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The Celebrity Series of Boston

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

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

By: Aaron Keebaugh Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Aaron Keebaugh, Martin Helmchen, The Celebrity Series of Boston

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

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

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Paul Lewis, Steven Osborne, The Celebrity Series of Boston

Classical Music Review: San Francisco Symphony at Symphony Hall

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

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony, The Celebrity Series of Boston

Concert Review: Pianists Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan

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

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan, The Celebrity Series of Boston

Music Preview: Billy Childs Reimagines Laura Nyro

Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro

Pianist/arranger/composer Billy Childs’s aim was to reimagine Nyro’s music.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Jazz, Music, Popular Music, Preview Tagged: Alicia Olatuja, Becca Stevens, Billy Childs, Laura Nyro, The Celebrity Series of Boston

Concert Review: Pianist Maurizio Pollini — Chopin Performed Thrillingly

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

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Chopin, Maurizio Pollini, The Celebrity Series of Boston

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

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.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Editorial, Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: Boston Baroque, Boston Classical Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Cantata Singers, Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Handel and Haydn Society, New England Conservatory, New-England-Philharmonic, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, The Celebrity Series of Boston, The Longwood Symphony

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

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

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Gustavo-Dudamel, LAPO, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, The Celebrity Series of Boston

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

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

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Kathryn Stott, Symphony Hall, The Celebrity Series of Boston, Yo-Yo Ma

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

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.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Robert Pinsky, The Celebrity Series of Boston, Vijay Iyer Trio, Vijay Iyler

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