March 28, 2017 Vancouver Bach Festival 2017 August 1–11 | Assorted venues Tickets and info: earlymusic.bc.ca Now is the time for classical music presenters to announce big plans. Next season […]
March 1, 2017 Often we think of a musical instrument’s properties in the context of ensemble performance, where it fits in an overall sonic tapestry with any or all components […]
February 9, 2017 We’re thrilled that OVERTURES to Bach has been nominated for a JUNO Award in the category of Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble 2017. […]
January 11, 2017 Classical music simply has the ability to soothe the soul. It allows us to listen, learn and maybe even understand the world slightly better. Any Tucson resident […]
January 11, 2017 He asked contemporary composers to add “overtures” to Bach’s famed cello suites. Cellist Matt Haimovitz earned a reputation as a bit of a maverick in the classical […]
October 13, 2016 Matt Haimovitz, cello – “Overtures to Bach” – composed by PHILIP GLASS, VIJAY IYER, ROBERTO SIERRA, DU YUN, LUNA PEARL WOOLF plus The Six BACH: Cello Suites […]
December 2, 2016 “We’re looking for the event in the crypt,” I announced. “Where is the crypt?” Four alarmed eyeballs stared back at me. It was the second day of […]
November 21, 2016 What kind of music would speak to Bach today? Cellist Matt Haimovitz—who has been performing works by Bach in concert halls and clubs for the last three […]
October 5, 2016 John Pitman’s CD Reviews Matt Haimovitz plays “Overtures to Bach” Cellist Matt Haimovitz, who started his career nearly 30 years ago on the DG label, recording the […]
September 22, 2016 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 […]
September 28, 2016 Overtures to Bach Matt Haimovitz Pentatone Oxingale Series (PTC 5186 561) The following is an excerpt from Strings Attached (October 2016) which can be read in its entirety […]
October 5, 2016 CHOREOGRAPHER/DANCER DOUG ELKINS considers himself a creative magpie; collecting various appealing things and bringing them back to his nest where he transforms them into something different. “I’m […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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