PACIFICA QUARTET LAUNCHES
CHICAGO-AREA BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL
Beginning October 14, 2007 and continuing through March 2, 2008, six Chicago-area presenters will come together in a unique collaboration to present the Pacifica Quartet Beethoven Festival. Along with a wide range of lectures, master classes and special events, the award-winning Pacifica Quartet will perform Beethoven’s monumental cycle of 16 string quartets. The festival marks the first Beethoven cycle to be offered in multiple venues around the city, promising to be a highlight of Chicago’s 2007-08 concert season.
MUSIC@MENLO 2007
CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ON THE
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA
CELEBRATES 5th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
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MUSIC@MENLO APPONTS EDWARD SWEENEY TO ASSUME EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSHIP
Music@Menlo announces the appointment of Edward P. Sweeney as its new Executive Director. He will officially assume the Executive Directorship on August 15, 2007.
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TWO NEW STRAUSS RELEASES
conducted by SEMYON BYCHKOV
RENÉE FLEMING sings DAPHNE
DEBORAH POLASKI sings ELEKTRA
WDR SINFONIE ORCHESTER, KÖLN
This autumn sees the release of two new Strauss operas conducted by Semyon
Bychkov: Daphne and Elektra. Bychkov, whose reputation as an interpreter
of Strauss has become increasingly acknowledged, is recognized additionally
for the quality of his relationship with the WDR Sinfonie Orchester Köln,
with whom both operas have been recorded.
NEW BRAHMS RELEASE
David Finckel & Wu Han Record
Music of Brahms
ArtistLed is proud to announce the release of its eighth recording featuring the two cello sonatas of
Johannes Brahms (Opp. 38 & 99), performed by cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han. The CD also
includes Brahms’s Six Pieces for Solo Piano, Op. 118, a set of miniature masterpieces composed near the
end of his life. The performance of the Six Pieces marks Wu Han’s second solo appearance on the
ArtistLed label.
JASON VIEAUX
Presents Original Transcriptions
Images of Metheny
AZICA: ACD-71233
“There are now many finger-perfect guitarists on tap
but those of Vieaux’s natural musicality are rare indeed.”
– Gramophone
With his sixth solo recording set for release on Azica Records, guitarist Jason Vieaux branches out
in a new direction offering the music of Pat Metheny arranged for solo guitar. The recording hits stores
on October 11, 2005. As Gramophone magazine recently acknowledged, Jason Vieaux has won
international competitions, travels the world as a concert artist and offers a captivating discography,
making him one of the most exciting guitarists on the scene today. With this first-ever recording of
Metheny arrangements for solo guitar, Jason brings new repertoire and a fresh sound to his
instrument.
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES "ENCOUNTER:MERCE"
University’s Largest Interdisciplinary Arts Project
focuses on Merce Cunningham
February 15 – March 12, 2005
Expanding its innovative approaches to learning, Stanford University has created
ENCOUNTER:MERCE, its largest-ever multidisciplinary arts project. Some 16 schools,
departments, and centers across campus - including the School of Medicine, the
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), the Stanford
Humanities Center, the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, and Stanford
Lively Arts - will use the life and art of legendary choreographer and thinker Merce
Cunningham as a unifying force for collaborative study, exploration, and creative
expression.
THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER NAMES
DAVID FINCKEL AND WU HAN ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center announced today the appointment of
David Finckel and Wu Han as Artistic Directors, concluding an extensive international
search. “The appointment of these wonderful artists is a major event for the Chamber
Music Society,” said Peter Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the Board, “and we are confident
that their energy, experience, and exceptional musicianship will bring the Society to a
new level of excellence.” David Finckel and Wu Han will present their first programmed
season in 2006-2007, although their appointment is effective immediately.
United Artists presents the newest film from acclaimed Chinese filmmaker CHEN Kaige, best known in the West for such award-winning historical epics as the Oscar nominated FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE, TEMPTRESS MOON and THE EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN. TOGETHER has been selected as the Closing Night film of Los Angeles' Visual Communications Asian American Film Festival. It will have its New York premiere at the Tribeca International Film Festival...
INDUSTRIOUS AMERICAN COMPOSER
MICHAEL TORKE LAUNCHES NEW LABEL:
ECSTATIC RECORDS
Licensing Agreement Made
with
Decca/Universal Music Group
Michael Torke's music can now be widely heard on disc again, thanks to the release of a comprehensive collection of recordings on his own label, Ecstatic Records, which will become available on September 30, 2003.
Ecstatic Records was formed after a successful licensing agreement was made with Decca/Universal Music Group to re-release the complete Argo recordings of Torke's music (1989-1998), produced by Grammy Award winner Andrew Cornall.
- "In Fall 2003 the Pacifica Quartet begins a two-year term as Resident
Quartet of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society II."
- "In 2002 the Pacifica Quartet received one of
chamber music's highest honors, the Cleveland
Quartet Award"
- Pacifica Quartet To Perform Carter at
the Edinburgh International Festival
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