Posts Tagged ‘Inon Barnatan’
SummerFest 2020 Audaciously Purloins Orchestral Gems
For his second night of SummerFest 2020, Music Director Inon Barnatan boldly commandeered works from the symphonic repertory by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff and made a splendid case for their transmigration into the medium of chamber music.
Read MoreSummerFest 2020 Opens Online With Rewarding Schubert and Ives
The La Jolla Music Society’s scaled down SummerFest 2020 opened online from The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla on Friday, August 21.
Read MoreRafael Payare Announces Exciting 2020-21 Season for the San Diego Symphony
If the current absence of live symphonic music at the Jacobs Music Center can be assuaged, I suggest contemplation of San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payere’s recently released 2020-21 season of the Jacobs Masterworks Series is just what the doctor ordered.
Read More2019: A Pivotal Year in San Diego’s Classical Music Scene
Every season has its high points and low points, but 2019 became a remarkable year for classical music in San Diego.
Read MoreMark Morris Dance Group Soars at SummerFest 2019
Eye, ear, and imagination have never been so simultaneously deluged in SummerFest’s 33 years of programming as they were Wednesday, August 21, with the Mark Morris Dance Group taking center stage at The Conrad.
Read MoreMusic Performance and the Visual Arts Collide Creatively at SummerFest
Thursday’s SummerFest 2019 theme at The Conrad-–Music at an Exhibition—explored the connection between the visual arts and music performance. Zach Smithey’s bold brushstrokes moved to the music of Biber, Ravel, and J. S. Bach in one hall, while in the main concert hall Inon Barnatan gave a thrilling performance of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
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