by Daniel Hathaway

Crossover artist Gabriel Bolkosky, who studied classical violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music, then jazz violin at the University of Michigan, was introduced to the music of Argentine nuevo tango composer Astor Piazzolla by friend and cellist Derek Snyder. “He got me interested in Piazzolla a little over a decade ago,” Bolkosky said in a telephone conversation. “Pretty much from the moment I first heard it, I realized it was music I’d been wanting to play my whole life. His music and its history are so rich, and his musical journey is one that I relate to and admire. Something in the music speaks very deeply to my heart, and because it opens itself up to jazz, it’s the perfect crossover style for classical players.”

Gabriel Bolkosky will gather a mixed group of his classical and jazz friends to play his own reworkings of music by Piazzolla and Miles Davis on Friday, November 13 at 8:00 pm in the Metro Campus Auditorium at Cuyahoga Community College. [Read more…]