Posts Tagged ‘Leos Janacek’
La Jolla SummerFest’s ‘Fantastic Tales’ Concert Displays Fantastic Performances
Noted British composer and pianist Thomas Adès, the Composer-in-Residence for this season’s SummerFest, made his impressive La Jolla debut Wednesday.
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 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.”
Read MoreChicago’s Kontras Quartet and Malashock Dance: A Smashing Pas de Deux
Chicago’s outstanding Kontras Quartet has returned to San Diego in “High Strung” at the Lyceum Theatre, a stimulating collaboration between Art of Élan and Malashock Dance. In April, 2018, Art of Élan brought noted jazz virtuoso Branford Marsalis and the Kontras Quartet for an exciting concert at the Music Box in Little Italy, so I…
Read MoreAndrás Schiff Illuminates Schumann and Janáček at the Balboa Theatre
The expectations that precede a piano recital by András Schiff are exceedingly high, and his Friday, February 22, performance at the Balboa Theatre in downtown San Diego easily surpassed them.
Read MoreDanish String Quartet Opens SummerFest with Stunning Janáček Second Quartet
To open the 30th anniversary season of La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest, the acclaimed Danish String Quartet offered their dazzling account of Leoš Janáček’s Second String Quartet, “Intimate Letters” . . .
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