August 6, 2012 For cellist Matt Haimovitz, everything is chamber music. “Even when I play by myself, it’s schizophrenic chamber music. I’ve got many voices going on at the same […]
July 17, 2012 Shuffle.Play.Listen — that’s the title of a Matt Haimovitz/Christopher O’Riley double CD, which I should have blogged about ages ago, especially after I heard Chris and Matt […]
June 13, 2012 Someone just asked me which has the better classical music scene – London or New York. It’s a tough call,
June 12, 2012 On Sunday afternoon, the Uccello ensemble visited Bargemusic, the floating chamber music venue on a coffee barge tucked under the Brooklyn Bridge. Led by Matt Haimovitz, the […]
June 8, 2012 ★ Bargemusic (Saturday and Sunday) There’s plenty of interesting performances this weekend at the Barge, the delightful floating concert hall.
May 17, 2012 KALAMAZOO, MI — How to be “on,” how to be beyond perfect, how to win. We all have those times where we have to get through immense […]
May 11, 2012 It has been an eventful few months for cellist Matt Haimovitz. He began the year touring with pianist Christopher O’Riley in support of the duo’s recent CD, […]
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 […]
January 23, 2012 Cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley team up for Shuffle.Play.Listen in concert from McGill University, Montreal. Cellist Matt Haimovitz has long been at the forefront of […]
April 4, 2012 It’s not so often that Cincinnati, OH feels like the center of the musical world, and it’s even rarer that I get to work with several of […]
April 2, 2012 Christopher O’Riley & Matt Haimovitz/Shuffle, Play, Listen (Oxingale Records) – At this point, there’s no denying that pianist/arranger Christopher O’Riley is the preeminent interpreter of contemporary rock […]
April 1, 2012 Composer Philip Glass featured the cello in his soundtrack to the Godfrey Reggio film “Naqoyqatsi,” he said, because “we think of the cello as the instrument closest […]
March 31, 2012 Cincinnati Music Hall 03/30/2012 – & March 31*, 2012 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major Philip Glass: Cello Concerto No. 2, “Naqoyqatsi” (world premiere) Matt […]
March 29, 2012 As a cellist, Matt Haimovitz’s classical artistry is well known, ever since he made his debut in 1984 at age 13 with Zubin Mehta and the Israel […]
March 28, 2012 Slowly but surely, digital technology is leaving its mark on the world of classical music. In opera, theaters across the nation are filled with live-streamed performances from […]
March 27, 2012 When renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz was 17, he hadn’t played a note written in the 20th century, he recalls. “I grew up in a very traditional classical […]
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