|
|
| NEW BLOG ADDRESS - Sunday, December 27, 2009 |
| NOVEMBER 2nd 2009, 730PM! "BACH TRANSCRIBED" CD RELEASE EVENT @ (le) poisson rouge in NYC - Monday, October 12, 2009CD RELEASE PARTY IN NEW YORK CITY
Really excited about this! My new CD "Bach Transcribed" will finally be out in the US. There will be a concert/party on NOVEMBER 2nd, at 730PM at the wonderful new venue "(le) poisson rouge", 158 Bleecker Street, in New York City. You are all invited. It's going to be a relaxed and fun mixed program featuring selections from the disc as well as guest jazz pianist Dan Tepfer with his take on the Goldberg Variations! See you all on November 2nd! Meanwhile you can find the cd on iTUNES, amazon.com and all other on-line music stores, directly at signumrecords.com, at (le) poisson rouge on November 2nd and if you are lucky even in one of the few record stores left in this world...
Hope to see you all on November 2nd!
Alessio
Here it is:
CD Release Event: Bach Transcribed. Alessio Bax and guest Dan Tepfer
Alessio's "Bach Transcribed" CD will soon be out in the US.
Named "CD of the Week" by Classical FM in the UK, it features works by Bach re-invented by Busoni, Godowski, Saint-Saens, Kempff, Siloti, Petri and Bax himself...
Bach's music stands the test of time and shows its versatility in ways that can challenge the artistic imagination to the limit.
Alessio will present the CD and play a handful of selections from the disc, including Busoni's glorious piano transcription of the Chaconne for solo violin, as well as Bach's own take on an Italian oboe concerto by Marcello.
*Special Guest* appearance by amazing Jazz-pianist/composer Dan Tepfer who will present excerpts from his "Goldberg Variations Project" in which he will play selection of variations from J.S. Bach's seminal work and add to it his own commentary, in the form of improvisations on each variation.
Tickets are $15
go to http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/603 for more info
read more ... |
| 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipient - Friday, April 24, 20092009 Avery Fisher Career Grant Winner!
It is our great pleasure to announce that pianist Alessio Bax has been awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant for 2009. These grants give professional assistance and recognition to talented instrumentalists who the Recommendation Board and Executive Committee believe have great potential for solo careers. Past winners include Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, and Gil Shaham. The announcement was made yesterday, April 23, and was accompanied by a performance which will be broadcast on WQXR on May 4 at 8:00 PM.
|
| Alessio on Clavier Companion - Wednesday, March 25, 2009Alessio is the featured cover artist for Clavier Companion.
Read about it on the next issue of Clavier Companion or go to www.claviercompanion.com and listen the the complete interview!
read more ... |
| Alessio's Recital on the Dallas Morning News "TOP 10 list" of Best Classical Music Events for 2008 - Monday, February 09, 2009Alessio's Dallas Recital on March 2 made it to #5 on Scott Cantrell's TOP 10 list for 2008!
....."in an amazing Caruth Auditorium recital he played to all the music's extremes; in the best sense, the music sounded made up on the spot. "....
Also,at #10 was the Mimir International Chamber Music Festival in Fort Worth, which included performances by Alessio during the summer.
|
| PHOTO BLOG - Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
| Latest News!! - Thursday, June 19, 2008June 18, 2008
Bax Joins Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's CMS Two
Alessio Bax has been selected to participate in CMS Two beginning in the 2009-10 season.
THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
DAVID FINCKEL AND WU HAN, ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
ANNOUNCE
APPOINTMENT OF 14 MUSICIANS TO
CMS TWO RESIDENCY PROGRAM
FOR OUTSTANDING YOUNG ARTISTS
AUDITION WINNERS TO JOIN CMS INTERGENERATIONAL
ARTIST ROSTER IN 2009-10 SEASON
The Chamber Music Society is pleased to announce the appointment of fourteen outstanding young musicians to its prestigious CMS Two program. Chosen from a record-setting field of 240 applicants from thirteen countries, each one is an award-winning performer with exceptional musical training and a passionate interest in chamber repertoire. This extraordinary appointment affords these young musicians three full seasons of participation in every facet of CMS activity: performances on all stages during the New York concert season; international and national tour appearances; recordings on both the in-house CMS Studio label, and Deutsche Grammophon’s digital concert series; and numerous educational outreach opportunities. The depth of this involvement reflects the commitment of CMS, under the leadership of artistic directors, David Finckel and Wu Han, to fostering an intergenerational roster of talent.
