Shalin Liu Performance Center

Classical Concert Review: The Harlem Quartet at the Shalin Liu Performance Center

February 2, 2023
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Hey, any string quartet that has performed and recorded with Chick Corea (in the album “Hot House”) is ok by me.

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Classical Concert Review: Violinist Christian Tetzlaff — “Playing for Life and Death”

December 7, 2022
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Christian Tetzlaff’s recital was a breathtaking experience, full of dancelike grace, intelligence, and charm.

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November Short Fuses – Materia Critica

November 4, 2021
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Concert Review: Blue Note Records Celebrates its 80th at Shalin Liu — Almost Something for Everyone, and That’s Cool

November 10, 2019
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All three groups in this Blue Note anniversary concert were distinctly different. One was shaded with a hip hop influence, one proffered organ trio jazz-funk and one, all female, had singing as its focal point.

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Classical Music Review: Colin Carr’s Bach — A Trifecta of Beauty

July 16, 2018
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Colin Carr supplied an extraordinary performance of Bach’s Six Cello Suites.

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Jazz Concert Preview: Pianist Tamir Hendelman — A Welcome Return to Rockport

September 6, 2017
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The versatile, talented Israeli-born keyboardist has always had a pay-it-forward attitude about sharing his craft.

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Jazz Preview: The Rockport Jazz Festival (and Summer Gala) — Dedicated to Building an Audience for Jazz

August 8, 2016
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Shalin Liu Becomes a Jazz Destination: Wynton Marsalis Headlines the Rockport Music Summer Gala fundraiser.

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Concert Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble Pay Glorious Respect to Father and Sons —

June 21, 2016
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It doesn’t get much better for father and sons than when these virtuosos give their superb all for the Bach clan..

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Concert Review: Wunderkind Joey Alexander at the Shalin Liu Performance Center

August 18, 2015
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Joey Alexander is more than a mere prodigy; he is closer to a freak of nature, a fully formed jazz virtuoso.

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Concert Review: Pianist Marc-André Hamelin at the Shalin Liu Performance Center

June 21, 2015
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Marc-André Hamelin, one of the world’s elite pianists, held the packed Shalin Liu Performance Center enthralled.

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