Yearly Archives: 2009

Monterey Symphony – Ansel Adams Images and the Brubecks

Chris Brubeck Although it wasn’t a “pops” concert, it sure was a crowd pleaser! On Sunday afternoon the Monterey Symphony treated us to multi-media presentation of photographic images by Ansel Adams projected on a screen above the orchestra to the … Continue reading

Archived in these categories: Monterey Symphony, Orchestral


Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

The Carmel Music Society launched its 83rd season last night in Carmel’s Sunset Center with a return visit by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, a group that found much favor in its appearance here a … Continue reading

Archived in these categories: Carmel Music Society, Chamber music, Strings


Pianist Haochen Zhang in Recital

It was quite an event last night as Steinway Society the Bay Area continued its fifteenth season with a slam dunk, “knock˜em dead”recital by recent Van Cliburn Gold Medal winner, nineteen-year-old pianist Haochen Zhang. Added to the aura of this … Continue reading

Archived in these categories: Piano


Pianist Anton Nel Performs Grieg Concerto in Santa Cruz

Pianist Anton Nel & Maestro John Larry Granger Sometimes at an orchestral concert you can tell right away which works on the program received the most rehearsal time. So it was last night as the Santa Cruz Symphony under the … Continue reading

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


Pianist Hans Boepple in Home Recital

Showing what a consummate professional he is, pianist Hans Boepple gave a stellar piano recital this afternoon for a small intimate audience in the home of Lyn & Renee Bronson, despite being under the weather with severe vertigo that caused … Continue reading

Archived in these categories: Piano