The Celebrity Series of Boston

Classical Concert Review: Pianist Martin Helmchen  — Balancing Bach with Subtlety and Flair

December 7, 2022
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In his Celebrity Series debut, pianist Martin Helmchen performed a mostly vivid and colorful evening of Bach.

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Concert Review: Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis — A Very French Duo Piano Recital

February 25, 2020
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It was as if the pianists were performing in a small drawing room for a few friends, not at Jordan Hall.

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Classical Music Review: San Francisco Symphony at Symphony Hall

March 27, 2019
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While the orchestra’s program was almost defiantly canonical, it was played with such lightness and energy that you could forgive its disappointing safeness.

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Concert Review: Pianists Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan

March 6, 2018
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Their combined sound, made by two nested pianos, their lids off, aided and abetted by Jordan Hall’s superb acoustics, was irresistible.

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Music Preview: Billy Childs Reimagines Laura Nyro

January 19, 2016
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Pianist/arranger/composer Billy Childs’s aim was to reimagine Nyro’s music.

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Concert Review: Pianist Maurizio Pollini — Chopin Performed Thrillingly

October 7, 2014
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Maurizio Pollini’s Chopin was breathtakingly beautiful, and often downright thrilling.

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Classical Music Season Preview 2014-2015: Adhering to the Safe, With Exceptions

September 19, 2014
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There’s a powerful attachment to conventional repertoire among the city’s many orchestras, through are there things to look forward to. Here is a guide to what’s coming up.

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Concert Review: A Gripping Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at Symphony Hall

March 25, 2014
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For at least the last decade, the LAPO has set the bar in creative programming, commissioning new works, and integrating itself into its community.

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Concert Review: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Delivers a Magical Evening

March 24, 2014
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Heralded cellist Yo-Yo Ma has played with several distinguished pianists over the years, but none (are) better than Kathryn Stott.

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Jazz Review: The Vijay Iyer Trio and Poet Robert Pinsky Create POEMJAZZ

March 16, 2014
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The first part of the evening worked: Robert Pinsky was a good enough actor, his poetry was sufficiently transparent, and Vijay Iyer proved to be a brilliant accompanist.

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