Violinist Grigory Kalinovsky joins our roster
Violinist Grigory Kalinovsky has joined the roster of Isabella Puccini Artist Management after a highly successful performance of Vivaldi concertos at Carnegie's Zankel Hall in May 2008. He has been invited by Maestro Pavel Vernikov to perform and teach at his festival in Italy during the 2008-09 season.
Grigory Kalinovsky and Tatiana Goncharova will be performing at Teatro Marcello in Rome, Italy, in September 2008.
After having performed and recorded this program in the US to rave reviews, Kalinovsky-Goncharova duo will present the European premier of all Twenty-Four Preludes for Violin and Piano by Dmitri Schostakovich, arranged by Dmitri Tziganov and Lera Auerbach (the latter commissioned and recorded exclusively by Mr. Kalinovsky and Ms. Goncharova).
TAGI to perform a premiere with Robert Sherman
TAGI ensemble will be premiering a work written for them by a distinguished Russian composer Margarita Zelenaia based on a fairy tale dedicated to TAGI by WQXR's host Robert Sherman with Mr. Sherman narrating. This brilliant entertaining and educational work will be premiered in 2009/2010 season.
Tatiana Goncharova performs with Pinchas Zukerman
Tatiana Goncharova has returned from a successful performance at Korea's LG Arts Center with the world renowned violinist Pinchas Zukerman. She will take part in commemorating Maestro Zubin Mehta 's father, Meli Mehta, in a recital with Mr. Zukerman in India in October 2008.
Adam Neiman has signed with NAXOS label
Pianist Adam Neiman has signed a contract with the recording label NAXOS. His first release will be based on the recording piano works by Anton Arensky.
The 2-CD release entitled "Adam Neiman, Live in Recital" on VAI Audio was selected as the 2007 Critic's choice in the American Record Guide, one of only 8 recordings selected among all new releases in 2007.
During the 2008-09 season, Mr. Neiman will be performing throughout Italy on various concert series at the University "Normale" of Pisa, Fazioli Concert Hall, Camerata Barese, and Teatro Comunale of Monfalcone, among others.
He will also be the opening performer at the prestigious International Piano Competition "A. Casagrande" in Terni with a solo recital; in addition, he will play at the Piano Festival in Spoleto and he will premiere in Rome the "Ghost Variations" by George Tsontakis.
A tour with an Italian Orchestra is currently planned for Spring 2009, as well as a solo recital at The Friends of Music Association in Perugia.
Mr. Neiman will tour to Armenia during the spring 2009 for a concert with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, two recitals at the same venue and master classes at the Yerevan Conservatory of Music.
TAGI Brought Audience to Their Feet
TAGI brought the audience to their feet at Emma Concert Association in St. Augustine, FL on January 12th, 2008.
Highlights of future concerts:
- Des Moines Arts Center (IA) October 18th, 2008
- Chamber Music Monterey Bay (CA) February 6th, 2008
- Mill Valley Chamber Music (CA) February 8th, 2008
- Chamber Music Utica (NY), date TBD
- More dates will be added shortly
Amit Peled joins Isabella Puccini's Roster
An extraordinary Israeli cellist Amit Peled has recently joined our roster. Mr. Peled was hailed by the American Record Guide as “having the flair of the young Rostropovich”.
Other News
Tatiana Goncharova is returning to Long Island Mozart Festival to perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No.24, Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Mendelssohn's Double Concerto for Violin and Piano with violinist Dmitry Berlinsky, and the premier of an American composer David Winkler’s "Concerto Green" for Violin, Piano and Orchestra with Orchestra de Chamber Francais.
Tatiana Goncharova performed in Teatro Cervantes in Malaga, Spain, as part of the first European exhibition of ancient and contemporary string instruments with a Spanish virtuoso violinist Jesus Reina.
Tatiana Goncharova presented a recital with a world-renewed violinist Pinchas Zukerman at the Singapore Sun Festival in November 2007.
Ms. Goncharova is scheduled to perform a recital with the virtuoso violinist Viviane Hagner at the 92nd Street Y in New York on January 31, 2008.
Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York presented an evening of Russian Music on May 28th, where Tatiana Goncharova was be joined by the renowned clarinetist Igor Begelman and two Virtuosos of Russian folk instruments domra and bayan – Tamara Volskaya and Anatoliy Trofimov. The concert is part of the 10 year anniversary of the Lyric Chamber Society of New York, of which Ms. Goncharova is a founding member.
On March 9, 2008, Ms. Goncharova returned to the Chamber Players International Series in Long Island for a performance of Mendelssohn’s double concerto for violin and piano with New York Philharmonic’s violinist Anna Rabinova.
