Raya Garbousova News
American musician
- cello
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- United States of America
- cellist, music teacher
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2016-04-05 12:41:56
[…] in Paris. He composed both while studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré. In 1913 Erik Satie’s Veritables Flabby Preludes (for a dog) were premiered in Paris. These compositions were initially rejected by two publishers in Paris. In 1939 Alexander Gretchaninoff’s Symphony No. 5 was premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra with Leopold Stokowski conducting. In 1946 Samuel Barber’s Cello Concerto was premiered by the Boston Symphony with Serge Koussevitzky conducting and Raya Garbousova the soloist. In 1987 Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto was premiered in New York. This was Glass’ first foray into non-theatrical music and was written with his late father in mind. As Glass said, “I wrote the piece in 1987 thinking, let me write a piece that my father would have liked […] A very smart nice man who had no education in music whatsoever, but the kind of person who fills up concert halls. […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2012-04-21 00:53:09
[…] and subtlety; Wolff evoked virtuoso displays of dynamic range from the ensemble. Samuel Barber’s Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 22, is probably the least-performed of his three concertos, though it is a splendid work that should be in the repertoire of every serious cello soloist. As is often the case with Barber, it fuses intense emotional content with rigorous and learnèd formal processes. It was written in 1946 for the BSO and cellist Raya Garbousova (mother of NEC’s Paul Biss and grandmother of pianist Jonathan Biss), who owned the piece for so long that it may have discouraged others from horning in — the way John Browning owned the piano concerto. Christine Lamprea, a Juilliard graduate now in the NEC master’s program under Natasha Brofsky, did the only sensible thing under such circumstances — she adopted her own unique take on the piece, with a sureness and aplomb that […]
2012-03-13 04:19:48
Alisa Weilerstein
I’m starting to realize I do more interviews with cellists than any other discipline of musician! Anyway… Alisa Weilerstein! Yes, the one that is known for her brilliance in concert, is part of that great family band The Weilerstein Trio (which Alisa tells me is still very much together and plays a few times a year), won accolades around the world and became a MacArthur Fellow last year is here to talk to The Glass. Mind you, I was frazzled and hadn’t even showered for the day yet when she buzzed me (If you are reading this Alisa, I do shower regularly), but, when Alisa Weilerstein calls, you must answer. And we proceeded to get this in 20 minutes! It’s got to be a record of some sort! CM: Can you please talk about the Barber Cello Concerto? AW: It was written for Raya Garbousova , who is one of the […]
2012-03-11 13:20:00
[…] seemed to be played on the highest registers of the cello, and youwould have the cellist reaching down to the bottom of the fingerboard, and thesound was rich and not the least bit strained at all. The balance between the cello and theorchestra was also good, at no time was the soloist overwhelmed by theorchestra. Barber wrote this as a result of a commission by SergeKoussevitzky of the Boston Symphony. Theconductor had Raya Garbousova in mind as the soloist. Barber would first sit through a few hours ofthe soloist’s playing highlights from her repertoire to get an idea of herqualities, and he would get a lot of feedback from her during the course of thecomposition. Before we went to the concert I read up the write-ups onNew York Philharmonic’s website, including the PDF files that would be includedin the Avery Fisher Hall program. TheProgram Notes for […]
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