Violinist Chad Hoopes.By Greg StepanichYoung violin virtuosos aren't exactly a dime a dozen, but there seem to be quite a few more around these days interested in making names for themselves.A case in point is Chad Hoopes, an earnest 15-year-old from suburban Cleveland who opened the new season of chamber music concerts at the Duncan Theatre's Stage West, on the Lake Worth … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2009-10: The season in dance
A scene from Israel Ballet's Don Quixote. By Sharon McDanielYes, Virginia, there will be a Nutcracker at the Kravis Center. But Santa is bringing it by sleigh -- from Russia. With Ballet Florida out of commission and Miami City Ballet staging it only in Broward and Miami, the door is open for the Moscow Classical Ballet (Dec.24-26, Kravis Center, West Palm Beach).Of the … [Read more...]
Music review: Mozart foursome exemplary in canonical program
From left: Mark Gothoni, Paul Rivinius, Hartmut Rodhe and Peter Hoerr.By Greg StepanichLAKE WORTH -- Although much of the activity in today's classical music world is spent in pursuit of the new or the old but overlooked, it's always nice to check in on the canon and see that it's doing just fine.The Mozart Piano Quartet, a foursome of performers and academics who work in … [Read more...]
Dance review: Show too mixed to make enough mo
A scene from Momix's Lunar Sea.By Sharon McDanielLAKE WORTH -- Acrobats -- supple contortionists, really -- perch spider-like on slender poles. Slowly, poles and people spin until airborne, circling the space above the Duncan Theatre stage.In effect, Momix defined itself more as a verb than a dance company in works like the airborne Sputnik (Fellow Traveler). You might say that … [Read more...]
Music review: Frith’s ‘Lelekovice’ inspires on strong Calder Quartet concert
English guitarist, composer and educator Fred Frith.By Greg StepanichLAKE WORTH -- There are many ways to describe music, from the fanciful to the mundane, but Wednesday afternoon a young string quartet from Los Angeles compellingly brought an audience's ears back to the art's most fundamental identity: Sound.The Calder Quartet, a four-man group that likes to mix provocative … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Quartet, violinist heat up classical week
The Calder Quartet.By Greg StepanichWe're in the thick of the season, and there are a few events in the classical music world that deserve mention:Calder Quartet: This Los Angeles-based string foursome -- violinists Benjamin Jackson and Andrew Bulbrook, violist Jonathan Moerschel and cellist Eric Byers --, fresh off an appearance with the band Airborne Toxic Event on The Late … [Read more...]