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Concert Review: Min Kwon – ‘America/Beautiful’
A selection from the 76 pieces of Kwon's "America/Beautiful" project showed the composers' vast range of styles and approaches.
Read More »Music Review: Ana-Marija Markovina – Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Complete Solo Piano Works Vol. 1
Fanny Hensel, sister of Felix Mendelssohn, composed some 450 works. And it isn't enough to say that her music is as skillfully composed as that of her male peers. Like theirs, it has a distinctive voice (or voices).
Read More »Music Review: Pianist Ann DuHamel – ‘Prayers for a Feverish Planet: New Music about Climate Change, Vol. 1’
Works that incorporate organic sounds from outside the piano make some of the deepest impressions.
Read More »I Shall Be Released: My Chemical Romance, Neil Diamond, AleeN ROSE (Daughters of Willie Nelson & Leon Russell), Fanny Mendelssohn’s Complete Piano Works
Amy Lee Nelson, daughter of Willie Nelson, and Tina Rose Bridges, daughter of Leon Russell, have released their first single as newly-formed duo AleeN ROSE.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Pianist Min Kwon on Her ‘America/Beautiful’ Commissioning Project, Box Set out May 8
"Living with this music over time has only deepened my understanding of the country and its people. The project now feels more like an ongoing conversation – something unfinished, and in progress, and very necessary."
Read More »Music Review: Donald Pirone – ‘Karol Rathaus, Piano Sonata No. IV, Op. 58’
Pianist Donald Pirone continues his long engagement with the music of Karol Rathaus on a new EP featuring the composer's fourth Piano Sonata.
Read More »Music Review: Pianist Illia Ovcharenko – ‘Manu Sinistra,’ Concertos for the Left Hand
The 2022 Honens International Piano Competition winner releases his Pentatone debut with concertos for the left hand by Ravel, Prokofiev, and Sergei Bortkiewicz, all composed for pianist Paul Wittgenstein in the early 20th century.
Read More »Music Review: Eric Moe – ‘Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years’
A job interview in music form? Skillful interplay among the instruments and the contrasting moods of the responses show once again a sensibility deeply rooted in the human.
Read More »Music Reviews: ‘Twelve Blocks’ by Michael Stephen Brown; ‘Poulenc’ from Pascal Rogé, Elena Font, Lidy Blijdorp
'Twelve Blocks' further establishes Michael Stephen Brown as a composer with skills on par with his pianistic virtuosity.
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