WABE: Cellist Pays Tribute To Bach Through Complex ‘Overtures’
October 4, 2016 Matt Haimovitz had a big idea with the passion and the work ethic to see it through; all he was lacking was the funding. The inventive and […]
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The Salt Lake Tribune: There’s room for cello on the musical menu at the U. of Utah
October 3, 2016 Courtesy | Steph Mackinnon Genre-busting cellist Matt Haimovitz, who will give a recital, a master class and a couple of pop-up performances at the University of […]
The Violin Channel: MEET THE PROS | Cellist Matt Haimovitz – VC 20 Questions [INTERVIEW]
September 24, 2016 The Violin Channel recently caught up with Israeli-born cellist Matt Haimovitz – in Montreal, Canada. We sat him down for a fun game of VC 20 Questions – to […]
Superconductor: Concert Review: A Journey in the Dark
September 26, 2016 Matt Haimovitz at The Crypt Sessions The cellist Matt Haimovitz is one of the mavericks of his instrument, breaking new ground with each commission for solo cello […]
CBC Music: Matt Haimovitz unveils 6 new Overtures to Bach
September 21, 2016 “Perhaps a handful of minds throughout history have had as profound an impact as Bach on future composers and thinkers,” muses Montreal cellist Matt Haimovitz. “Bach is […]
Duluth News Tribune: Review: DSSO doubles down on ‘new’ in opening season concert
September 17, 2016 The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra doubled-down on the first half of the New Perspectives title in their debut concert for the 2016-17 season. Saturdayevening at the DECC Symphony […]
La Scena Musicale: Review – Overtures to Bach: Matt Haimovitz (Pentatone Oxingale)
September 1, 2016 Recently named Pentatone’s Artist of the Season, Matt Haimovitz has never shied from making waves in performance or recording. The Montreal-based cellist has already proven his Bach […]
Duluth News Tribune: CLASSICALLY ECLECTIC: Accomplished cello player Matt Haimovitz joins DSSO for season opener
September 15, 2016 On Monday night, cellist Matt Haimovitz played a CD release show in a luthier space in Toronto. He was surrounded by instruments — cellos, violins, violas, he […]
My Classical Notes: OVERTURES to Bach
August 23, 2016 Performing artists are continuing to explore new ways to present their music. We have seen works by a contemporary composer joined with compositions from the 1700’s. We […]
The New York Times: Got a Classic Piece? Here Comes the Sequel.
August 19, 2016 “Composers have always wanted to fondle the pieces that they love,” John Adams, of “Nixon in China” fame, said in a recent interview. They have long borrowed […]
Classical-Modern Music: OVERTURES to Bach album review
August 26, 2016 If you do not know, Matt Haimovitz is that enormously talented, accomplished and daring more-or-less young cellist who has embarked on a series of brilliant, genre bending […]
Matt Haimovitz is PENTATONE’s artist of the season
The much praised and Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz has been named PENTATONE’s artist of the season during the months of August to November 2016! As PENTATONE’s Artist of the Season, Haimovitz […]
FEUILLETON der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung : Bach glüht
SONNTAG, 14. AUGUST 2016 im Bach glüht Alte Musik muss nicht in die Gegenwart übersetzt werden. Wenn Matt Haimovitz sie zum Klingen bringt, ist sie unser Jetzt Der Violoncellist Matt […]
The Buffalo News: Overtures to Bach Album Review
August 5, 2016 CLASSICAL Various Composers, Overtures to Bach performed by cellist Matt Haimovitz (Pentatone/Oxingale) Almost all cellists have personal relationships to Bach’s magnificent Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello. Matt […]
MusicWeb International: Schubert album review
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor D.821 [26:39] String Quintet in C major D.956 Op. post. 163 [50:11] Matt Haimovitz (cello), Itamar Golan (piano), Miró […]
OVERTURES to Bach
Available now! Matt Haimovitz’s continuously-evolving and intense engagement with the Bach Cello Suites reaches a new zenith with Overtures to Bach, six new commissions that anticipate and reflect each of […]
Oxingale Records 