The new CMS Two members will begin their formal three-year residency in the 2009-10 season. They are flutist Sooyun Kim; violinists Bella Hristova, Jinyeong Jessica Lee, Jung-Min Amy Lee, and Kristin Lee; violinist/violist Yura Lee; violist Mark Holloway; cellists Nicolas Altstaedt, Andreas Brantelid, Nicholas Canellakis, and Jakob Koranyi; pianists Alessio Bax and Juho Pohjonen; and harpist Bridget Kibbey. [Please see brief biographies below.]
David Finckel and Wu Han commented on the appointments:
After an extensive audition process, during which we heard an unprecedented number of stellar candidates, we have selected the group of exceptional individual artists who will be joining us beginning in the 2009-10 season. We look forward to presenting these important musicians in every aspect of CMS activity, and to enjoying the enthusiasm and artistry they will contribute to the musical fabric of CMS.
In addition to CMS Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han, the distinguished panel of judges included Norma Hurlburt, CMS Executive Director; Jeremy Geffen, Director of Artistic Planning, Carnegie Hall; Ara Guzelimian, Dean, The Juilliard School; Scott Nickrenz, Music Director, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Sharon Robinson, cellist, Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio; Da-Hong Seetoo, violinist and recording producer; and CMS Artists clarinetist David Shifrin, violinist Ani Kavafian, and violist Paul Neubauer. read more ... |
| DALLAS MORNING NEWS REVIEW!!! - Monday, March 24, 2008 Dallas Morning News, Scott Cantrell, March 2, 2008
Every so often, a concert takes us away from a world of political campaigns, rising gas prices and sinking 401(k)s and into realms of magic. Such was the case with pianist Alessio Bax's recital Saturday evening at Southern Methodist University's Caruth Auditorium. Now on the faculty of SMU's Meadows School of the Arts, Mr. Bax was presented in the school's Distinguished Artist Recital Series.
In 2000, the Italian-born pianist, who did graduate study at SMU with Joaquín Achúcarro, won one of the most prestigious international piano competitions, the Leeds. And when I first heard him, he sounded like a competition winner: technically skilled and tasteful, but without a distinctive stamp.
Each time since then he has evinced more personality. This time represented a quantum leap, with playing that went all-out for expressive intensity.
Clean-cut good behavior has become too much the defining virtue of modern music-making. Mr. Bax's performances, by contrast, risked everything. In virtuoso passages of the Beethoven Appassionata Sonata and the first book of Brahms' Paganini Variations he pushed power and speed to the very edge – as both those pianist-composers reportedly did in their performing heydays.
As with old pianists captured in early 20th-century recordings, Mr. Bax went for the big gestures, bending the little notes to larger purposes. But quiet openings of the Beethoven and the Brahms Op. 10 Ballades, and two gentle Bach transcriptions by Alexander Siloti, seemed to come out of some dreamy nowhere. Never have the ballades sounded so wondrous strange, their harmonic progressions so exquisitely unpredictable.
Great music-making has the illusion of spontaneity – and a quality of ecstasy. Start to finish, Mr. Bax sounded as if improvising the music on the spot. He went wherever its spirit, now tempestuous, now sublime, took him. If clarity was occasionally sacrificed to earthquake, wind and fire, so be it. But introspective music became an out-of-body experience.
[…] go-for-broke, blood-stirring playing like this was an experience to treasure. And no one could play the Kreisler-Rachmaninoff Liebesleid, the first encore, with more delicious charm.
|
 | RUSSIAN JOURNAL - Saturday, December 22, 2007HELLO TO ALL!
I HAVE WRITTEN A LONG JOURNAL ABOUT MY RUSSIAN TOUR LAST NOVEMBER. THE TOUR LASTED ALMOST A MONTH AND TOOK ME FROM EASTERN SIBERIA ALL THE WAY TO MOSCOW...
IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ IT, JUST SEND ME A MESSAGE, AS IT IS A BIT TOO PERSONAL TO POST ON-LINE
Meanwhile, to see some pictures click down here...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
ALESSIO read more ... |
 | 2007 Alessio and Lucille Photoshoot - Saturday, December 22, 2007See here the latest Alessio and Lucille Photoshoot. By Lise-Marie Mazzucco read more ... |
| 2007 GDYO China Tour - Friday, June 22, 2007This NEW link is for GDYO people. 2007 GDYO Tour of China. ...Alessio
Click on "read more" for the link: read more ... |
| Verbier Picutres - Monday, August 14, 2006 - Saturday, September 16, 2006Click on "read more" to see some pictures from the 2006 Verbier Festival and Academy! read more ... |
|
Written by:
alessiobax
Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8:17 AM
I am now in Palma de Majorca, just off from the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. It was one of the most amazing events of my life. In the next few days I will hopefully find some time to add entries on the festival, and once I get back home (Aug 9) I will also upload a few pictures!
