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Evan Shinners’ @bach LA release party + exclusive video

Posted on December 14, 2011 by shiragilbert | 1 Comments

Pianist Evan Shinners is confouding critics with his debut release @bach, a compilation of two live, unedited, all-Bach concerts. “This is one hell of a debut,” raves critic George Grella, in his blog The Big City, “not only for the quality, but the ambition and attitude.” And, Laurence Vittes in The Huffington Post calls @bach “essential” as well as “one of the brattiest…

Le Casse-noix Moderne ~ The Modern Nutcracker on December 29th

Posted on November 28, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Bidding adieu to 2011 with sparkle, splendour and swing, Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Le Casse-noix Moderne – The Modern Nutcracker on Thursday, December 29 at 7:00pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College. This delectable holiday treat from Alabama’s Etowah Youth Orchestras and Downtown Dance Conservatory will be seen in its New York City…

Evan Shinners debuts @bach in New York and LA

Posted on October 28, 2011 by shiragilbert | 6 Comments

Preconceptions of how Bach should be played fly out the window with @bach, the debut release from the wildly talented pianist and 2010 Juilliard graduate Evan Shinners. The compilation of two live, unedited performances recorded at Juilliard and Rockefeller University last spring bursts with raw musicality, spontaneous and calculated virtuosity, and an ebullient energy. Shinners, who connects with today’s audiences in a…

Messiah … Refreshed! at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

Posted on October 26, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Distinguished Concerts International New York ushers in the holiday season with Handel’s Messiah – with a twist! This Thanksgiving weekend, on Sunday, November 27 at 2pm, Lincoln Center will feature, for the first time, the rich sounds of the Thomas Beecham/Eugene Goossens’ 1959 re-orchestration of Messiah for full symphony orchestra. The re-orchestration, which reappeared in 1999 after a 40-year absence, fills…

Julie Nesrallah, Acclaimed Mezzo-Soprano & Host of CBC Radio 2’s Tempo, in Montreal Recital

Posted on October 7, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Mezzo-soprano, Julie Nesrallah, acclaimed for a voice of “rich, expressive splendour” (The Globe and Mail) joins pianist Dana Nigrim for a recital of music by Rossini, Hahn, Debussy and Montsalvatge on Sunday, November 6 at 7:30pm, part of McGill’s Staff and Guests Series at Pollack Hall in Montreal. A dazzling singer and actress who is regularly engaged by leading opera…

NATS Winner Thomas Florio in Carnegie Hall Debut

Posted on October 5, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Baritone Thomas Florio, First Place winner of the 2010 National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award Competition, makes his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall on Sunday, October 30 at 2:00pm, presented by Distinguished Concerts International New York. A superbly versatile performer, the rapidly rising baritone, who turns 27 this month, is a District Finalist of…

Jessye Norman joins A Concert of Commemoration, Honoring the 10th Anniversary of 9/11

Posted on September 7, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Jessye Norman, celebrated opera singer, activist and American icon, joins Distinguished Concerts International New York on the afternoon of September 11th for A Concert of Commemoration, Honoring the 10th Anniversary of 9/11. Over 600 musicians will fill the stage for the concert featuring iconic music of war and peace, including over 300 members of England’s renowned Really Big Chorus. Miss…

Louise Bessette at Mont Tremblant’s Fête de la Musique, September 5 at 12pm

Posted on August 29, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Pianist Louise Bessette offers “Danse et folklore”, a bewitching solo recital program to passionately embrace the passing summer, on Monday September 5th (Labour Day) at 12pm, on stage Quebecor, place Saint-Bernard, Tremblant. The outdoor recital will encompass tangos by Albeniz and Piazzolla, extracts from Danzas Gitanas op. 55 by Turina, plus the famous Suite Andalouse by cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona….

Pianist Lara Downes looks at the Goldberg “13 Ways”

Posted on August 5, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

This fall, Steinway Concert Artist Lara Downes will release 13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg, a set of 13 new variations re-imagining Bach’s magnificent Aria from the Goldberg Variations, composed by some of America’s brightest living composers including David Del Tredici, Jennifer Higdon, Lukas Foss, Bright Sheng and William Bolcom. Known for redefining the solo recital with visionary, cutting-edge performances…

Distinguished Concerts International New York to commemorate 10th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks with “Global Sing for Peace”

Posted on August 2, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) will present a unique and poignant memorial concert on September 11, 2011 at 2:00pm at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Karl Jenkins will conduct his powerful work The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace and the U.S. premiere of his recent work For The Fallen, in addition to Memorial by René Clausen, which was…

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