“I am so pleased to welcome composer and conductor Victoria Bond to Rochester’s historic Lyric Theatre to celebrate the centennial anniversary of women’s right to vote in New York State."
WDAV blog "Of Note" previews Defiant Requiem at UNC Charlotte
As a Holocaust historian and educator, I am often asked, “Why did no one resist?” Fortunately, there was considerable resistance, from many quarters and in many forms. This becomes more visible when we break free from narrow definitions of “resistance” —that is, the notion that only armed struggle qualifies as resistance.
Concerto Net concert review: 88 keys to delight
Composition choices give entire orchestra chance to shine
Speaking of sparkles, Rachmaninoff can pack more notes into a measure with the best of them, and they poured out of the piano in shimmering cascades, all of which were negotiated without a hitch. Hands crossing over each other always came down in the correct spot; loud passages were not attacked so much as leaned into with solid control; all the melodies, especially the famous 18th variation, had a natural flow and sensitive rubato.
SYMPHONY NOTES, OCTOBER 20 AND 21, 2017: GETTING VERY NEAR THE END
Fall 2017 Concerts at ACFNY
ACFNY announces their Fall 2017 Season. One highlight this fall is the 8th annual Moving Sounds Festival, including an interactive multi-media experience at Roulette, acoustic and electronic works by French composer Éliane Radigue at Issue Project Room, the experimental multi-media performer PAUL at ACFNY and more.
NEPR Interview with Christopher Houlihan
Oct. 22: Renowned organist Christopher Houlihan in La Grange
WQXR's Expert Guide features Orli Shaham
WQXR's Expert Guide features Victoria Bond
Victoria Bond's opera Gulliver's Travels comes to life
The Symphony at Terezín
Stepping into Terezín—a former military compound in the Czech Republic where the Theresienstadt concentration camp was located—feels like being swallowed. The heavy stone gates of the star-shaped fortress built in the days of Joseph II gape ominously, thanks to its tragic history in World War II and decades more as a prison.
'Defiant Requiem': How prisoners of Nazis used Verdi to cope
Gramophone Review – “Christopher Houlihan Plays Bach”
Twenty Seasons of Cutting Edge Concerts
The Whole Note CD review: Christopher Houlihan plays Bach
Events for Children in NYC This Week
The Daily Gazette reviews Admiral Launch Duo
In One Era, Out The Other
While rarely considering self-flagellation as a hobby, at the end of last night’s concert by the stunning Momenta String Quartet, I had the impulse to give myself a quick whipping. Where the hell had I been those two previous concerts? And why wasn’t I able to change my schedule to fit in the final concert today?
Momenta Quartet makes hell an enjoyable ride
The second concert of the Momenta Quartet’s new self-titled festival had the foreboding title, “The Concert from Hell.” The evening’s curator, first violinist Emilie-Anne Gendron, explained in the program notes that her idea came from her being “a devoted fan of psychological thriller and horror movies.” She added that she is “attracted to anything that pushes us to our internal limits.”