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DIARY: Wednesday, January 5, 2022

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by Jarrett Hoffman

ABRAHAMSEN & LEVIT:

Based on The Cleveland Orchestra’s program this week — Hans Abrahamsen’s Vers le silence followed by Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto in the hands of Igor Levit — there are two articles from the past couple of years worth revisiting.

First, a profile of Levit (above) by Alex Ross in The New Yorker from May 2020, which covers his series of house concerts from early in the pandemic (the way they began is not how you would expect), his voracious and omnivorous taste in music, his cultural status in German-speaking countries, his leftist politics, the death threats he has received from the far right (and the concerts at which those threats were purportedly to occur), and more. [Read more…]

CIM Pierre Boulez Tribute: “Boulez the Modernist II” (Oct. 26)

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by Daniel Hathaway

BOULEZ-PierreThe CIM faculty recital on October 26 in Mixon Hall featured members of Ars Futura and guests in a program of music by Pierre Boulez and others, all related in some way to the career of the late, great French composer and conductor. The performance was the fourth of five concerts created by CIM composition head Keith Fitch to celebrate “The Boulez Legacy,” and the second to explore “Boulez the Modernist.” [Read more…]

Boulez Legacy Series at CIM concludes with CIM new Music Ensemble (Oct. 30)

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by Timothy Robson

thomas-boulez“Boulez the Advocate and Mentor,” the last of five concerts at CIM honoring the late Pierre Boulez, took place on October 30 at Mixon Hall. Appropriately, the CIM New Music Ensemble, directed by Keith Fitch, was joined by soloist Joshua Smith (CIM faculty member and Cleveland Orchestra principal flute), who performed many times under Boulez’s direction. [Read more…]

Boulez Legacy continues at CIM with Ars Futura program October 26

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by Mike Telin

arsfutura2016The Boulez Legacy will continue on Wednesday, October 26 at 8:00 pm in Mixon Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music with a faculty recital featuring the new music ensemble Ars Futura. The program, titled “Boulez the Modernist II,” will feature works by Pierre Boulez, John Cage, Mario Davidovsky, György Ligeti, and Olivier Messiaen.

“I’m honored to be a part of this series, and I learned a lot about Boulez when choosing this repertoire, pianist Shuai Wang said during a recent conference call that included flutist Madeline Lucas Tolliver. “I remember hearing a concert Boulez conducted with The  Cleveland Orchestra when I first came to CIM to study — it was amazing,” Wang said. [Read more…]

Boulez tribute at CIM continues with “Boulez the Conductor” on October 5

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by Mike Telin

BOULEZ-TCOPierre Boulez conducted The Cleveland Orchestra over a span of nearly fifty years. After making his American professional conducting debut with the Orchestra in 1965, he led them in more than 220 concerts. He was appointed the Orchestra’s first Principal Guest Conductor in 1969 and served as Musical Advisor for two seasons beginning shortly after George Szell’s death in 1970.

On Wednesday, October 5 at 8:00 pm in Kulas Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Steven Smith will lead the CIM Orchestra in a program titled “Boulez the Conductor” as part of CIM’s series celebrating “The Boulez Legacy.” The evening will feature Stravinsky’s Le Chant du Rossignol, Mahler’s “Adagio” from Symphony No. 10, and Messiaen’s Sept Haïkaï: Esquisses japonaises with Cleveland Orchestra principal keyboard and CIM faculty member Joela Jones as soloist.

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CIM: “Boulez the Friend and Teacher” with Carolyn Warner & Friends (Sept. 28)

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by Robert Rollin

boulez-flyerOn September 28 in Mixon Hall, the Cleveland Institute of Music presented the second Boulez Legacy concert, subtitled “Boulez the Friend and Teacher,” featuring Carolyn Warner and Friends in a program of French, German, and Russian duos and trios that reflected Boulez’s musical interests. [Read more…]

Boulez tribute at CIM continues with “Boulez the Friend and Teacher”

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by Mike Telin

boulez-flyerOn Wednesday, September 28 at 8:00 pm in Mixon Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music, pianists Carolyn Warner and Daniel Shapiro will join clarinetist Franklin Cohen, saxophonist James Umble, violinists Stephen Warner and Mari Sato, and cellist Brian Thornton in a program titled “Boulez the Friend and Teacher.” The concert is part of CIM’s series celebrating “The Boulez Legacy.”

“This concert completely lives up to its title,” program curator Carolyn Warner said during a recent telephone conversation. Warner, who joined the violin and keyboard sections of The Cleveland Orchestra in 1979 and serves on the CIM faculty, noted that deciding to include the two works by Ravel was a no-brainer. [Read more…]

The Boulez Legacy: Boulez the Modernist I at Mixon Hall, CIM (September 25)

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by Timothy Robson

boulez-tco-musicians-youtubeOn Sunday afternoon, September 25th, The Cleveland Institute of Music began a series of seven concerts celebrating the musical legacy of French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, whose relationship with The Cleveland Orchestra and other Cleveland musical institutions spanned almost 50 years. [Read more…]

Cleveland Institute of Music to celebrate the legacy of composer/conductor Pierre Boulez

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by Mike Telin

boulez-pierre-seatedFirst in a series of articles.

French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez passed away on January 5, 2016, at the age of 90. In his obituary the following day, The Guardian (London) wrote:

Pierre Boulez was arguably the single dominant figure of the classical musical world through the second half of the 20th century and beyond. Without his compositions, his legacy of recordings as a conductor, his writings on music, and his administrative skill and drive, the musical scene today would be of a quite different order.”

On Sunday, September 25 at 4:00 pm in Mixon Hall, the Cleveland Institute of Music will present the first of seven events celebrating “The Boulez Legacy.” [Read more…]

Cleveland Orchestra: Bruckner, Schumann & Kurtág at Severance Hall (March 24)

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by Timothy Robson

TCO102413-MastroianniThe death of French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez on January 5, 2016, at the age of 90, has prompted a series of remembrances from The Cleveland Orchestra and its members. Boulez was honored by the orchestra just over a year ago at the time of his birthday, and on March 24 at Severance Hall, Franz Welser-Möst led the United States premiere of György Kurtág’s Petite musique solennelle: Homage to Pierre Boulez at 90. [Read more…]

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