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Artikel von Edward Sava-Segal

Edward Sava-Segal
Edward Sava-Segal
Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.
Emanuel Ax © Lisa Marie Mazzucco | Sony Classical

Emanuel Ax revisits early Beethoven at Tanglewood

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 14 Juli 2020
The hour-long recital proved again what a wonderful Beethoven interpreter Emanuel Ax is.
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Beatrice Rana © Rencontres Musicales d’Évian

Irresistible Ravel from Beatrice Rana at Rencontres Musicales d’Évian

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 08 Juli 2020
The Italian pianist is joined by Gautier Capuçon and Paul Meyer for late Beethoven and autumnal Brahms.
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Gil Shaham performing Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no. 1 at Tanglewood 2018 © Hilary Scott

Perpetuating a tradition: Gil Shaham at Tanglewood

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 06 Juli 2020
From Isolation Rag to Bach, Tanglewood veteran Gil Shaham delights even on video.
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Leonidas Kavakos, Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma © Jennifer Taylor

At Carnegie Hall, Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma celebrate Beethoven and Stern

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 08 März 2020
For a group of instrumentalists that seldom play together, the level of rhythmic, timbral and, most important, conceptual coordination was amazing.
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Franz Welser-Möst conducts the New York Philharmonic © Steven Pisano for Bachtrack

Franz Welser-Möst leads the New York Philharmonic in Widmann and Strauss

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 29 Februar 2020
In his first New York Philharmonic engagement since 2000, Franz Welser-Möst pairs Jörg Widmann's Babylon Suite with Strauss' Sinfonia domestica. 
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Iván Fischer © Akos Stiller

Iván Fischer focuses on the big picture in Mahler 5 at Lincoln Center

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 26 Februar 2020
The players of the Budapest Festival Orchestra once again proved themselves to be a remarkably cohesive ensemble.
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Kirill Gerstein at Zankel Hall © Fadi Kheir

At Zankel Hall, Kirill Gerstein emphasizes the importance of flexible minds, not only fingers

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 22 Februar 2020
In his Zankel Hall recital, Gerstein underlined with purposeful clarity the fecundating power of just a few thematic ideas.
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Danish String Quartet © Tristan Cook

Wonderful equilibrium: Danish String Quartet performs Beethoven’s Razumovsky Quartets

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 12 Februar 2020
Overall, the performance kept a wonderful equilibrium between color and structure, humor and tragic sentiment, self-confidence and doubt.
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Andrew Staples, Michelle DeYoung and Gustavo Dudamel with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra © Steven Pisano for Bachtrack

Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic: an unmissable chemistry

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 25 Januar 2020
Not at any point did Mr. Staples give the impression that he was summoned for the role on such a short notice
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Daniel Harding conducts the New York Philharmonic © Steven Pisano for Bachtrack

Two English guests rejoin the New York Philharmonic after a long hiatus

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 11 Januar 2020
It was evident from the first bars that Strauss' An Alpine Symphony is a score about which Daniel Harding cares deeply.
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Kaspar Zehnder, Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kožená and Dávid Adorján © Kevin Yatarola, courtesy of Lincoln Center

Magdalena Kožená and friends at Alice Tully Hall

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 28 November 2019
In music by Janaček and Dvořák, Kožená seemed to just enjoy the freedom to perform in her native idiom. 
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Teodor Currentzis conducts musicAeterna © Alexandra Muravyeva​, courtesy of The Shed

An outstanding New York debut: Teodor Currentzis and musicAeterna in Verdi’s Requiem

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 24 November 2019
In Currentzis' vision, Verdi's Requiem was both a spectacle and a soul-searching exercise for the musicians, as well as for the listeners.
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Jörg Widmann and the Irish Chamber Orchestra © Stephanie Berger

Jörg Widmann leads the Irish Chamber Orchestra in an eclectic program at Zankel Hall

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 21 November 2019
Soprano Claron McFadden's pellucid voice tremendously contributed to the structural and sonic richness of Widmann's Versuch über die Fuge.
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Riccardo Muti conducts at Carnegie Hall © Todd Rosenberg Photography

Riccardo Muti and the CSO bring out the operatic in Prokofiev at Carnegie Hall

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 17 November 2019
A decade after Riccardo Muti was appointed CSO’s Music Director, the chemistry between conductor and ensemble couldn’t be more evident.
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Hei-Kyung Hong (Euridice) and Jamie Barton (Orfeo) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

At the Met, a revival of Orfeo ed Euridice preserves wit and limited pathos

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 06 November 2019
Jamie Barton's rich, mellifluous mezzo is ideal for singing Orfeo.
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Valery Gergiev, Behzod Abduraimov and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra © Chris Lee

Passionate, contemplative and solemn: Gergiev and the Munich Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 27 Oktober 2019
Abduraimov's Tchaikovsky was less a display of power and agility and more about lyricism and subtlety, without ever sliding into sentimentality.
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Marc-André Hamelin © Sim Cannety-Clarke

Marc-André Hamelin brings new insights to both obscure and famous piano works

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 24 Oktober 2019
In Schubert's B-Flat Sonata, Hamelin focused on the all-present ambiguities, on the muted shifts in coloring and harmony.
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Beatrice Rana © Steve J Sherman

An uneven performance at Carnegie Hall by The Orchestra of St Luke’s

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 19 Oktober 2019
A rare Bach devotee among today's immensely talented crop of under-thirty pianists, Beatrice Rana interpreted both concertos with great incisiveness.
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René Jacobs, Birgitte Christensen and Joshua Ellicott © Andrada Pavel

In Bucharest, René Jacobs’ plausible pleading on behalf of Beethoven's Leonore

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 15 September 2019
Promoting Leonore, the original version of Beethoven's Fidelio, René Jacobs made several choices of his own, only some of them justifiable.
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Leif Ove Andsnes © Cătălina Filip

At the Enescu Festival, the Oslo Philharmonic takes an unusual approach to two masterpieces

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 14 September 2019
Andnes’ rendition was a typical battle between Dionysian and Apollonian, won by the latter.
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