Fashionista! Fashion as Art with the Amici Ensemble

The Danilo Pérez Trio tribute to Dizzy Gillespie was many things, including an invitation to relax. It was also a showcase and world première for Camino de Cruces, Pérez’s contribution to the 500th anniversary celebration of the founding of Panama.

There are musical moments that lift you up into a jet stream you ride till your feet are on the pavement again. Last evening in Koerner Hall was a flow of such moments as the Amici Chamber Ensemble celebrated their first set of twenty-five musical years.

Through its 24th season, the Amici Ensemble has stretched the limits of music; pairing its inspiration with food and fashion. In their 2011/2012 season finale performance, they incorporated artist Lavinia I. Voicu into the concert, having her paint live to the music. Much like her paintings, which were on display in the lobby, the musical programme was abstract and diverse.

Simon Rattle, der am tags zuvor zum Ehrendirigenten der Staatskapelle Berlin gekürt wurde, begeistert mit Mahlers Zweiten Symphonie.

Ein tolles Team: In Baden-Baden begeisterte die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen unter Tarmo Peltokoski mit dem Geiger Daniel Lozakovich in einem Programm voller Vielfalt und Virtuosität.

Zum 250. Jahrestag der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung erinnert diese Künstlerverbindung mit Coming Home with Music an einen universalen, berührenden Freiheitsbogen, der die Magnetwirkung für Heimat zeichnet.