Hamilton Spectator: Rocky’s rundown on JunoFest
March 11, 2015 Classical With all the pop fanfare of the awards’ telecast, people forget that the Junos has a highbrow element as well. The Church of St. John the […]
Category Archives: Concert Preview
Montreal Gazette: Seven Days, Seven Nights: The Damn Truth, Elephant Stone in a must-see show this week
March 11, 2015 Internationally acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley play an all-Beethoven program at Salle Bourgie (1339 Sherbrooke St. W.) at 7:30 p.m. This tour has them […]
Second Inversion: NEW VIDEOS: Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley at the Tractor Tavern
February 19, 2015 In case you missed these on Facebook and Twitter, be sure to check out these videos with Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley from the iconic Tractor Tavern in the […]
SF Examiner: Duo plays Beethoven as Beethoven would have wished
SF Examiner: Duo plays Beethoven as Beethoven would have wished
San Francisco Classical Voice: From the Top Loves the S.F. Conservatory
February 4, 2015 Christopher O’Riley, photo by Edy Perez It’s been a while, seven years, since the popular NPR musical talent show From the Tophas been back to San Francisco. […]
The Seattle Times: Next at the Tractor Tavern: fortepiano and cello
“There’s a whole world of color and articulation available when you’re not having to worry 80 percent of the time whether you’ll be heard or not,” he says of the period instruments’ superior blend. “If I had known 30 years ago what I know now, I wouldn’t have had to deal with the fact that the modern Steinway’s bass, as much as I love it, is at complete odds with a lot of Beethoven’s music. On the fortepiano, the bass is still penetrating, but the upper, lyric registers are much more singing.”
LA Daily News: Upcoming classical music events in the Los Angeles area
January 26, 2015 “Crossover” has become one of the hot buzzwords of the music scene in recent years as classical musicians seek to broaden their horizons by moving into non-classical […]
Ravalli Republic: Shuffle.Play.Listen: Pianist Matt Haimovitz and cellist Christopher O’Riley to perform at Hamilton PAC
November 20, 2014 “Shuffle.Play.Listen” is the program title of the upcoming concert by acclaimed pianist and host of NPR’s From the Top Christopher O’Riley and Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz, to […]
The Morning Call: Matt Haimovitz joins Allentown Symphony for Elgar Cello Concerto
An award-winning cellist joins an award-winning orchestra for an award-worthy program of music by Beethoven, Elgar and Sierra this weekend at Miller Symphony Hall.
Arts and Culture Blog, Atlanta: Locked-out Atlanta Symphony musicians to perform 3 concerts Friday and Tuesday
The locked-out players of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, billing themselves as ATL Symphony Musicians, will be presenting concerts on Friday and next Tuesday. Tuesday’s concert will be in the Dunwoody Methodist Church sanctuary and will feature cellist Matt Haimovitz. The program will feature Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major.
Coventry Telegraph: Celebrating pioneers of minimalism
April 4, 2014 A celebration of minimalist music takes place in Coventry this month when the Basel Symphony Orchestra calls in on the city as part of their first UK […]
Gazzettenet.com: Headliners: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O’Riley at UMass FAC: Local Vocal Chord Bowl at NHS
March 28, 2014 Mixing it up Cello virtuoso (and former Valley resident) Matt Haimovitz has long been a critic of what he calls the artificial and outmoded boundaries that divide […]
Cleveland Classical: Preview: Tuesday Musical to present A Far Cry with Matt Haimovitz on March 11
March 7, 2014 Cellist Matt Haimovitz will be the featured soloist with the Boston-based chamber orchestra, A Far Cry, on the Tuesday Musical Series at E.J. Thomas Hall in Akron […]
Kingston Whig-Standard: From Bach and Stravinsky to Arcade Fire
“I wanted to reach out to an audience that wasn’t coming to the concert hall,” Haimovitz said Wednesday over the phone from Tucson, Ariz., where he had been performing the night before. “I wanted to play music that was really important to me that wasn’t being presented in a concert hall.”
South Florida Classical Review: Cellist Haimovitz a late addition to New World concert
“What an amazing piece the Kurtag is!” said Haimovitz. “I did not know the Double Concerto. It’s an ingenious and complex microtonal score with each soloist in charge of an ensemble within the orchestra.
“I would have agreed to play it in Siberia….but I’ll take Miami.”
The Detroit News: Artists reimagine classical music for a contemporary audience
January 8, 2014 This weekend, the Chamber Music Society of Detroit presents a pair of noteworthy concerts with a couple of first-rate, and deliciously unconventional, musicians. Christopher O’Riley, in addition […]
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