Last night (Tuesday) at the Old Church I had the great fortune to attend one of the most mind-blowing performances I’ve ever seen. The violinist was the Oregon Symphony’s (and Arnica Quartet’s) own Shin-young Kwon, and she played, in one concert, all of the six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 by the great violin
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I awoke Monday morning with the happy awareness that the Bartók performance was behind me, and that it didn’t suck, so the day started off pretty well, just by that standard.
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[Justin Kagan, cellist and coffee roaster extraordinaire, was at the Itzhak Perlman recital Tuesday evening - the following is his exclusive review. - C.N.] AN INFORMAL “REVIEW” OF ITZHAK PERLMAN RECITAL @ THE SCHNITZ 4-27-2010 Since my esteemed friends and colleagues of the OSO were doing yeoman’s work in Salem (four straight nights of Tchaik
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Marilyn de Oliveira We know that we’re lucky to have Marilyn de Oliveira join us as our new Assistant principal (or as one dubious friend of mine likes to say “ass prince”) cellist this season. She’s a vital and sensitive artist, but also brings a brilliant smile and equally brilliant wardrobe to the section as
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Yes, if you felt a disturbance in the force yesterday, it was because it was the cataclysm of Portland Viola Day, sponsored by the Oregon Viola Society. The event was held at Lewis & Clark College, with L&C faculty member and OVS president Miriam English Ward keeping everything organized and running smoothly. The day kicked
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Oregon Symphony principal trumpet Jeffrey Work will be giving his Portland recital debut at the Old Church on Tuesday, February 17th at 12 Noon. The program will include the Sonata by Karl Pliss, a world premiere of “2002″ by Charles Knox, the Pietro Baldasarre Sonata in F, and the Fantasie for Cornet and Piano by
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• I just caught Robert Levine’s latest blog entry about the Milwaukee Symphony’s recent concerts with Hilary Hahn.  Robert is one of the smartest guys out there, I’m coming to appreciate, and reading this post had me scratching my head and wondering “why couldn’t I have said that?”.  I like the way he clearly expresses
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 Photo credit: Alexei Kuznetsoff Courtesy of Columbia Artists Managment James Bash reviews the recital of Valentina Lisitsa, who is now best known around Portland as the last-minute reliever who saves the day when artists cancel or have visa problems (as with Rachel Cheung, whose problems with an artist visa have more to do with
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I’ve been thinking a lot about practicing lately. Maybe that’s because I’ve actually been practicing lately. Or not. But I’ve been thinking about the process of practicing, and it’s really quite militaristic!
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David Stabler David Stabler, the classical music critic of the Oregonian newspaper, has listed his top classical music happenings of 2007.
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I almost rethought my title to today’s post, because if you remove the “i” from “recital”, you’ll get a decidedly different impression of what I’m writing about… I’m getting ready to start the long, arduous road towards giving another recital this year, and this time around I think that it will largely be a solo
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