The Verbier Festival is arguably the most important music festival of its kind. So many great musicians fill this gorgeous alpine setting and make music together. I got the luxury to play in a quartet with Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Nobuko Imai, who can easily be identified as some of the most influential and wonderful players in today’s music scene. I also gave a solo recital for the festival. Lucille and I didn’t have a spare minute throughout the whole festival. When I wasn’t playing, I had rehearsals, meetings, dinners and parties, yes, lots of parties with these amazing people. After the concerts, we all had private dinners at some chalets owned by the supporters of the festival. Every night it was a different and more amazing place. After the dinners, it was time for parties. Let me just recall a particular party where the wonderful Thomas Quasthoff (in my opinion the greatest Bass-Baritone alive) went on to improvise jazz with the super-talented and super-nice Gabriel Kahane at the piano. And to think he did that in front of some of the most important musicians in today’s world, and until 4 in the morning……
His concert was one of the highlights of the festival. The audience of 1700 collectively felt as if they were witnessing a once in a lifetime event. We were all moved literally to tears and could barely clap at the end of the first half. In the second half he improvised jazz, far better than most jazz singers I had heard before.
There were so many other wonderful concerts that it would be simply unfair to try and write about them with a few words. I promise I will write more later.
Playing with Josh, Steven and Nobuko was too wonderful for my rudimentary words to describe. They were extremely kind, wonderful musicians (of course), but above all, a lot of fun. I don’t think I’d had such a great time and so many laughs making music before. The audience seemed to have caught this chemistry, and the concert was very successful. My solo recital was a very high-pressure deal for me, being my debut at such important event. I was very happy with the outcome, and felt as if all the hours I had spent preparing for it, finally paid off.
I will also write about some of the wonderful people we have met (both musicians and non-musicians), who have made us feel right at home in Verbier, and those who have come a long way to be with us and support us.
My concert in Palma is on the 5th of August. We have a few days to relax now, and boy, I do feel I need a vacation, after the highly charged atmosphere at Verbier. Tomorrow we are getting a car and will drive around the island. Our mission: to find a nice (and not over-crowded) beach....sweet!
More to come.....
Alessio
Tags:
48 comments so far...
Re: VERBIER BLOG
i can feel the excitement you guys experienced in the Verbier Festival through your writing already, haha~~it seems you really had fun!
hope you find a nice beach and enjoy!!! take more pics~~~
By xiaomin on
Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:19 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
I forgot to tell you my nice camera broke in Verbier. Luckily we had Lucille's new camera, but I will have to wait until I get back home to upload all the nice pictures from the Festival. Meanwhile I uploaded some pictures I took in Verbier before the camera broke.
We did find a wonderful beach today, one hour east of Palma. And a nice, little fishing village, where we ate Paella. In the afternoon, I went to the hall for a TV interview and practice. It is a very large hall, not too interesting. I think it got flooded while they were building a parking lot next to it, and it is under a lot of work. Very dusty, dirty, noisy and HOT!
I just hope it will be ok by Saturday for the concert.
Alessio :-)
By alessiobax on
Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:34 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
had a wonderful "caldareta de bogavantes" tonight, or lobster soup.....hmmm. Concert tomorrow...
By alessiobax on
Friday, August 04, 2006 3:16 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
haha~~~how nice! lobster soup and caldareta de bogavantes, even i don't understand what that is, but I'm sure it must be something very neat.
best luck with your concert and the performance hall~~
By xiaomin on
Saturday, August 05, 2006 12:32 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Our last day in Mallorca, and our second wedding anniversary today. We drove up to the north of the island, for some breathtaking views (pictures will come soon) and beaches.
BTW, Xiaomin, Caldereta de Bogavantes is Spanish for lobster soup.
The concert in Palma went very well. It was nice to see Josh and Jeremy there, in spite of a very late trip from Frankfurt and no luggage! I shared the concert with Spanish soprano Ainhoa Arteta. She is wonderful, and she is extremely well known in Spain, not only as a wonderful musician, but she’s also constantly in gossip columns, magazines and on TV. For the first time I experienced sharing a press conference with a real star: 25-30 photographers, and Paparazzi were cut loose into a frenzy I had never witnessed first hand! They were just pushing each other to try and snap the right shot! At one point the son in law of the King showed up and greeted her. That was enough to get the paparazzi wild. They just screamed and pushed everybody away (including me, and our manager) and hopefully got the shot they were looking for! Ainhoa was extremely gracious to me, always acknowledged me and tried her best to share the spotlight, whenever possible!>
We spend our day with Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk yesterday. They are also here for a couple of concerts. It was so much fun. It's great to see great musicians who are also really nice guys and, simply put, cool and awesome people! Somehow, many of the Verbier musicians (me, Josh, Jeremy, Misha Maisky and Dimitry Sitkovetsky) are in this island this week! We went together to Valdemossa, to see where Chopin lived, see his museum, some original manuscripts (!!!) and catch the very end of a concert of a pianist who turned out to be living in Denton, TX, of all places!!! Josh and Jeremy are playing in Menorca today, but we will continue our celebrations with a nice dinner in Palma. Enough seafood, though! We are ready to come back home, at last and eat some nice steak, or Texas BBQ! What a wonderful trip we've had this summer!
