News Schubertiade

Imogen Cooper (Photo: Sussie Ahlburg) Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen's London Piano Festival is coming back for its seventh edition at Kings Place this Autumn (6-9 October 2022). Where did the time go, I chatted to Katya and Charles back in 2016 for the first festival [see my interview]. This year features the usual combination of fine pianism, distinguished guests, imaginative programming and piano teamwork.The festival opens with Tamara Stefanovich interweaving the birdsong-inspired pieces of Messiaen and Rameau, and ending with Messaien’s Cantéyodjayâ. Then Dame Imogen Cooper is joined by Katya Apekisheva, Charles Owen and Dominic Degavino, pianists who have all benefitted from her skill and unique insights through masterclasses and teaching sessions over the years, for an evening of piano duets. The four pianists will take to the stage in different pairings to perform Schubert’s piano duets whilst recreating the atmosphere of an intimate social gathering. On the Saturday, Katya Apekisheva and Noriko […]

Classical Music News of the Week, December 11, 2021 

[…] ROCO Brass Quintet at the Saint Arnold Brewing Company. Sponsored by the W.T. and Louise J. Moran Foundation, this annual ROCO tradition kicks off the new year gathering friends for good music, food, and fun, featuring traditional beer hall music and favorite brass arrangements along with craft beer (plus root beer) and bites from Saint Arnold.  The next “Connections Series” concert of the month, “A House of My Own”, takes place January 22, presenting a  Schubertiade salon performance with a modern twist in the historic ballroom of Rienzi, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston house museum for European decorative arts.For details, visit https://roco.org/performances/connections-beer-and-brass-2022/--Andrew Ousley, Unison MediaMore Upcoming EventsNow - December 12:LA Opera: La Cenerentola/Cinderellahttps://www.laopera.org/performances/2122-season-page/cinderella-3/Tuesday, December 14, at 10 a.m.:Salastina Virtual Happy Hour: Felix Klieser, hornhttps://www.salastina.org/concerts/2021/12/14/happy-hour-no-83-felix-klieser-hornSaturday December 11 at 2 p.m.:Los Angeles Master Choral: Festival of Carolshttps://www.lamasterchorale.org/festival-of-carols--Lisa Bellamore, Crescent CommunicationsPerformances by Jeremy Denk / The KnightsJeremy Denk at Seattle Symphony in […]

[…] the audience. After all, if we see someone in the street crying, or expressing joy or suffering, we can understand what they are conveying. People connect with you if you are honest. This is one of the reasons that Ilker's programmes can seem a little dark, he wants the music to be as honest as possible. Looking ahead, he is due to be performing The Path of Life programme at the Schubertiade in Hohenems [on 30 May 2021, see Schubertiade website], and there is a tour planned in Belgium of Mozart's Requiem with Philip Herreweghe, and he has a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. Though quite which of these will actually come to pass, it is difficult to be certain in the present climate. In person, Ilker is engaging and charming and this proves […]