservatory of Music, then performed the second installment of his Building Bridges recital program at Kartause Ittingen in Switzerland.
Read MoreThe Amernet String Quartet returned to Pro Musica in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in January for two acclaimed performances featuring the music of Mozart, Dohnányi, Beethoven, Dvořák, and Schubert.
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