Vanessa Perez.By Greg StepanichIn an ambitious and wide-ranging recital Saturday night at the Steinway Gallery in Boca Raton, pianist Vanessa Perez brought poetry and power to music from Mozart to Villa-Lobos.It was in the music of South America and Spain that Perez, a native of Venezuela, made the strongest impact, though in the six years since I last saw her at the … [Read more...]
Music review: Delray Quartet makes another advance with fine Ravel
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), seen in 1912.By Greg StepanichIn presenting a fine performance of one of the supreme masterworks of the 20th-century literature, the Delray String Quartet on Saturday night showed it is an ensemble that continues to grow and deepen, and that its current multi-venue concert series has been more than beneficial for it.The quartet's second program of the … [Read more...]