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Virginia Arts Festival 2012 ~ a spectacular array of performances from April 16 through June 28

Posted on April 17, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The Virginia Arts Festival opened its 16th season last night at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk with the glorious Renée Fleming, in her only US recital this season. The Festival, which runs through June 28, presents a spectacular array of events, presenting more than 58 performances in venues throughout southeastern Virginia. Offering an unparalleled breadth of performances, from a…

Over the Stone: A Welsh Celebration with Bryn Terfel & Catrin Finch

Posted on April 15, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) will welcome “Queen of Harps” Catrin Finch and Metropolitan Opera star Bryn Terfel for a Welsh Celebration at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday, April 22at 7:00pm. This stirring evening of music will feature Karl Jenkins’ harp concerto Over the Stone, conducted by DCINY Artistic Director Jonathan Griffith. Over the Stone, commissioned at the request…

Deutsche Grammophon Salutes Maurizio Pollini On His 70th Birthday

Posted on March 23, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“…his playing is powerful and precise, driven by a probing intellect and executed with steely, virtually infallible fingers.” —The New York Times A pianist of power and precision who brings out the panoramic architecture of old and new music alike, Maurizio Pollini’s illustrious recorded legacy on the Yellow Label, which began in 1971, is celebrated this year on his 70th…

Cuban Virtuoso Jorge Luis Prats Returns to the International Stage Following a 30-Year Absence

Posted on March 15, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Hailed as a long-lost virtuoso in the grand tradition, Cuban pianist Jorge Luis Prats makes a stunning Decca debut with a live recital in Zaragoza, Spain, due for US release on April 3rd. A prodigiously talented young pianist in the early 1970s, Prats studied in Moscow, Paris and Vienna, winning the Marguerite Long–Jacques Thibaud competition back in 1977 and even…

Mercury Living Presence: 50 Classic Albums from the Ground-Breaking America Classical Label

Posted on March 12, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Sixty years after the landmark label’s first recording, Decca presents Mercury Living Presence: The Collector’s Edition, a gold mine of treasured performances at a remarkable budget price. Long hailed as an audiophile’s label of choice, Mercury Living Presence represents an important milestone in the history of classical recordings: an American company that reproduced some of the most sonically realistic recordings…

Shining Light: An Illuminating Festival of Concerts Celebrating Composer Morten Lauridsen

Posted on February 27, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Shining Light, an extraordinary weekend of illuminating events. Encompassing a premiere film screening alongside major concerts at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, DCINY celebrates the life and music of National Medal of Arts recipient Morten Lauridsen, America’s most frequently performed choral composer. DCINY will host the New York premiere of the documentary film…

Debut Recording From “Astonishing” 21 Year-Old Exclusive Decca Artist Behzod Abduraimov

Posted on February 24, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“Electrifying, ” “astonishing” and “magnificent” are just a few of the superlatives that have greeted performances by pianist and exclusive Decca artist Behzod Abduraimov, whose debut recital recording will be released in the U.S. on April 24th, 2012. The extraordinary 21-year-old pianist from Tashkent, Uzbekistan possesses a combination of youthful passion and astounding technique that gives his performances an irresistible,…

Special Guest Clay Aiken joins DCINY’s “Reflections of Life” on February 20 at Carnegie Hall

Posted on February 1, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents an evening of choral music celebrating the continuous cycle of life and renewal, including world premieres by James Eakin and Greg Gilpin, on February 20th at Carnegie Hall. Special guest Clay Aiken will bring his unique presence and vibrancy to host the second half of the concert, narrating several works by award-winning choral…

A Weekend of Music in Honour of the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. – January 15 & 16

Posted on December 23, 2011 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents two sublime concerts of choral music on Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, inspired by Dr. King and peacemakers the world over. The concert on Sunday, January 15 at 2pm at Avery Fisher Hall welcomes 2012 with Psalms & Songs for the New Year, featuring John Rutter’s magnificent and emotionally-charged Mass of the Children,…

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…

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