Posts Tagged ‘Toru takemitsu’
Sameer Patel Leads La Jolla Symphony on a Modernist Field Day
Sameer Patel, Associate Conductor of the San Diego Symphony, led the La Jolla Symphony this past weekend in a stirring program of 20th-century modernists–Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Takemitsu, and Messaien–with a 2016 work by the American composer Hannah Lash.
Read MoreMoore-Springer Duo Brings Low-Keyed Sonic Delight to Fresh Sound
Fresh Sound presented the duo of violinist Andie Springer and guitarist James Moore Monday, April 2, at Bread and Salt in a program of their own compositions as well as pieces that friends had written or arranged for them . . .
Read MoreSteven Schick, the San Diego Symphony and the Music of Takemitsu: a Match Made in Heaven
Although a few events remain in San Diego’s “It’s About Time” music festival, Festival Curator Steven Schick pulled out all the stops for his last festival appearance conducting the San Diego Symphony Sunday, January 28, at the Jacobs Music Center . . .
Read MoreArt of Élan: Music and Art in Total Immersion at the Museum of Contemporary Art
While San Diegans were celebrating Mardi Gras in the streets of the Gaslamp District, Art of Élan staged its own fete in another quarter of downtown at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Surrounded by Jennifer Steenkamp’s massive video installation “Madame Curie,” Art of Élan Co-Artistic Director Kate Hatmaker and company played a chamber music concert as mesmerizing as Steenkamp’s undulating flowers . . .
Read MorePianist Hélène Grimaud’s Astonishing Artistry
Of budding young piano virtuosos there is surely no shortage. The number of promising performers who understand how to program creatively, however, remains distressingly small. Hélène Grimaud’s stunning Thursday (Dec. 1) recital for the La Jolla Music Society could easily serve as a master class in insightful programming . . .
Read MoreArditti Quartet’s Tribute to Roger Reynolds at 80
No one has exercised a more profound influence on the character and direction of music at UC San Diego than composer Roger Reynolds. So it was fitting that the university fete its Pulitzer Prize winning resident composer on his 80th birthday with a concert . . .
Read More