Monthly Archive:: April 2010

Composer Jennifer Higdon won the Pulitzer Prize this year for her violin concerto. The Pulitzer committee wrote: “For distinguished musical composition by an American that has had its first performance or recording in the United …

For those of you who are in the Berlin, Germany area later this month, I have a great concert for you to consider:  Date: 27 April 2010 Venue: Philharmonie, Berlin Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by …

Barenboim’s Anniversary on Stage!  I was quite moved by this recording. I will try to express why I was moved: There are two DVD’s. The first is a recording of Daniel Barenboim’s recital at the …

Brahms Master class! Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C-Minor Gábor Takács-Nagy leads a Chamber Music Master class at the Verbier Festival Academy. Gábor Takács-Nagy is a well-known performer and teacher of chamber music. Having …

Haitink’s Master Class! Conducting Workshops at the Royal College of Music, London Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F-Major Bernard Haitink is one the most celebrated conductors of our time. For more than 25 years he …