This is an interesting post from Chicago Sinfonietta Concertmaster Paul Zafer. In it, he writes about how he goes about preparing for concerts.Getting Up To Speed, or How I Learned to Love My Bow | Chicago Classical Music
I am playing John Adam’s opera Nixon in China with Chicago Opera Theater this month. It is a really amazing piece, and I recommend checking it out if you can. Here are some performance details. It is a minimalist work, but it is in a more accessible style of...
The excellent violinist Jeff Yang will be performing several shows over the next few weeks. Here are the details:Saturday, May 6th, come and see my band Tautologic at the Internation Pop Overthrow festival. The show starts at 1:30 and we will be playing the last set...
Andy Anderson from the Lyric Opera of Chicago is selling an excellent 5 string Christopher bass. Any has done extensive work on this instrument to make the sound and playability as good as possible. I have played on this bass and have really enjoyed it. For more...
Chicago Symphony OrchestraThu 4/27, 8 p.m., Fri 4/28, 1:30 p.m., and Sat 4/29, 8 p.m.David Robertson, conductorJames Ehnes, violinmusic of Mozart, Weill, and Brahms(312)294-3000Lang Lang pianoSymphony Centermusic of Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, and LisztSun...
