violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
with the Oregon Symphony
"Then violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg showed up,
and it was Katie bar the door. The music was Astor
Piazzolla's "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires," an
assemblage of independently-written pieces that,
despite the title, was not intended as a reference
to Vivaldi's famous set of concertos. ...The soloist
herself was a blur for most of it. Salerno-Sonnenberg
is known for her unrestrained stage presence, and
the piece suited her; she was airborne in her retina-
searing scarlet trousers more than once. Chen's
precision was an effective counterbalance to
Salerno-Sonnenberg's wild energy as the orchestra
raced through breathless passages, and principal
cello Nancy Ives lent a captivating fourth-movement
cadenza, a typical Piazzolla combination of passion
and melancholy. After intermission came Camille
Saint-Saëns' Third Symphony in a performance
like Chen herself -- warm, expansive and
full of energy, with blazing brass, colorful winds,
magnificent organ playing by Doug Schneider and
Salerno-Sonnenberg herself occupying a seat at
a back desk of the violins (a mark of a great guest soloist)."
-Oregonlive.com
"This August, three organizations—
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the
University of New Mexico Cancer Center,
and Gabrielle’s Angels Foundation for Cancer
Research—are assembling musicians,
neuroscientists and music therapists for
a three-day symposium on music, the brain,
medicine and wellness."
-healthymagination.com
Vadim Gluzman plays Dvarionas Concerto
with BBC Symphony and Thomas Sondergard
"Although busy concert violinist Vadim Gluzman
recorded the concerto with conductor Neeme Järvi
in 2010 (BIS-CD-1822), this was the first time that
he performed it live on stage. ... ... in Gluzman's hands
the piece is about astonishingly beautiful songs, spirited
rhythmic dances and effortless but spell-binding virtuosity.
... Gluzman looks and sounds as the most natural player;
'a fiddler on the roof' in the best sense of the folkloristic
description. In his encore – Gavotte from Bach's E major
partita – Gluzman slightly surprised me with his elastic
treatment of the notated rhythm but this was clearly an
informed decision with a transparent polyphonic insight
and immense humour. The audience realised that they
were listening to something extraordinary: you could
have heard a pin drop in the auditorium. I rarely come
across such a large body of people so silent and attentive.
This is the first time that I heard Dvarionas's violin concerto,
and it is likely that a substantial part of the audience heard
it for the first time too. We were not disappointed."
musicalcriticism.com Read the full review here.
"In between the two Sibelius works we had the first
UK performance of the Violin Concerto in B minor by
the late-Romantic Lithuanian composer, Balys Dvarionas
(1904-72) played by Vadim Gluzman – a champion of
the work – in the presence of the composer’s son
and granddaughter. ... Vadim Gluzman playing his famous
1690 ‘ex-Leopold Auer’ Stradivarius (that had premiered
the Glazunov Violin Concerto) gave it a
performance of considerable accomplishment,
brilliance and sparkle..."
SeenandHeardInternational.com
"Vadim Gluzman displayed his immaculate
prowess like a proud jeweller cutting a
diamond of outstanding quality."
Classicalsource.com
Read the full review here.
"Carlos Miguel Prieto knows how to work
a crowd. The music director of the
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico and the
Louisiana Philharmonic opened the Oregon
Symphony's concert Saturday night with a joke
-- making his first OSO appearance, he walked
onstage violin in hand, pretending to be a guest
concertmaster -- and ended it by nearly blowing
the roof off the place with a high-contrast,
high-tension performance of Maurice Ravel's
arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's
'Pictures at an Exhibition.'"
Read the full review from The Oregonian
David Patrick Stearns speaks with violinists
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Joshua Bell,
and David Kim in an article about violinists
and conducting in The Philadelphia Enquirer
New Century, the Movie, Sizzles
"How do you do justice to the twin volcanos
of Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and
the New Century Chamber Orchestra?
Just follow them with a camera and show it all.
The deed is done, and the result is spectacular."
Music News - San Francisco Classical Voice
NSS MUSIC
YouTube Video on the DVD,
ON OUR WAY
The Journey of Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
and the New Century Chamber Orchestra
RELEASE DATE MAY 8, 2012
American Lyric Theater
Presents Final Event in 2011-2012
Freshly Brewed Series
The Living Libretto
April 29, 2012
1:00 p.m. at OPERA America
(Doors open at 12:30 p.m. for brunch.)
Tickets: $20*; available online at smarttix
Click here to go to order site
Click here to read press release
and for details on artists
SOLTI FOUNDATION U.S.
ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS
of 2012 AWARDS
Cristian Macelaru
$10,000 Sir Georg Solti Emerging Conductor Award
Robert Trevino
$5,000 Solti Foundation U.S. Career Development Award
Click here to read full details
APRIL 24, 2012
AvantiClassic Releases the latest
CD collaboration between violinist
Philippe Quint, Carlos Miguel Prieto
and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria.
The CD, the first in Quint's new relationship
with the Belgium-based record label,
will be released in the US April 24,
and features Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 26;
Beethoven, Romances, and Mendelssohn,
Violin Concerto in e, Op. 64. Recorded August 2011 at
Sala Nezahualcoyotl in Mexico City. Prieto's and Quint's
2009 recording of Korngold's Violin Concerto
(also with Mineria) garnered a Grammy
Award nomination.
View the YouTube video on the CD by
(Note: Press cc on bar below video to activate
English subtitles for Spanish section)
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Read the Oregon Music News
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
and
The University of New Mexico Cancer Center
Co-Present Cutting-Edge International Symposium
on the Science of Music and Healing
August 3 - 6, 2012
Part of the Festival's 40th Anniversary Season
Click here to visit Symposium website
Click here to read the post by AllThingsStrings.com
Read the FoxNews piece on festivals
worth checking out, including
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival:
The Hub
Industry Buzz
Symposium on music and healing set for Santa Fe
this summer
Click here to go to The Hub's link and
read the piece about
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival's
August 4 - 6 Symposium co-presented by
The University of New Mexico Cancer Center
Music Fest Benefit sets tone
for June event
-Northbrook Star
Read more about the
North Shore Chamber Music Festival
Broken String doesn't mar
IRIS Performance
Read The Commercial Appeal
Review on Vadim Gluzman's
recent performance of
Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2
SymphonyNOW talks
to Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
about her work as music director
of New Century Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto
"Much credit should go to Prieto, however,
whose energy, intelligence, and encouraging
way with a baton was central to the success
of the evening. This is a very worthwhile concert,
especially for those who enjoy a bit of a musical
challenge and like to stretch their ears."
-Calgary HeraldClick here to read the review
