When two brilliant first-prize winners get together to form a duo, what you get is brilliant music making. Jon Manasse, principal clarinet of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, won top prize in Munich’s International competition for clarinet, and pianist Jon Nakamatsu won the coveted gold medal in the 1997 Van Cliburn International … [Read more...]
‘Slava’ brings humanity, humor to gentle Arsht show
MIAMI — With its slow-paced rhythms and emotive music, Slava’s SnowShow moves from scene to scene so carefully, so gentle, it feels like the show of a melancholy snail. The wild thing is how it still manages to turn grownups into children and little ones entertained more than an hour. Not to be compared to high-tech shows such as Cirque du Soleil (where mind-blowing tricks and … [Read more...]