Billed as Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, the tiny band of Russian musicians that played the Kravis Center on March 13 is really a string orchestra of 14 players: Seven violins, three violas, three cellos and one double bass. Founded in 1991 by Misha Rachlevsky, their conductor, they have toured the world extensively, and their concert in West Palm Beach was given a very warm … [Read more...]
‘Haywire’ all style, no substance — but that’s some style
I watched Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire less than 24 hours ago, and I’m already having trouble remembering exactly what the picture was about – some gobbledygook about private government contractors double-crossing one another, with one rogue special-ops agent targeted for knowing too much, or for the appeasement of her vengeful ex-boyfriend/employer, or something like that. But … [Read more...]
NADA’s collaborative style proves boon for new art, audiences
On the first day of the New Art Dealers Alliance art fair (NADA), which took place during the recent Miami Art Week, young artists and art professionals gathered alongside established dealers, collectors and curators in the expansive grand lobby of the Deauville Beach Resort. Young men with scruffy beards wearing blue jeans sat on couches and armchairs alongside polished art … [Read more...]
The View From Home 25: New releases on DVD
Araya (Milestone) Release date: May 10 Standard list price: $29.95 Milestone Films releases many different kinds of movies, but if the distributor has a signature style, it’s the merger of documentary and fiction – depictions of real life colored, in one way or another, with the aesthetic control of fiction. I am Cuba, The Exiles, On the Bowery and In This World all fulfill … [Read more...]
Montero entertains in vivid style at Boca fest
The Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero has carved out a useful niche for herself as a musician who recalls an earlier tradition of performers who improvised in concert. Her recital Thursday night during the fifth Festival of the Arts Boca ended with four of her improvisations, but it was the rest of her program that provided the highest interest from a purely musical point of … [Read more...]