Daniel Stepner and Robert Levin deliver period Mozart

by Kevin T McEneaney Aston Magna was at the forefront of reviving period instrument performances of older music in the U.S. The concert at St. James Place in Great Barrington,…

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Improvised Trio at The Stissing Center Delivers the Wow!

Nathan Meltzer, Sophia Zhou, Sterling Elliot by Kevin T McEneaney Sterling Elliot has the press nomenclature (as a 2021 Avery Fisher Grant winner) of being a rising star, however, that…

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Trio Seoul Stuns Audience at Bard College

Jinjoo Cho, Kyu Yeon Kim, Brannon Cho by Kevin T McEneaney As culmination of the Hudson Valley Chamber Music Series at Bard’s Olin Hall, Trio Seoul, who has won over…

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Natalie Zhu & Company at Music Mountain

Che-Hung Chen, J Freivogel, Natalie Zhu, Rachel Henderson Freivogel Pianist Natalie Zhu, recent recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and other numerous awards, displayed her dexterous fingers in four…

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The Amazing Isidore Quartet at Bard, Olin Hall

From left: Phoenix Avalon, Adrian Steele, Joshua McClendon, Devin Moore by Kevin T McEneaney The Isidore Quartet, named after famed violinist Isidore Cohen of the Julliard Quartet, they offered a…

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Fiddler on the Roof in Rhinebeck

Front row: Howie Riggs as Lazar Wolf, Joseph Beem, Jr as Tevye, Mark Grunblatt as Rabbi by Kevin T McEneaney The 1964 classic Fiddler on the Roof at The Center…

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From Bach to Mozart at Music Mountain

Music Mountain Music Shed Under a cool panorama of gray clouds, the four-month program of heightened, altitude music with summer air-conditioning and vista views opened at Music Mountain with Benjamin…

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Espressivo! Quartet Soars at Bard’s Olin Hall

Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, Milena Pájaro-Van De Stadt, Anna Polonsky by Kevin T McEneaney Rebecca Clarke’s Morpheus (1917) for piano and viola may not be familiar to many concert attendees…

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Twelfth Night Baroque Surprise at The Stissing Center

Rachell Ellen Wong, David Belkovski, Nicoletta Berry, Nathan Whittaker, Amelie Sie by Kevin T McEneaney Opening with brief stage discussion with harpsichordist David Belkovski, The Twelfth Night Baroque Ensemble (here…

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