Tag Archives: Violin
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
Review: Itzhak Perlman, with John Root, serves up delicious recital for Hill Auditorium audience
Susan Isaacs Nisbett Ann Arbor, Mich. (Sept. 15, 2014) Of the great musical artists before the public today, there are a select few who generate not just feelings of admiration but of affection. They are the ones we greet with … Continue reading
What’s in a name? When violinist Itzhak Perlman plays Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium, plenty
Susan Isaacs Nisbett Ann Arbor, Mich. (Sept. 12, 2014) You can pretty much count on the fingers of one hand the classical musicians who can fill a hall without announcing what the heck they’ll play when they finally show up … Continue reading
A Last-Minute, Pre-Concert Surgery
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Feb. 16, 2014) When your violin’s bustered, who you gonna call? Not Mr. Stradivari or Mr. Guarnieri; they’re long gone. But if your fiddle comes from a contemporary luthier, sometimes it can meet its maker (with joy!) … Continue reading
The Downbeat 