Extractions: Tim and I spent the entire day, yesterday, making final edits to our upcoming "Rugged Elegance Companion" guides. The Financial District selections and changes are now complete. Union Square and The Theatre District/Nob Hill will be done today and tomorrow. What San Francisco treasures we have found! After a long day of walking and talking with establishment owners, we treated ourselves to our annual dinner at the Campton Place Bar followed by a night at the symphony. A tradition we've had for the past eight years has been to go Christmas shopping in Union Square and then end up at Campton Place . Unfortunately, that indulgence went by the wayside, this past season. However, we made up for it last night. While I miss the bar's old ambiance, there is a warmth about the recent Campton Place remodel designed by Hong Kong's Sylvia Chang.
The University Of Chicago Presents helene grimaud, piano CHICAGO RECITAL DEBUT Emmanuel Pahud his first Chicagoappearance he teams up with the fiery young French pianist helene grimaud. http://chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/series/chamber/2002-03.html
Extractions: At once abstract and deeply personal, chamber music has always been the medium through which the great composers have expressed their most urgent feelings and desires. From Beethoven's anguished and exalted "Song of Thanksgiving" (Op. 132) and Smetana's vividly autobiographical string quartet ("From My Life") to the heartfelt outpourings of songs by Dvorak and Debussy, these works are windows on the artist's most private musings - their most intimate voices. The University of Chicago Presents' 2002-03 season is marked by these "intimate voices" from artists worldwide. Whether it be the haunting sound of a solo cello or the seamless beauty of mezzo-soprano Susan Graham on the Chamber Music Series, the season is bursting with song. Once again, the world's most revered musicians grace the stage of Mandel Hall performing music that speaks to us all. As always, we are committed to presenting significant, even daring, debuts, giving Chicagoans their first opportunity to hear some of the musicians that have emerged at the vanguard of music-making worldwide. The intimate circle of composer, performer and listener is only closed when you come to share in the experience. Don't miss a note!
Pianists Andsnes And Grimaud In Recitals | Our Reviews | AccessAtlanta helene grimaud, Tuesday at Emory Universitys Schwartz Center. Wasnt it avivacious dialogue, up there on stage, between pianist and composer? http://www.accessatlanta.com/entertainment/content/custom/blogs/reviews/entries/
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Extractions: (201) 216-5238 or cbrutonw@stevens.edu On April 18, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - world renowned for both its stellar performances and operating without a conductor - will present its first-ever concert at Stevens Institute of Technology's historic DeBaun Auditorium ( www.debaun.org ). This public concert marks the first in a series of innovative, high-tech collaborations between Stevens and the New York City-based, Grammy award-winning orchestra. The 8 p.m. concert on April 18 features guest pianist Hélène Grimaud. The program includes Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54; Brahms' Serenade No. 1 in D major; and David Diamond's "Rounds." [See the end of this release for other details, including concert ticket prices, on this and other Orpheus events at Stevens.] Young French pianist Hélène Grimaud has performed in many of the world's finest concert halls since her 1988 debut with the Orchestre de Paris. Acclaimed for her performances of the great Romantic works, she is known worldwide as an exciting, intense pianist. She has been described by the New York Times as a musician who "leans towards extremes of head-long impetuosity and searching deliberation." The 27-member Orpheus Orchestra was founded in 1972 and performs an annual series of concerts in New York's Carnegie Hall as well as making appearances in prestigious halls around the world. It has performed in more than 300 cities in 42 countries and has released more than 50 recordings worldwide on major labels such as RCA Victor Red Seal and Deutsche Grammophon (
CONDUCTOR, PIANIST ARE WELCOME TREAT Guest artist pianist helene grimaud. Guest Conductor Paavo Järvi. LocationHilbert Circle Theatre. Remaining concert 530 pm today. http://www.home.earthlink.net/~sandrikasaw/indy92300.html
Extractions: Remaining concert : 5:30 p.m. today. An exciting pianist and a clever program of creations inspired by found objects grace this weekend's Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra concerts at Hilbert Circle Theatre. Schumann's A minor Piano Concerto Fratres , a contemporary chamber music work reset for string orchestra, was influenced by Renaissance sounds. Finally, after intermission came another Romantic-era piece, the Brahms String Quartet, but it was orchestrated by Schoenberg, a modernist. Fratres Fratres deliberately and treated the long decrescendo at the end of the piece gently, so that the tapering off into silence was dramatic. Grimaud, a French pianist born in Aix-en-Provence, has a huge, highly physical technique at the keys. In the first frenetic piano statement in the first
