Fleming’s Traviata Renée Fleming has demonstrated to be one of the finest sopranos: a singer with a sparkling personality and a velvet voice that is capable of wringing the finest emotions out of works by …
Young Shostakovich It was Shostakovich’s First Symphony that propelled the 19-year old Russian composer to international fame. The symphony’s emotional turmoil, and its innovative orchestration identified Shostakovich as a daring and major talent. From a …
La Guitarra Española José Miguel Moreno is a leading Spanish performer of plucked string instruments. In fact, he is a lot more: A concert performer, researcher, and a builder and collector of musical instruments. Moreno …
Lilya Zilberstein Here is yet another example of the wonderful fact that amazing musicians continue to emerge: Lilya Zilberstein is a real “poet of the piano”. What terrific warmth and feeling penetrate all of her …
Yuri Bashmet has achieved fame as a result of his excellence as a viola player. Here’s an opportunity to see him in another role: As conductor and interpreter of symphonic music of Brahms and Tchaikovsky. …