Topic: Dmitri Shostakovich

Takács Quartet – review

The Takács Quartet are matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level. In any quartet, players' individual traits are always apparent...
WIRED Friday 20 January, 8pm at the National Concert Hall. . JOHN ADAMS Slonimsky's Earbox [14'] RONAN GUILFOYLE Hands Concerto for Electric Guitar...

Weekend concerts feature work of Russian composer

It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for chamber music lovers.. . Artaria String Quartet will perform eight of Dmitri Shostakovich's 15 string...

Eleven great classical recordings

Liszt: Lise de la Salle" (Naive). Lise de la Salle, piano.. Liszt: Annees de Pylerinage (Chandos; two disks). Louis Lortie, piano.. Liszt: "Romance...

Brentano String Quartet review: Hybrid pieces

0 View Larger Image . The Brentano String Quartet's commissioning project "Fragments" must have seemed like a fine idea on paper. The ensemble...

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra: new vibrancy

0 View Larger Image . Is it just me, or is the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra sounding like a vastly improved ensemble these days? I don't think it's...
New York, NY, October 14, 2011 -(PR.com)- A Journey of Dmitry Shostakovich Debuts on DVD Nov. 15.. . Kultur is proud to announce the release of A...
(The VIenna Piano Trio. Photo by Nancy Horowitz. From top, violinist Wolfgrang Redik, pianist Stefan Mendl and cellist Matthias Gredler. The trio's...
(Angela Hewitt will return next season to peform Ravel's jazz-flavoured Piano Concerto in G Nov. 3 and 4 with guest conductor Arild Remmereit...
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra will enlist pianist Lang Lang, violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma — each probably the world's best-known...