Extractions: e-mail:winston-barclay@uiowa.edu Release: Immediate NOTE TO BROADCASTERS: Grimaud is pronounced "Gree-moh" Pianist Grimaud plays Beethoven and Brahms in April 6 Hancher concert IOWA CITY, Iowa French pianist Helene Grimaud will play works by Brahms and Beethoven in a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6, in Hancher Auditorium on the University of Iowa campus. The concert is part of Hancher's 1996-97 IES Industries Piano Series. The program features three sets of compositions by Brahms the Fantasies, op. 116; the Intermezzi, op. 117; and the Six Pieces, op. 118. Grimaud will also perform Beethoven's Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, op. 110. Grimaud commanded the attention of the music world at the age of 15, when her recording of the treacherous Rachmaninoff second piano concerto was released. Critics were nearly dumbstruck by the teenager's masterful grasp of a piece with such daunting technical and musical demands. A second recording of music by Liszt, Chopin and Schumann quickly followed, confirming that a major new talent was on the scene. The critic of England's Gramophone magazine concluded, "It's a long time since I've encountered a young artist with so intuitive an understanding of what music is all about. . . . She just seems to know where every phrase is going, and why." The American Record Guide hailed her as "one of the most striking pianistic personalities to appear on recordings in recent years. . . . burning with passion and poetry allied to effortless, rock-solid pianism."
International The Telegraph - Weekly (Nepal) helene grimaud A pianist unlike any other. Alain Lompech, French journalist.In the world of music, helene grimaud is a unique figure. http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/telegraph/2001/jan/jan10/inte
Extractions: Kathmandu, Wednesday, 10 January 2001 INTERNATIONAL Berlin: Regional selfishness blocking economic upturn -Heinz Boschek, IN-Press, Germany This thinking also formed part of the decision taken this (read last year’s) spring by the aero-engine manufacturer BMW Rolls Royce-BRR- to expand its capacities in Dahlewitz, Brandenburg, and to fully relocate its management from Oberyrsel near Frankfurt/Main to the neighboring part of Berlin at the end of 1998. BRR director Klaus Nittinger had this to say: "here we have room for our expansion plans and, as Berlin develops in to an airport hub, we have an important market on our doorstep. Berlin and Brandenberg are basically condemned by nature to have synergies". Jurgen Linde, the minister in Potsdam, regrets that the Grand Coalition of CDU and SPD which is governing Berlin is n able to contribute to a responsible policy for the region as a whole e.g. for an integrated public transport system for Berlin and Brandenberg. A survey by the DIW shows clearly that, for example, that there is a high degree of integration between manufacturing companies based around Berlin and nearby suppliers. No matter what the public administrations of Berlin and Brandenberg are doing to harm each other, every second company in the area surrounding Berlin prefers to purchase upstream goods from other firms in the area or directly from Berlin. The unity of the economic area has become a reality and is far ahead of the political situation. So the pressure is growing. It looks like that there will indeed be a second attempt to merge the two states in 2004.
LadyWolfe Hélène Grimaud LadyWolfe Hélène grimaud. She s a renowned young pianist, born in France, livingin New York. From all reports, she s talented, passionated and brilliant. http://membres.lycos.fr/hiyami/songs/helene.htm
Extractions: This page belongs to the Soulcatcher ; you're in the Music Soulcatcher e-mail the webmistress News : July 2004 Summer European Tour Hélène will perform in a few summer festivals in Europe in August 2004 with the Australian Youth Orchestra. More info and complete schedule here New sites added to the Links section. News : November 2003 I've added two articles in French published in Le Monde on October 31, 2003. Credo Variations Sauvages Website of the Wolf Conservation Center, her fundation for study and protection of the wolves :
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Extractions: Click here to e-mail reviewer CD Label: DG B0003885-02 T his new release is a mixed bag to be sure, but how can one resist when it features three current luminaries of the keyboard and a conductor who has made a specialty of Bartok's music over the course of a long career. For Boulez, Bartok has always been a precursor of the avant-garde style that Boulez himself has pursued. Not surprisingly, Boulez tends to emphasize the spiky, dissonant, modernistic aspects of Bartok's music. But here, much to his credit, he seems content to play the role of accompanist, to provide firm but sympathetic support to his three soloists, each of whom has a very distinct, if not single-minded, approach to his or her chosen concerto. andante that robs it of its otherworldly strangeness and melancholy. At times, Boulez can be too literal-minded, and here Zimmerman (who should have known better) simply follows his lead.
