Tag Archives: Leonard Rose

May 4 2012

CBC blog post : Letter to my teacher: Matt Haimovitz

May 3, 2012

On the first Monday in May each year, schools across Canada celebrate the impact of music and music education with Music Monday. To mark the occasion, we invited several prominent Canadian musicians across a variety of genres to pen a letter to a music teacher who has greatly influenced their career. Then, when possible, we spoke to the teacher about the letter.

Here, cellist Matt Haimovitz writes to his teacher, the late Leonard Rose, former principal cello of the Cleveland Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. Haimovitz was in Rose’s final group of students at the Juilliard School in New York City. Rose died of leukemia on Nov. 16, 1984.

Dear Mr. Rose,

I will never forget our first lesson. Continue reading →

May 5 2011

Cape Cod Times: Cellist Matt Haimovitz takes offbeat career path

May 5, 2011

Matt Haimovitz plays cello in nightclubs, coffeehouses, dives and roadside joints. And also in concert halls, as he will Saturday and Sunday with the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra. A child prodigy who was once called “the greatest talent I’ve ever taught” by Continue reading →

Apr 29 2011

The Barnstable Patriot: On The Road To Cape Cod

April 29, 2011

Next weekend, May 7 and 8, the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra performs the last concert of the season, “The Fabric of America,” with William Schuman’s New England Triptych: Three Pieces for Orchestra after William Billings; Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring: Suite and Lincoln Portrait; and Continue reading →

Nov 17 2010

Columbia Free Times: Cellist Matt Haimovitz Plays Southern Exposure Series

November 17, 2010

When last we heard Matt Haimovitz’s cello, it was scratching and scraping through a gloriously raucous rendition of Jimi Hendrix’s own rendering of “The Star Spangled Banner.” For more than five concentrated minutes, Haimovitz wrenched every last idiomatic drop from his 300-year-old instrument. To the underage punks outside on State Street, it no doubt sounded like Continue reading →

May 4 2010

The Republican: Cellist to ‘jazz’ it up for hungry

May 4, 2010

Cellist Matt Haimovitz has an innovative approach to music, and he is bringing his talent to Western Massachusetts to benefit two organizations that help the hungry.

Renowned internationally for his performances aimed at popularizing classical music, Haimovitz will perform with Continue reading →

Apr 22 2010

JewishLedger.com: Q & A with Matt Haimovitz – Cellist’s repertoire spans Bach to Hendrix

April 22, 2010

Israeli-born cellist Matt Haimovitz — an  acclaimed virtuoso whose eclectic repertoire spans Bach to Bartók to Jimi Hendrix — will grace the stages of two local venues in May, performing benefit concerts for Rachel’s Table and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. Continue reading →

Mar 11 2010

Lincoln Journal Star: Cellist goes for diversity

March 11, 2010

Every time Matt Haimovitz plays Beethoven’s Opus 95, it takes him back to when he was 16 and auditioning for the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. Continue reading →

Mar 11 2010

Daily Nebraskan: World famous cellist to perform at Sheldon Museum

March 11, 2010

Listening to classical music is an  emotion-soaked experience that leaves your heart racing one second and  nearly  lulls you into a state of euphoria the next.

On Friday, world renowned cellist Matt  Haimovitz comes to the Sheldon Museum of Art, with a few friends, to  demonstrate what live classical music can sound like in the hands of  one of the imminent players of  our time. Continue reading →

Oct 16 2009

Time Out Chicago: Figment – CD Review

October 16, 2009

Photo by Martin Laporte

In the ’80s, a teenage Matt Haimovitz studied at Juilliard under the tutelage of Leonard Rose. In 2002, the Israeli-born cellist booked the first classical gig at New York’s renowned punk sweat-hole CBGB’s; sandwiched between bar bands on the bill, he played Bach. That should give you an idea of the sensibilities of a ferociously skilled player hoping to Continue reading →