As the cellist Bruce Uchimura said, the world is a better place for having once had Antonin Dvořák in it. Uchimura, a member of the Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Merling Trio, offered his tribute to the great Czech Romantic composer during the trio’s appearance Wednesday afternoon on the Classical Café series at the Duncan Theatre’s Stage West. On the second half of that program, the … [Read more...]
Pianist Ahn impressive in solo, duo recital
Although 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 who is a piano fellow at Miami Beach’s New World … [Read more...]