Matteo: 300 Years of an Italian Cello
Click to listen and buy from: Haimovitz interweaves Gabrielli’s Ricercari with music from Italy’s leading contemporary composers.
Tag Archives: Matt Haimovitz
All About Jazz: Matt Haimovitz/Uccello: Meeting of the Spirits
February 2, 2011 That the classical music world should visit jazz repertory is not without precedent. As the saying goes, there’s nothing new under the sun. However, the spirits summoned […]
Montreal Mirror: ALBUM OF THE WEEK – Meeting of the Spirits 9/10
January 20, 2011 Jazz played on classical instruments can negate the charms of both genres, but when tastefully executed, can result in a refreshing break from the trademark saxophone honks […]
Billings Gazette: Musicians bring fire to world premier Friday at ABT
January 17, 2011 Three standing ovations weren’t enough to adequately thank cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley Friday night for their mind-bending performance at the Alberta Bair Theater. In […]
Jazz Police: Strings (and Things) That Tickled Our Ears in 2010
January 10, 2011 A virtuoso cellist who plays classical concert halls and punk rock clubs, Matt Haimovitz attended Harvard and Julliard, and has received an Avery Fisher Career Grant and […]
Time Out New York: Resonating Light – Critics’ Pick
December 29, 2010 The Rubin Museum’s inventive Resonating Light series asks artists to draw inspiration for their programs from a private tour of the museum’s exhibitions. Cellist Matt Haimovitz responds
Cleveland.com: Year in review: The best music
December 27, 2010 The chamber orchestra that gives free concerts around the region had another productive and dynamic year, whether music director James Gaffigan was on the podium or not. […]
SFCV.org: Spirits Meet, Cross Paths
December 27, 2010 In February, if this album garners the Grammy it’s been nominated for, it will not only properly reward Matt Haimovitz and his self-described big band of cellos, […]
San Francisco Classical Voice: Matt Haimovitz: Crossover Cellist Up for a Grammy
December 13, 2010 Matt Haimovitz is finishing off a landmark birthday year, and so is his instrument. The Montreal-based cellist, celebrated for his spirited approach to genre-bending and performance, is […]
All Music: Meeting of the Spirits
December 10, 2010 After establishing an auspicious but fairly conventional career as a cello soloist, Matt Haimovitz began around 2000 to broaden the scope of his playing to include more […]
Globe and Mail: Disc of the week – Meeting of the Spirits
December 5, 2010 Jazz cello isn’t a huge field, but even if it were, the eight cellists of Uccello would undoubtedly stand out. Uccello grew out of the Schulich School […]
Scena Jazz: Changing musics / When Classics meet Jazz
December 3, 2010 Back in the Roaring Twenties, Paul Whiteman wanted to make a decent lady out of jazz by introducing what would go down into history as Symphonic Jazz. […]
2011 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS for Meeting of the Spirits
Matt Haimovitz & Uccello’s Meeting of the Spirits wins 2011 GRAMMY NOMINATION for Best Classical Crossover Album 2011 GRAMMY AWARD for David Frost, Best Classical Producer The album that The […]
The Oregonian: A&E gift guide: The best CDs of the season
November 25, 2010 “Meeting of the Spirits,” with Matt Haimovitz and Uccello (Oxingale, $16.28): Jazz standards arranged for cello ensemble. Haimovitz, a cellist and musical adventurer — he plays Bach […]
Ariama: Editorial Review
November 23, 2010 A “big band” comprised entirely of cellos meets modern jazz milestones: that’s the highly unlikely, and yet entirely winning, formula behind this album helmed by Matt Haimovitz […]
Montreal Gazette: Jamming with the classical
November 20, 2010 One of the most original and compelling jazz albums in recent memory was created by a classical cellist who often plays in rock clubs. As Matt Haimovitz’s […]
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