On the cover of Black Violin’s 2015 album Stereotypes is a violin, shattered and artfully arranged in a new, angular shape. It’s a fitting visual for what the duo has been doing together for nearly 15 years: defying expected conventions about what music can sound like, and who can play it. A blend of classically-informed […]
Live in Studio C: Belmont University Guitar Ensemble
Listen / Last month, Robert Thompson visited the studio as half of Duo Sudeste. This week, he returned as a director to showcase students from the Belmont University Guitar Ensemble. Ranging from freshman to seniors, the students performed music as duets and quartets in a variety of styles across the guitar repertoire.
Live in Studio C: Bart Feller
Listen / Flutist Bart Feller is used to traveling the country with his instrument. While his main gigs are playing principal flute with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and teaching at Rutgers University, he spends summers in the desert playing with the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and weekends teaching the pre college division at Julliard.
Live in Studio C: Nicholas Wing And Friends
Listen / Composer Nicholas Wing gave the world premiere of three works on this week’s program, including a piece performed with a violin once played by a member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (then known as the Palestine Philharmonic), founded by Bronisław Huberman.
Composer Jonathan Leshnoff on Jewish Spirituality, Tenacity and Writing for the Violins of Hope
A city-wide initiative featuring performances, lectures and community discussions about the Holocaust will culminate this weekend as Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the Nashville Symphony and the Violins of Hope, instruments played by Jewish musicians in concentration camps during WWII. The program is anchored by the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Symphony No. 4, a piece the Nashville Symphony commissioned […]
Live in Studio C: Maharaja Flamenco Trio
Listen / The Maharaja Flamenco Trio stopped by prior to an evening concert at Middle Tennessee State University, bringing with them a lively set of classic Gypsy jazz and original flamenco music. Helmed by MTSU alumnus Silviu Ciulei, who is trained in both classical and flamenco guitar styles, the trio includes Tony Hartmann on percussion and David […]
Intersection’s “From the Ancient Valley” Celebrates Global and Local Kurdish and Persian Culture
Nashville is home to nearly 15,000 Kurdish residents, a population bigger than any other city in the United States. Most have found refuge here, having fled wars and dictatorships since the 1970s. This vibrant community was one point of inspiration for Kelly Corcoran, artistic director of Nashville’s contemporary chamber ensemble Intersection. This Friday and Saturday, Intersection […]
Classical Crossroads, Vol 2: Classical x Jazz
Since jazz’s coming of age in the early 20th century, classical and jazz musicians have been influencing and borrowing from one another, creating some bold and innovative music along the way. From the early syncopations of Scott Joplin and George Gershwin to modern interpretations of classics from the likes of Kamasi Washington, jazz and classical music […]
Live in Studio C: Vocal Arts Nashville
Listen / A professional, eight-member choir is one of the newest chamber ensembles in Nashville. Singing under the direction of Matthew Phelps, Vocal Arts Nashville brought us selections from their first season, which continues at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4 at West End United Methodist with music of Bach and Brahms.
Dancing One Survivor’s Story, Nashville Ballet Joins A Chain of Holocaust Memory-Keepers
When a ballet about the Holocaust was first suggested to Stephen Mills, Artistic Director and choreographer for Ballet Austin, it struck him as the “worst idea ever.” It wasn’t until he met Naomi Warren, who survived three concentration camps while her family did not, that Mills felt moved to create Light / The Holocaust and […]
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