French violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft returns to Carnegie Hall on December 1st to present his new album Entre Occident et Orient (Evidence Classics/Harmonia Mundi) with the French pianist Guillaume Vincent. Composer Paul Cantelon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Other Boleyn Girl, New York I Love You…) joins Virgil to premiere his new work, dedicated […]
In live performances from the Hollywood Bowl to New York’s Avery Fisher Hall, from Paris to Hong Kong, and in recordings for ECM, InFiné, Arabesque, and Bedroom Community — Bruce Brubaker is the new musician, a visionary virtuoso, an artistic provocateur. Named “Young Musician of the Year” by Musical America, Bruce Brubaker performs Mozart with […]
“Opus is cut-glass, caviar circus. It’s black tie and ballgown circus. And it’s an astonishing thing to watch: graceful, bombastic. Profound.” —The Telegraph (UK) Fourteen acrobats from the dazzling Australian troupe Circa (under Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz) tumble and trustfall to the frenetic sounds of Shostakovich in this fusion of jaw-dropping physical feats and music. […]
Being released via France’s Because Music, Contrepoint is the debut album of Nicolas Godin, who appeared on seven albums with the legendary French band Air (who, as Pitchfork notes, have not split up). The album is inspired by the works of Bach and Glenn Gould. Says Godin: “I wanted to go back to the classical world, to […]
The globally-esteemed Cambini-Paris Quartet will perform a North American concert program celebrating their last recording of Mozart 6 quartets dedicated to Haydn, to be released on April 28th in the USA through Naxos America. Find out more and buy tickets on their artist page here
“The prolific French composer Alexandre Desplat has vied for Oscar gold against some imposing names over the course of his career, including John Williams, A.R. Rahman, Thomas Newman and Danny Elfman. This year he faces a formidable new rival: himself.” So goes the LA Times coverage of Alexandre Desplat, the prolific French film composer who […]
Last year Daft Punk stole the show at the Grammy Awards, with 5 wins and this year the French are not ready to back down. See last year’s French grammy coverage here The 57th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 8, 2015 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Of special note is […]
Each December, the cultural world goes a-buzz with the announcement of the coming year’s Grammy Award nominations. A large number of French and French-produced artists are among those nominated for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The Grammy Ceremony takes place January 26th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. In addition to being among the […]
