When Bruce Adolphe is in the middle of writing a batch of Piano Puzzlers for American Public Media’s Performance Today, he’s always listening for ideas. One came along while the composer and his daughter Katja were watching a Fred Astaire film in which the song-and-dance legend was performing Irving Berlin’s Cheek to Cheek. Suddenly, Adolphe realized that part of the Berlin … [Read more...]
Amelia Piano Trio excellent in program of teen trios
Frederic Chopin did not write much chamber music, but it's fair to say that the two major works that qualify -- the early Piano Trio and the late Cello Sonata -- have been too often overlooked. In this bicentenary year of Chopin's birth, the Connecticut-based Amelia Piano Trio is redressing that balance with performances of this fine work, and it was part of the bold, … [Read more...]
Piano fest wraps at PBAU with three names to watch
Like better-known programs of its ilk, the young International Certificate of Piano Artists program is a good way for rising stars of the classical piano to get expert advice, and for aficionados of the art to catch some rising stars. Thursday night at the DeSantis Family Chapel on the campus of Palm Beach Atlantic University, the Palm Beach Symphony accompanied three ICPA … [Read more...]