Monthly Archives: January 2008

Pianist Ashley Hsu

by Lyn Bronson
January 28, 2008

Sixteen-year-old Ashley Hsu appeared at Santa Catalina School yesterday afternoon in a piano recital presented by the Monterey County Branch of the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC). Ms. Hsu is a member of the MTAC’s “Young Artist Guild,” the … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: Piano

Robert Schwartz Returns to Triumph!

by David Beech
January 27, 2008

The Steinway Society audience was treated to an exemplary recital by Robert Schwartz on Sunday evening, January 27, 2008 at Le Petit Trianon, San Jose. Schwartz, now on the piano faculty at Mills College in Oakland, repeated his triumph of … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: 20th Century, Piano, Romantic Era

Prutsman Triumphs!

by Lyn Bronson
January 26, 2008

Pianists run the gamut from the personally intense, who agonize over every note, to the opposite end of the spectrum — pianinsts who give extroverted performances and freely communicate their love of music to an audience. Such an extroverted pianist is Stephen Prutsman, who returned … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: Concerto, Piano, Santa Cruz Symphony

Pianist del Pino Charms in Chopin Concerto

by Lyn Bronson
January 21, 2008

Maestro Max Bragado-Darman led the Monterey Symphony in a concert last night at Sunset Center in Carmel that treated us to works by Mendelssohn and Beethoven, plus a performance of Chopin’s F minor Concerto featuring the fine young pianist, Daniel … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: Concerto, Monterey Symphony, Piano

Pianist del Pino Charms in Chopin Concerto

by Lyn Bronson
January 21, 2008

Maestro Max Bragado-Darman led the Monterey Symphony in a concert last night at Sunset Center in Carmel that treated us to works by Mendelssohn and Beethoven, plus a performance of Chopin’s F minor Concerto featuring the fine young pianist, Daniel … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: Concerto, Monterey Symphony, Piano