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András Schiff "Perspectives: In The Steps Of Bartók" At Carnegie Hall And Other Us Concerts 2011/2012

Source: ECM Records
October 7, 2011

András Schiff “Perspectives: In The Steps Of Bartók" 2011/2012 U.S. Tour Schedule 2011

October 26 Washington, DC Kennedy Center October 28 New York, NY Carnegie Hall—Stern Auditorium October 29 New York, NY Carnegie Hall—Stern Auditorium October 31 New York, NY Carnegie Hall—Stern Auditorium

2012

February 22 NewYork, NY Carnegie's Zankel Hall February 25 New York, NY Carnegie's Zankel Hall February 27 Boulder, CO Macky Auditorium February 29 Berkeley, CA Zellerbach Auditorium March 2 Napa, CA First United Methodist ...

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Tim Berne June and July Concert Schedule in New York

Source: ECM records
June 3, 2011

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Ounaskari / Kuara US Summer Tour

Source: ECM records
June 4, 2011

Markku Ounaskari drums; Samuli Mikkonen piano; Per Jørgensen trumpet, voice. Finnish percussionist Markku Ounaskari made a strong impression on producer Manfred Eicher during the recording of Sinikka Langeland's “Starflowers" album and was invited to present his own project, and it is a fascinating one, with source material including Russian psalms and folk songs from displaced Finnish peoples (Karelians, Udmurtians, Vepsäns)—all approached from improvisational perspectives. It feels like a voyage over unfamiliar terrain, or as Markku says, “like a journey through ...

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Meredith Monk's June Concerts in New York

Source: ECM records
June 4, 2011

3 Legged Dog Art and Technology Center presented by Dance Theater Workshop (New York, NY) June 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th Songs of Ascension is a major new recording from composer Meredith Monk and her vocal ensemble. Written in 2008, it is conceived as a continuous composition, a departure from Monk's earlier collaged or episodic extended works. In recent years Meredith Monk's been expanding into the worlds of orchestra and string quartet. On “Songs of Ascension" she teams up with ...

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Thomas Zehetmair conducting SPCO in Minnesota

Source: ECM records
May 31, 2011

Thomas Zehetmair is one of the most significant violinists of our generation. He enjoys a successful international career, thrilling audiences and critics with his abilities as a soloist, chamber musician and conductor. In Europe, Zehetmair is a regular guest of the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, Gewandhaus Leipzig Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, among others. He also performs with the NHK Tokyo Orchestra and with the Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra. Thomas also ...

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ECM March 29th Releases!

Source: ECM Records
March 24, 2011

Don't miss these two new March 29th releases! Julia Hülsmann Trio Imprint Julia Hülsmann: piano Marc Muellbauer: bass Heinrich Köbberling: drums On the second ECM disc from the popular Berlin-based Julia Hülsmann Trio, the leader's themes stand out in stark relief, as if stamped or printed into the surrounding improvisation. “Imprint" offers highly communicative jazz in which melody, clearly-etched melody, is paramount. Hülsmann is a gifted jazz-composer and there are surprises amongst her pieces ...

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Trio Mediaeval's Performances & New Album in March

Source: Universal Music Enterprises
February 2, 2011

Trio Mediaeval A Worcester Ladymass Anna Maria Friman—voice Linn Andrea Fuglseth—voice Torunn Østrem Ossum—voice Few vocal ensembles produce quite as beautiful and finely blended a sound as this Norwegian trio... —Allan Kozinn, The New York Times Oslo's Trio Mediaeval presents a reconstruction of a 13th century votive Mass to the Virgin Mary, based on surviving manuscripts from a Benedectine Abbey in the English Midlands. Inserted amid the medieval music are a Credo and Benedicamus ...

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Charles Lloyd Quartet January 2011 North American Tour

Source: ECM Records
January 8, 2011

Many critics have opined that Lloyd's “New Quartet," with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland may be the best of all his groups. The quartet's previous release in this line-up, the live-recorded Rabo de Nube, met with across-the-board approval and was voted #1 album of the year in both the Critics and Readers Polls of JazzTimes. The Quartet has toured extensively since the September release of Mirror both in the states and abroad. Early in the new year they ...

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