Noa – Letters to Bach (Naïve, 2019) Israeli singer-songwriter, percussionist, and political activist Achinoam Nini, better known as Noa, is one of the best known…
Noa’s Love for Bach
Tag: western classical music
Artist Profiles: Wu Fei
Wu Fei was born on May 12, 1977 in Beijing, China. She is a classically trained composer, a prominent master of the guzheng (21-string Chinese…
Artist Profiles: Catrin Finch
Welsh harpist and composer Catrin Ana Finch was born in Llanon, Ceredigion, UK in 1960. She started learning the harp at six. By nine, she…
Masterful Classical and Folk Guitar Melodies
David William Ross – Amor Fati (Ravello Records, 2019) Guitarist David William Ross has a background in classical music and as a jazz guitarist, although…
Artist Profiles: Cesar Peredo
Peruvian flutist and composer Cesar Peredo studied flute at the National Conservatory of Lima. Peredo continued his studies at the Hochschule fur Musik in Detmold,…
Artist Profiles: Claude Chalhoub
Born in 1974 in Lebanon into a family of musicians, Claude Chalhoub was introduced to the violin by his father who played the rebec. At…
Significant Chamber Strings and Pipa Interplay
Lin Ma & Zhen Chen – On & Between (Navona Records, 2018) On & Between is a remarkable encounter between western classical music and Chinese…
Superbly Crafted Songs of Lake Volta
Joseph Sheehan & Kinetic – Songs of Lake Volta (Ansonica, 2018) Songs of Lake Volta is a fascinating project by Pittsburgh-based pianist, composer, and educator…
The Final Album of an Australian Musical Icon
Gurrumul – Djarimirri [Child of the Rainbow] (Skinnyfish Music, 2018) Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) is the final album recorded by Gurrumul Yununpingu (better known…
Masterful String Intensity by Kittel & Co.
Kittel & Co. – Whorls (Compass Records, 2018) Whorls is the debut album of a superb string band led by fiddler Jeremy Kittel, who was…