The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presents David Finckel, Wu Han and David Shifrin in Recital

January 29 & 31, 2012

The Chamber Music Society presents a concert of clarinet trios from three centuries performed by clarinetist David Shifrin, cellist David Finckel, and pianist Wu Han, on Sunday, January 29 at 5:00PM, and Tuesday, January 31 at 7:30PM, in Alice Tully Hall. The two concerts unite former CMS Artistic Director Shifrin, with current CMS Artistic Directors Finckel and Wu Han. The three artists have recorded the same repertoire for a recent ArtistLed release, and will perform the same program in Chicago on January 27, on the occasion of the first of a three-concert residency at the Harris Theater.....Read More

MUSIC@MENLO’S 2011/12 WINTER SERIES CONTINUES WITH “WINDS OF FRANCE” ON FEBRUARY 12

Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 4:00 p.m.

Music@Menlo’s 2011/2012 Winter Series continues on February 12 at 4:00 p.m. at the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton with a sonically ravishing concert of wind chamber music gems. The program showcases selections for various combinations of wind instruments and piano and culminates in the entire ensemble performing Francis Poulenc’s iconic Sextet.....Read More

Pacifica Quartet Singled out in Year-End Round Ups Across the Country

In their year-end round ups, critics across the country have saluted the Pacifica's recent activities in the recording studio and on stage.
Check out what the press is saying in Chicago, New York, St. Louis, San Francisco, and San Jose.....Read More

CELLIST DAVID FINCKEL & PIANIST WU HAN NAMED MUSICAL AMERICA'S
MUSICIANS OF THE YEAR

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Musical America, founded in 1898 as the indispensable resource for the performing arts, announced the winners of its annual Musical America Awards today, recognizing artistic excellence and achievement in the arts. For the first time in the history of these awards, Musical America honors two musicians on its cover: cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han....Read More

ArtistLed Announces New Release

ArtistLed announces the release of its newest recording, Clarinet Trios, featuring pianist Wu Han, cellist David Finckel and clarinetist David Shifrin. The recording includes two of the most popular works from the clarinet chamber music repertoire: Beethoven's Trio in B-flat Major, op. 11 and Brahms's Trio in a minor, op. 114, paired with four selections from the romantic Eight Pieces, op. 83 by Max Bruch.....Read More

CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL TO LAUNCH
IN SOUTH KOREA

Artistic Directors: David Finckel and Wu Han

CHAMBER MUSIC TODAY
December 10-13, 2011
Seoul Arts Center

Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han are thrilled to announce the launch of Chamber Music Today, a new chamber music festival that will take place annually in Seoul, South Korea. The inaugural festival will run December 10-13, 2011 at the IBK Chamber Hall of the new Seoul Arts Center. One of the first festivals of its kind established in the Far East, Chamber Music Today will play a vital role in Korea's burgeoning chamber music scene, presenting the world's most esteemed artists...Read More

PACIFICA QUARTET PERFORM SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE IN A SERIES OF SIX CONCERTS THIS SEASON AT WIGMORE HALL

On 10 October the quartet launches its survey of Shostakovich's string quartets at Wigmore Hall with the first of three concerts this month, to be complemented by a further three next March. The series coincides with the release of the first in a four-part series of recordings, The Soviet Experience: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and His Contemporaries....Read More

Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott to Appear in Recital at Rubin Museum of Art

November 6 recital inspired by Museum's "Gateway to Himalayan Art" exhibition

The Rubin Museum of Art's new classical music series, Resonating Light, continues on November 6 at 4:00 PM, when pianist Anne-Marie McDermott makes her only New York solo recital appearance of the season....Read More

PACIFICA QUARTET CONTINUES AS
QUARTET-IN-RESIDENCE AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

The Soviet Experience: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and His Contemporaries, Volume I Set to Release September 27, 2011

