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Jeremy Denk’s Brilliant Piano Recital at Orange County’s Barclay Theatre

By Ken Herman | November 24, 2020 |

Jeremy Denk’s solo recital Saturday, November 21, at Irvine’s Barclay Theatre offered astute programming and discerning interpretation coupled with commanding technique. Who could ask for anything more?

Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto Returns to San Diego Symphony After 45-year Absence

By Ken Herman | May 15, 2017 |

This weekend, the dashing young German conductor-composer Matthias Pintscher and the Russian-born pianist Kirill Gerstein visitted the San Diego Symphony for Béla Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto. Pintscher led the orchestra in vivid performances of Anton Webern’s early tone poem “Im Sommerwind” . . .