Tag Archives: piano
Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang: Hearing with your eyes
SUSAN ISAACS NISBETT (Ann Arbor, Nov. 29, 2014) Hearing with your eyes was not the main thing on my mind during Yuja Wang and Leonidas Kavakos’ recital at Hill Auditorium Sunday Nov. 23, presented by the University Musical Society. No, … Continue reading
Who could ask for anything more? George Gershwin’s last piano makes U-M debut
Susan Isaacs Nisbett (Ann Arbor, Oct.9, 2014) S’wonderful. Marvelous, too. The last Steinway grand piano owned by famed American composer George Gershwin – the one on which he most likely composed “Porgy and Bess” – has a new life. Donated … Continue reading
Ann Arbor Symphony and Andre Watts deliver crowd-pleasing Beethoven Festival
Susan Isaacs Nisbett Ann Arbor, Mich. (Sept. 14, 2014) Two 5’s and a 3 make 13. And 13 is clearly a lucky number for the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, which launched its 2014-15 season Saturday evening at Hill Auditorium with … Continue reading
An Emperor’s Feast: All-Beethoven, with Andre Watts, at the A2SO this weekend
Susan Isaacs Nisbett Ann Arbor, Mich. (Sept. 9, 2014) By his own admission, Arie Lipsky, music director of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, likes to change things up. “I like contrasts,” he said in a recent phone call. That … Continue reading
The Downbeat 