Wrapped Episode #296 of From the Top on Friday night under the aegis of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and Washington Performing Arts at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium. FTT’s relationship with the Cooke Foundation has now been a 10-year partnership, and through their generosity and enthusiasm (Stuart Haney from Cooke has long been a …
Yesterday afternoon found us returning to NEC’s Jordan Hall in Boston for this season’s first live taping of From the Top. Extraordinary performances of really great music by all our young guests: the opening movement of Schumann’s turbulent a minor Violin Sonata played with fervor and poetry by 13-year old Masha Lakisova, the Finale of …
Some more tracks from our reunion concert last Sunday. Check the Appearances page here for more shows I’ll be playing with Pablo. Many more to come. Pablo Ziegler was given the news of his landing the piano job in Astor Piazzolla’s New Tango Quintet when the manuscript for a newly composed intro/cadenza was shoved under …
Had a wonderful Labor Day weekend in the Catskills performing with Tango master pianist, composer and arranger, Pablo Ziegler, at the gracious invitation of the Catskills Mountain Foundation. Pablo has been an idol of mine for decades, ever since I first heard him as long-time pianist of Astor Piazzolla‘s New Tango Quintet. Back then, if …
Here are two wonderful interviews prefacing our concert together at the Doctorow Center in Hunter, NY in the Catskills. Great job, Vicki! (mp3 of my live performance of Pablo’s Milonga del adios at the bottom of the page) Pablo Ziegler Speaks to the Journey behind the Nuevo Tango and More! Posted on August 21, 2014 by …
On Gunther Schuller‘s recommendation, I’ve been making my way through some of the more exquisite character pieces of Cyril Scott. I’ve performed a number of them as break-pieces on From the Top broadcasts, all of which are available at other posts on this site. I was saving Lotus-land for Aspen, as I’m sure it counts …