Daniel Khalikov, Pauline Kim, Michael Katz, Wendy Sutter William Hakim by Kevin T McEneaney Like Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) was born in Lucca, named after the Celtic god Lugh,…
Historic Tales of the Harlem Valley: Life at the End of the Line. Tonia Shoumatoff. History Press, 2023, 202 pages. by Kevin T. McEneaney I admit I am not a…
by Kevin T McEneaney The Parker Quartet opened with String Quartet in B Flat Maor, Op. 18 # 6 (1800) by Ludwig van Beethoven completed in December (first performed on…
Jannina Norpoth, Curtis Stewart, Hamilton Berry, Nick Revel by Kevin T McEneaney When a concert is organized by improvisations, albeit rehearsed improvisations, it remains difficult to describe what is happening.…
William Hakim, Wendy Sutter, Deborah Buck, Stacey Shames, Beomjae Kim by Kevin T McEneaney As a New Yorker, I sometimes think that the best musicians blaze to prominence in New…
Angela Bae, Justin Defilippis, Simone Dinnerstein, Russel Huston, Benjamin Zannoni by Kevin T McEneaney The Balourdet Quartet, currently in residence at New England Conservatory, takes its name from Antoine Balourdet,…
Susan Rotholz, Elizabeth Perry, Eliot Bailen, Dori Na, Richard Wolfe by Kevin T McEneaney The marvelous aspect of the Sherman Chamber Ensemble remains the way they transform themselves into various…
Christina Bouey, Rhiannon Banerdt, Oskar Espina Ruiz, Grace Ho, Georgina Isabel Rossi by Kevin T McEneaney Sunday’s afternoon event at Music Mountain was preceded by a talk by Darlene Kascak,…
James Bagwell and Chorale by Kevin T McEneaney Summerscape, the annual musical festival at Bard College, has its focus on Vaughan Williams, an important composer whose works are not often…
Hans Pålsson at the Steinway in Newbridge, Ireland by Kevin T McEneaney Hans Pålsson, Sweden’s most famous and beloved pianist, is one of this globe’s most accomplished and famous pianists…