Today the Amernet String Quartet reveals the final product of a monumental recording project of Alabama String Quartets which began several seasons ago. The two-album collection, released by MSR classics and presented by the Birmingham Art Music Alliance, contains works by fourteen living Alabama composers, all performed by the Amernet. Learn more about the recording here and listen to the tracks here.
Read MorePianist David Fung will perform at the new series Live From Elm Court’s inaugural concert on September 10 together with countertenor Daniel Moody. Recorded at the former Phillip’s Mansion in Butler, PA, this series gives a look into the iconic home and showcases young talent.
You can enjoy the performance here.
Read MoreIn honor of its 10th anniversary, the Lysander Piano Trio will release an album of world premiere recordings, “Mirrors,” with First Hand Records this November. Planned for several years, the disc will contain new American trios commissioned or premiered by the TRio and its members, with works by Jennifer Higdon, Sofia Belimove, Jakub Ciupinski, Gilad Cohen, William David Cooper, and Reinaldo Moya.
Jakub Ciupinski's "The Black Mirror" will come out as a digital single one week before the physical release of the recording. More info here.
Read MoreIn August 2020, the Steinway & Sons label released its newest recording by David Fung. Following the success of his all-Mozart release in July 2019, the Transcendent Beethoven album features the composer’s 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 and Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110. Visit here for more information, to stream several tracks, and to read the glowing reviews.
Read MoreArnaud Sussmann’s feature as part of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Front Row Series, originally video-streamed on June 28 by CMS, will now be shared by presenters around the US as part of the expanded CMS Front Row: National digital initiative for presenters to stay connected with audiences. Arnaud’s profile includes an in-depth look into his life in the early days of the pandemic as well as CMS performances of Bach and Chausson in which he is featured. For more information and a list of participating presenters, see here.
Read MoreThe newest album exclusively featuring Jonathan Leshnoff’s chamber music was released by MSR Classics on Amazon on July 15. The disc features the world premiere recordings of three of Leshnoff’s works for string quartet, all performed by the Carpe Diem String Quartet. The album’s official release date is August 7, but the recording can be obtained on Amazon now here.
Read MoreThe celebrated Bravo! Vail Music Festival in Colorado has safely redesigned its summer season to include both live and virtual performances for its festival July 16-August 6. Artistic Director and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott and violist Paul Neubauer, who together make up 2/3 of the SPA Trio, kick off the performance festivities on July 16 with a live opening concert with limited seating at Vail’s Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. The performance will be live-streamed for free as well. You can find more information here.
On July 23, Paul and his wife (a first violinist with the New York Philharmonic) and children (both Kovner fellows and violin students at the Juilliard School) will perform a quartet together on a program between performances by the Dover Quartet.
Read MoreOn July 9 at 7pm EDT, the Detroit Symphony will air a free video-streamed watch party in celebration of its 100th anniversary season at Orchestra Hall. The program includes a performance of Bach’s Concerto for 3 Keyboards in C Major featuring pianist David Fung together with Christina and Michelle Naughton that they gave with the DSO under the baton of Michael Francis in October 2019. You can watch on the DSO website here or Facebook here (only available live).
Read MoreViolinist Danbi Um will be featured on WQXR on July 8 as part of a virtual broadcast gala with esteemed young artists from Salon de Virtuosi. Danbi won a prestigious Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant in 2018.
Danbi performs Strauss’ E-flat Major violin sonata together with pianist Eri Kang on the program. You can view more details from the broadcast here.
Read MoreThe Lysander Piano Trio will be featured on Performance Today’s show on Thursday, June 25. The second hour of the program will include the Trio’s performance of Debussy’s Piano Trio in G Major from its performance at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at Clemson University in January 2019.
The broadcast will be available on the PT website beginning 9am EST on June 25 and for 30 days following.
Read MoreOn Sunday June 28 at 5pm EST, violinist Arnaud Sussmann will be featured by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on its new Artist Series, a part of the organization’s CMS Front Row initiative. Tune in for a personal look at Arnaud's life in NYC over the past few months, a CMS performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and the Chausson Concerto featuring Arnaud, and a live Q&A at the end of the hour with Arnaud moderated by CMS Co-Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han. The profile will be available on-demand for just one week after Sunday's video-stream. View it here.
Read MoreOn Saturday, June 27 at 7pm PST, Chamber Music Northwest will launch Live from NY featuring exclusive performances from the living rooms of internationally acclaimed artists. The first episode will showcase violist Paul Neubauer and his virtuoso family (including wife Kerry McDermott on piano and children Clara and Oliver Neubauer on violin) performing quartets by Bach, Söchting, Bacewicz, Schumann, and others. Learn more here and watch here (only available through June 28).
Read MoreOn Sunday, June 21 at 11am EST (5pm CET), pianist Einav Yarden gives a full recital to an empty audience at Villa Seligmann in Hannover, Germany. The video-stream of the program, including works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schoenberg, and Lior Navok, will be available worldwide for 24 hours. You can find it on Villa Seligmann’s YouTube page here.
Read MorePianist David Fung will be featured on the WQXR’s Second Annual Pride Show on June 18. Originally scheduled as an event at The Greene Space in NYC, the program will now be video-streamed with an impressive list of artists including, among others, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Sara Davis Buechner, Davóne Tines, and MazzMuse. One of Fung’s featured works will include a performance together with his partner, countertenor Daniel Moody. Explore more here and view the performance here.
Read MoreThe Amernet String Quartet enjoyed a mini residency with students at Tufts University March 9-10. While the quartet’s open rehearsal and final concert on March 11 was canceled due to the campus closure for the COVID-19 pandemic, it was scheduled to include Benjamin Britten's String Quartet No. 2 (1945), Bernard Rands String Quartet No. 2 (1994), and the Boston Premiere of Tufts faculty member Kareem Roustom's String Quartet No. 1: Shades of Night (2018).
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