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Ondine Gaspard de la Nuit
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Ondine Gaspard de la Nuit
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Released: Jan 1, 2008
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  • Genre: Classical

    Location BROOKLYN, NY, US

    Profile Views: 46069

    Last Login: 8/15/2011

    Member Since 5/29/2007

    Record Label Columbia Masterworks, Taubman, Centaur Records

    Type of Label Major

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    ..Now Available on ..Centaur Records..:.... .. .. .. .. ...... ..Johann Sebastian BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988.. ....Beth Levin, piano. ...... .." Create beauty, then erase it. Secco attacks at the start of No. IV (a favorite) turn into a deliciously pointed march. Dynamics serve structure, and the proportions are so right that I crave a repeat before the headlong velocity of No. V blots it out. Levin executes that about as rapidly as possible while retaining melodic shape (not a concern for many players)."...... — from ....Beth Levin's Live(ly) Goldberg........by Walt Mundkowsky..,.. for ....La Folia.......... The American pianist, Beth Levin is an acclaimed concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and recording artist. On May 1st, 2008 her performance of Bach’s ..Goldberg Variations.. was released on Centaur Recordings, a return to a composer in “the first repertoire I had studied as a child.”.... At age 12, Levin made her debut with the ..Philadelphia Orchestra.., and soon after was selected to study with ..Rudolf Serkin.. at the Curtis Institute of Music. “Mr. Serkin was an inspiration the moment he walked into a room,” Levin recalls, “a single word evoking the eloquence of a poem.”.... As a concerto soloist, Levin has appeared with ..The Philadelphia Orchestra.., ..The Boston Pops Orchestra.., .. The Boston Civic Symphony.., ..The Seattle Symphony Orchestra.., and numerous other symphony orchestras throughout the Americas, working with noted conductors such as ..William Smith.., ..Arthur Fiedler..,.. Benjamin Zander..,.. Tonu Kalam..,.. Sidney Rothstein.., ..Milton Katims.., ..Silas Huff.. and ..Joseph Silverstein....... Levin made her New York solo recital debut in 1982 at the ..Metropolitan Museum of Art... Chamber music festival collaborations brought her to the ..Marlboro Festival.., ..Casals Festival.., ..Harvard.., ..The Edinburgh Fringe Festival.., the ..Ankara Music Festival.. and the ..Blue Hill Festiva..l. As a ..“Music From Marlboro”.. artist, she toured the United States and Canada. A founding member of the ..Gramercy Trio.., ..The American Arts Trio.. and ..Vista Lirica.., Levin has also collaborated with ..The Audubon Quartet.., the ..Vermeer Quartet.., ..The Reykjavik Woodwind Quintet.., ..The Daniel Quartet.., ..The Boston Artists Ensemble.. and ..The Saratoga Chamber Players.., as well as touring Europe extensively with ..Trio Borealis....... In 2004, Levin traveled with ..Poetica Musica.. under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, performing and giving master classes in Croatia, Serbia and Turkey..... Levin’s recordings and radio broadcasts include Schubert's ..Wanderer Fantasy ..and Scott Wheeler's ..Artist Proofs,.. both of which were released for the ..Taubman Institute Recordings... For ..Columbia Masterworks.., she recorded the Hummel ..“Quintet in D Minor.” ..Her performances have been broadcast on ..National Public Radio, WGBH.. (Boston), ..WFMT.. (Chicago) and ..WNYC.., ..WNYE.. and ..WQXR ..(New York)..... As a soloist, chamber musician and interpreter of contemporary music, Levin performed and recorded works by ..Alan Campbell, Marc Eychenne, Brian Fennelly, Steven R. Gerber, Alexander Goretzky, Louis Karchin, Michael Rose, David Ludwig, Edward Poll, Allen Shearer, Scott Wheeler.. and ..David Del Tredici....... Her training began with ..Maryan Filar.. at the ..Settlement Music School.. in Philadelphia, and in addition to.. Rudolf Serkin.., her teachers included ..Leonard Shure.. at Boston University and ..Dorothy Taubman.. in New York City..... Praise for Beth Levin:.... ..“...Ms. Levin kept the ear engaged with boldly inflected readings and an impressive ability to convey emotion without exhibition. Her technique was solid, and better still, her organic approach made it feel like an afterthought.” ......Jeremy Eichler, The New York Times...... .."Over the years, Levin has transformed herself. The flame within still burns with undimmed intensity, but now there is warmth as well as blinding light.".. ....Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe...... .."A pianist of rare qualities and the highest professional caliber. I was deeply impressed and moved by her performance at the last Marlboro Festival.".. ....Paul Badura-Skoda......

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    Marian Filar, Rudolf Serkin, Leonard Shure, Dorothy Taubman

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