Sergei Rachmaninoff – Page 6

Brilliant Performance to What End?

By Ken Herman | February 1, 2015 |

22-year-old piano virtuoso Nikolay Khozyainov’s glittering recital of brilliant piano showpieces Saturday (Jan. 31) at La Jolla’s Sherwood Auditorium raised a number of questions . . .

David Bruce’s Mystical Violin Concerto

By Ken Herman | December 14, 2014 |

No matter how celebrated the composer, a commission is always a gamble. David Bruce’s “Night Parade”— the slightly jazzy, atmospheric tone poem he wrote for the San Diego Symphony’s Carnegie Hall debut and China tour last year—proved amiable, but it was no show-stopper. His new Violin Concerto “Fragile Light,” which Gil Shaham premiered under Music Director Jahja Ling and the San Diego Symphony Friday (Dec. 12), however, struck pay dirt . . .

Rare Birds, but Little Exotic Plumage

By Ken Herman | September 30, 2014 |

Camarada, one of San Diego’s respected chamber music series, opened its 20th season Sunday (September 28) with a concert of ingratiating music from the last century, music that was off the beaten path . . .