Known in recent years for its impassioned and insightful performances of string quartet cycles by major composers from Mendelssohn to Shostakovich to Elliott Carter, the Pacifica Quartet will embark next on the complete Beethoven Cycle during the coming season at The Metropolitan Museum of Art....Read More

MUSIC@MENLO LAUNCHES SECOND ANNUAL WINTER SERIES

Music@Menlo announces the 2011/12 Winter Series, presenting pianists Inon Barnatan and Alessio Bax, wind players from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the Jupiter String Quartet....Read More

Morrocan pianist
Marouan Benabdallah to appear
at the Kennedy Center's
Terrace Theater, November 5

The Washington Performing Arts Society presents Moroccan pianist Marouan Benabdallah in recital on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 2pm. The program includes works by Schubert, Debussy, Ravel, Granados, Albeniz, and Benabdeljalil, and follows on the heels of Mr. Benabdallah's highly acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut in New York City this past May.....Read More

France's Le Khloros Concert Presents 2011-12 World Tour of CrÉation

Two Chamber Works by Odile Perceau featuring the Quatuor de Bordeaux with scenography by Alain Verniau

18 Concerts in 10 Cities Including US Premiere Performances in New York, San Jose, San Francisco

This season, France's Le Khloros Concert presents chamber music by Odile Perceau featuring the Quatuor de Bordeaux. The ensemble will tour internationally offering a series of 18 concerts in ten cities throughout Europe, the United States and China.....Read More

"Mozart's sister" Opens in New York on Friday, August 19 at Lincoln Center's Elinor Munroe Bunin Film Center

Music Box Films invites the media to two press screenings in New York City in early August, followed by a national roll out......Read More

Music box Films Presents
"Mozart's Sister"

Screenwriter, Producer and Director: René Feret

- Press Notes -

Written, directed and produced by René Féret, MOZART'S SISTER is a re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart (played by Marie Féret, the director's daughter), five years older than Wolfgang (David Moreau) and a musical prodigy in her own right. Approaching marriageable age and now forbidden to play the violin or compose, Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed on her gender...Read More

Pianist Marouan Benabdallah to Appear at Castleton Festival
Sunday, July 24

To Perform Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 under the baton of Maestro Lorin Maazel

Moroccan pianist Marouan Benabdallah will perform Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 on Sunday, July 24 at 4pm as part of the closing concert of the 2011 Castleton Festival in Rappahannock County, VA. Lorin Maazel conducts the Castleton Festival Orchestra. This performance follows on the heels of Mr. Benabdallah's highly acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut in New York City several weeks ago....Read More

Pacifica Quartet confirms
plans to tour japan

The Pacifica Quartet will embark on a highly anticipated tour of Japan next week. The ensemble's decision to travel to Tokyo, Yokohama and Nagoya for a series of sold out performances comes in the wake of many cancellations and postponements by artists who were scheduled to tour the country due to concerns following the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster....Read More

French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) presents World Nomads Morocco Festival

Under the High Patronage of His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco

Marouan Benabdallah to make his U.S. debut at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, May 26

The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, presents pianist Marouan Benabdallah in his U.S. recital debut at Carnegie Hall as part of its annual World Nomads festival, this year celebrating the arts and culture of Morocco.....Read More

MUSIC@MENLO, THE PREMIER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL AND INSTITUTE ON THE
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA, ANNOUNCES NINTH SEASON

Through Brahms
July 22–August 13, 2011

Music@Menlo, the Bay Area’s premier chamber music festival, presents its ninth season this summer from July 22 through August 13, 2011, on the San Francisco Peninsula. The festival, entitled Through Brahms, explores the richness and historical dimensions of the music of Johannes Brahms and offers the great German composer’s major chamber works juxtaposed with centuries of outstanding music by Brahms’s forebears and artistic heirs.....Read More

French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF) presents
World Nomads Morocco: Music

Under the High Patronage of His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco

April 30-May 26, 2011

CECILIA STRING QUARTET WINS FIRST PRIZE AT THE 2010 BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION