(Re)imagining a Brahms piano quintet—without piano
"It was really exciting," cellist James said. "It isn't often that you get to perform and interpret new Brahms. The warmth and sustaining quality of the cello quintet format lent itself to a different interpretation, and the arrangement was so well written that our musical ideas blossomed organically.”
-Laurence Vittes, Stereophile Magazine
The Lowe Down: Momentous music: Major successes for VSO and Middlebury Opera
“Cibiatti led the singers and the excellent nine-member instrumental ensemble in a cohesive and beautiful performance.”
-Jim Lowe, Rutland Times
Young Musicians Give Classical Music a Modern Take at Roxbury Academy
“They've only been playing together for three weeks, but the talented Four Strings Academy students are performing at Boston's famed Hatch Shell stage as a preshow alongside the acclaimed Boston Landmarks Orchestra.”
-NBC10 Boston
A Winter Carnival of Chamber Music Devoted to Romance
“The opening bars of the Brahms String Quintet No.2 exploded with such magnitude that the rest of the piece lay in its wake.”
“The players were violinists Alan Snow, Miclen LaiPang, violist Emily Lane, and cellists Tyler Michael James and Ignacy Gaydamovich. They intertwined and blended their virtuosity and gorgeous colors to speculate on and perhaps rekindle the fires of the adolescent Brahms”.
-Laurence Vittes, Seen and Heard International
What we Lost, What we Found
“One year ago, our world shut down. We went home. Schools and stores closed. We lost jobs and loved ones, went mad with loneliness, took risks to help others, waited on God, forestalled futures. We learned to fear. What we didn't always realize: We were together in isolation, and our many private moments would tell a story of discovery and resilience, and of an indelible mark made upon us.”
By Evan Allen and Beth Teitell, Boston Globe
Playbill: Check Out the Opening Night of the Miss Saigon National Tour
The North American tour of Miss Saigon launched September 21, with the opening celebration taking place September 23 in Providence, Rhode Island, before playing stops in San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Dallas, and more.
