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One thing we all share in common is a passion for listening to music. Of course, we regularly come together to discover new talent and marvel at internationally-acclaimed artists on Vancouver’s stages. But our appetite for music does not end … Continue reading
Perhaps it has been a deficiency in my musical education, but I have found it hard to warm to Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues. Written in 1950-51 and influenced by Bach and in a lineage of prelude collections by Chopin, Scriabin, … Continue reading
Dmitri Shostakovich: 12 Preludes and Fugues from Op. 87 Like many of the great composers before him (Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff, among others), Shostakovich possessed the skills of a keyboard virtuoso, and might well have sustained … Continue reading
“I receive something valuable through music – and I hope that each listener will feel that they have too.” On his music education: “I started to play violin in a children’s music school at the age of two-and-a-half. My brother … Continue reading
“I am a story teller, I am a narrator.” “I spend my entire working life dealing only with beauty; I rarely sing with a piece of music in front of me, so all of these beautiful songs are committed to … Continue reading
“If they say the violin is a human voice, I would say the viola is the voice of the soul.” Discovery: “I studied at the boarding school, and there was a viola player in the next room. Its vibrations touched … Continue reading
The connection between music and politics has had a long, varied and interesting history. National anthems inspire a country’s patriotism, and protest songs rally a down-trodden populace. Music has become so important to today’s political campaigns that their success can … Continue reading
Our 32nd season opened this past Sunday with the Russian-born, Israeli-based pianist Boris Giltburg. He may be young (27 years), and he may not be a household name, but he left no doubt he is an artist to watch. The buzz … Continue reading
Ru35 is a new program for discerning young Vancouverites between 18 and 35 who want to broaden their cultural horizons, impress a date or influence their network in a new way. Young adults get the opportunity to experience live solo … Continue reading
In the beginning… first violinist and founding member Alexander Pavlovsky explains: “We have started to play together at 1994, and our average age then, was 16. That is a very unusual age to start playing in a string quartet. We … Continue reading
