Pianist Hyojin Ahn.By Greg StepanichAlthough it was billed as a solo recital, pianist Hyojin Ahn’s concert Wednesday afternoon at the Duncan Theatre’s Stage West also featured a violinist in a major modernist work from the 1920s, and that piece as much as anything else Ahn did helped make this musical event a memorable one.Ahn, 32, a South Korea-born musician … [Read more...]
Music review: Violinist Numata shows power, wide range
Violinist Yuki Numata.By Greg StepanichIf eclecticism is the name of the game for today's younger virtuosi, then to be successful these days requires that you play all those different kinds of pieces equally well.It won't do, in other words, to have a middling Mozart but an incandescent Shostakovich. Too much is expected, but that doesn't mean you can't shine a little brighter … [Read more...]