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2022-02-16 18:15:06
In the new position, Peter Oundjian will conduct six performances each season, while also helping in the artistic planning with the Colorado Symphony Association. Oundjian's career began as a solo violinist and served fourteen years as the first violinist of the renowned Tokyo String Quartet. Pivoting to conducting, Oundjian started a 14-year tenure as […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2021-05-26 19:26:36
We’re coming to you from the Festival de musique de chambre de Montréal for a special “Home From Away” concert with Canadian violinist Martin Beaver. A faculty member at the Colburn School, Mr. Beaver was a member of the Tokyo String Quartet and has performed at major venues internationally, including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2019-11-14 06:32:00
Quasi Morendo (CD Review)
[…] familiar, the next piece on this release is the Brahms Quintet in b minor, op. 115, which I would assume is music with which many who read this blog are familiar. I myself have owned several recordings, back in the day on LP and now on CD. A quick check of my collection revealed the Shifrin/Chamber Music Northwest recording on Delos neatly filed where it belongs in a classical rack, but I failed to find the Stoltzman/Tokyo String Quartet version on RCA that is apparently piled in a box where is awaits refilling one of these days when I assemble the new CD rack that I bought months ago so I could accommodate my ever-growing collection. The Brahms is a piece near and dear to my heart and it is given a fine performance by Bieri and Meta4. Having demonstrated his amazing ability to create strange tones from his instrument in […]
2019-02-04 18:25:44
The Colorado Music Festival, in Boulder, Colorado, has this week announced the appointment of Canadian conductor and violinist Peter Oundjian as its new Music Director. The 63 year old former 1st violinist with the Tokyo String Quartet, currently serves as Music Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Yale School of Music Philharmonia. He previously served […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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