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NPR : Death And Transcendence In Chopin, Rachmaninov Robert Siegel talks with Frenchborn pianist helene grimaud about themes of deathand transcendence in the work of Frederic Chopin and Sergei Rachmaninov. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4625296
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Extractions: The opening theme of the Guillaume Tell overture is surprisingly lyrical and mellow. A solo cello, supported by the remainder of the cello section playing divisi, by contrabass, and finally by soft timpani, plays an extended, cerebral. This music, darkly beautiful and absolutely singular, aptly conveys the seriousness of the dramatic events soon to unfold in the opera. After this remarkable 47-bar opening, the Overture moves into high gear, with the first of its two Allegro sections. This is signaled by the long-delayed entry of the violins, and gradually the entire band joins in. After considerable development of this material, the orchestra again dies down to a hush. Now a new theme enters, a lovely pastoral melody in the
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Extractions: with the Russian National Orchestra Adagio religioso-Poco piu mosso-Tempo 1 a 'night music' that is both contemplative and disturbing. Grimaud's ability to evoke both sensitive tonal shadings and clangorous dissonance made this movement an overwhelming experience. Her technique is brilliant and commanding. She imbued this nightmarish movement with an almost frightening intensity. In the opening Allegretto Grimaud produced pearls of pianistic brilliance at a rhythmically daunting tempo. In the concluding Allegro vivace Lawrence Budmen , Miami Beach, USA home Ensemble home
Extractions: Conductor Vedernikov and the Russian National Orchestra were equal partners in this magnificent performance of Bartok's swan song opus. Vedernikov's long experience as an opera conductor clearly pays dividends in his concerto collaborations. (He is Music Director and Chief Conductor of Moscow's Bolshoi Theater and former Music Director of the Stanislavsky Music Theater.) The silken Russian National strings captured the eerie gloom of the 'night music'. (This music has a 1940s film noire Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 in E Minor Op 64 is thrice familiar orchestral fare, but there is nothing quite like Tchaikovsky played by a top rank Russian orchestra. Principal French horn Igor Makarov phrased his famous solo in the Andante cantabile con alcuna licenza with alluring romanticism. His wide vibrato had an authentic Russian sound. The wonderfully languid oboe tone of Andrey Rubtsov captured the music's tragic poignancy. In the first movement Andante-Allegro con anima , the violins (led by concertmaster Alexey Bruni) really gave their all to the waltz melody. They played with golden tone and a full, rich vibrato a string section filled with Heifetzs and Milsteins. The often discursive movement had a rhythmic tightness and drive that made the music sound fresh. Vedernikov understood the balletic quality of the Valse: Allegro moderato . One could see the dancers in the mind's eye. (Vedernikov must be a superb ballet conductor.) For once the Finale: Andante maestoso was not an overblown anticlimax but the real apotheosis of Tchaikovsky's musical argument. Vedernikov traced the agony and the ecstasy of this music with an unerring sense of rhythmic energy, dynamic contrast, and lyrical ebb and flow. The musicians responded with colorful, sensitive playing from every orchestral choir. The gorgeous sound of the cello section (under Principal Alexander Gotgelf) was exceptionally beautiful. Tchaikovsky symphonies are rarely performed this idiomatically!
Hélène Grimaud - A Pianist Unlike Any Other Hélène grimaud A pianist unlike any other. In the world of music, Hélène grimaudis a unique figure. She is loved by the general public and the subject of http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/label_france/ENGLISH/ART/grimaud/grimaud.html
Extractions: Sonata No. 2, a dense work requiring first-rate piano capacities, knowledge of the science of music, of the arrangement of sound levels, a superior idea of form and a great ability to cover the distance. On reading Dante, by Franz Liszt. And embarking on this major piece in front of Jorge Bolet was not without danger. He was thoroughly taken with her. We shall long remember what he had to say to us that very evening, without any prompting: "You were there this afternoon, I saw you in the room. I want you to tell your readers that I have not met such an extraordinary talent as this for a long time". Alain Lompech
