Posts Tagged 'Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky'

A breath of fresh sound: Roman’s flute concertino makes world premiere in CSO performance featuring Valdes, Sherman
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A breath of fresh sound: Roman’s flute concertino makes world premiere in CSO performance featuring Valdes, Sherman

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For Laurence Roman, composing music is “a little like playing … chess on a skateboard on an icy slope.”

Melodies, rhythm, thematic development, musical texture, orchestral colors, tonality and formal structure — all of these elements must be balanced for a piece to be successful. Roman said there are times when he’s saturated with a musical problem and needs 400 cups of coffee to keep going. In those moments, he remembers to take a break from his work.

Manhattan Piano Trio brings unique sound, new cellist to Logan series
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Manhattan Piano Trio brings unique sound, new cellist to Logan series

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Nobody asked Milana Strezeva, a renowned Moldovan-American pianist, if she wanted to learn to play piano. Her parents invited a music teacher to look at Strezeva’s hands and her fate was pronounced: She had very good hands for the instrument.

Lessons began at age 6, and by 11, Strezeva was accompanying her father, a clarinetist, and her mother, a soprano vocalist, in concert. This was her first chamber music ensemble. Luckily, Strezeva turned out to love chamber music.

New Arts Trio exits season with program of Mozart, Tchaikovsky
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New Arts Trio exits season with program of Mozart, Tchaikovsky

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For Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, there was no greater composer than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Tchaikovsky said he never felt so close to divinity as when he listened to Mozart’s music and even was so bold as to call Mozart the “musical Christ.”

The New Arts Trio will perform works by both of these composers at its last concert of the season at 4 p.m. today in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall.