by Daniel Hathaway
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. Cooper International Competition
. 2022/23 Signature Series at LCCC
. Carlos Salzedo and Ira Gershwin make their exits — George William Warren and Thomas Jefferson (T.J.) Anderson make their entrances
TODAY’S EVENTS:
The Thomas and Evon Cooper International Violin Competition continues at the Oberlin Conservatory.
After two days of performances, six participants have been selected to advance to Round Two in sessions today at 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm, when they will perform 45-minute programs with piano. Congratulations to these outstanding musicians.
(Pictured left to right): Audrey Goodner, 16, Reston, Virginia (U.S.A.), Bianca Ciubancan, 16, Chicago, Illinois (U.S.A.), Seohyun Kim, 13, Seoul (SOUTH KOREA), Kento Hong, 16, Edgemont, New York (U.S.A.), Sameer Agrawal, 17, Chicago, Illinois (U.S.A.), and Calvin Alexander, 17, Shreveport, Louisiana (U.S.A.).
Both sessions are free and are held in Warner Concert Hall and will be streamed live on oberlin.edu and The Violin Channel. [Read more…]
Some music never goes out of style. The famous first bars of Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto opened the program on August 6 at Blossom Music Center with a flourish. And the brilliance hardly let up after that, with The Cleveland Orchestra sounding superb in a pair of works that put symphonic tradition front and center.
The crowd at Blossom Music Center on July 16 received two concerts for the price of one. The Cleveland Orchestra went in a jazzy direction with the program’s first half, before turning to the dazzling symphonic repertoire that this ensemble does best.
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Describing pianist Jackie Warren, critic Carlo Wolff wrote, “To hear her is to fix on her, because Jackie Warren is a lover of the piano. She plays the instrument so well, it makes love back.”
Two-time GRAMMY Award-nominated pianist and contemporary jazz master Benito Gonzalez combines a long lineage of American jazz traditions with rhythms from around the world. His sound is recognizable for the powerful rhythm section and Afro-Latin patterns he prioritizes across his projects, working with luminaries from across the spectrum of jazz.
•Michelle Cann visits PianoDays tonight
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