Alessio
By alessiobax on
Monday, August 07, 2006 3:28 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Check out Gabriel Kahane's webpage www.gabrielkahane.com. A very special musician, he seems at home in every genre. His own music is just mindblowing, and he's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. He played with the great bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff in Verbier, in what was probably one of the most memorable concerts we've ever witnessed. Check out his website, and his music on www.gabrielkahane.com You'll just love it!!
By alessiobax on
Monday, August 07, 2006 12:27 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Congrats on everything in the last few weeks - it seems like you've had a lot of success (which is to be expected, of course) and yet time to spend with Lucille on your anniversary. I'm looking forward to seeing you back in Texas.
By psychokaz on
Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:51 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Cool blog! Merci! Je suis content que je vous ai trouvé!
casinos virtuels
By rebeka on
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:22 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Thank you for the awesome info. I look forward to seeing more of such great articles that I could learn an inspiring stuff from!
chat roulette software
By James on
Friday, April 02, 2010 7:17 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
I just love that Festival, so many colors, such a great music, it really worth the trip I made to get there
girl games
By Anne on
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:37 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Thank you for the awesome info. I look forward to seeing more of such great articles that I could learn an inspiring stuff from you and keep up with the good work, congrats on your new blog
car games
By roben on
Saturday, April 17, 2010 12:51 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Thank you for such an interesting post.
Islam Australia
By muslimsaustralia on
Monday, April 19, 2010 12:01 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
I just love that Festival, so many colors, such a great music, it really worth the trip I made to get there.
Stun Batons
By Blog MasteR on
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:44 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
I just love that Festival, so many colors, such a great music, it really worth the trip I made to get there.
Wholesale Brand Name Clothing
By Blog MasteR on
Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:07 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
I just love that Festival, so many colors, such a great music, it really worth the trip I made to get there.
Web Templates
By B on
Friday, April 23, 2010 1:59 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Very good article, thank you
casinos en ligne
By Maurice on
Monday, April 26, 2010 8:23 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Thank you for the awesome info. I look forward to seeing more of such great articles that I could learn an inspiring stuff from!
Earn Extra Money
By Blog MasteR on
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 3:35 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Its A Cool Post dear...
simply informative...
Wholesale Brand Name Clothing
Must Look..
By Blog on
Thursday, April 29, 2010 11:44 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Its an amazing post...
May b helpful 4 us too…
Hope u will provide us more info. On that ....
Toronto Catering
Must Look...
By Blog on
Sunday, May 02, 2010 12:47 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
I like reading your post. Keep up the good work.
Wireless Networking
By Wireless Networking on
Saturday, May 08, 2010 3:05 AM
|
Great
This post is very interesting and great to read casino en ligne francais
By stew biff on
Monday, May 10, 2010 12:10 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Its a great pleasure reading your post.Its full of information I am looking for and I love to post a comment that "The content of your post is awesome" Great work.
Drug Rehab
By Drug Rehab on
Monday, May 10, 2010 7:43 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Its a nice comment.I love reading it in detail and bookmarked it.I found some real value in the content.Loved it.
Addiction Treatment
By Addiction Treatment on
Monday, May 10, 2010 7:47 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Nice Informative Blog having nice sharing
including reasonable comments here...
Must Visit:
Contract Hire
By Contract Hire on
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 6:39 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Thank you for the awesome info. I look forward to seeing more of such great articles that I could learn an inspiring stuff from you and keep up with the good work, congrats on your new blog.
Earn Extra Money
By Blog Master on
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:13 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Thanks for your information
SKF
By Colin on
Saturday, May 15, 2010 8:49 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Its very good post.I like it.
Online Casino
By Online Casino on
Monday, May 17, 2010 6:38 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Nice Informative Blog having nice sharing, seems as if you have spend a lot of time and efforts for this. Thanks.
carfax or autocheck
By carfax or autocheck on
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:39 AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
That Post is the best post i ever have seen and contain best
material which is informative and helpful.
Join Us:
Costumes
By Costumes on
Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:01 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Real post is the post by which people got
info. for their work.
So i hope these post will continue in this Blog..
Thanx..
Check it out:
Sexy Halloween Costumes
By Sexy Halloween Costumes on
Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:30 AM
|
earnmoney
EARN GLOBAL MONEY shows you different earning programs from all over the globe and help people to earn money from different earning program owned by different organizations.
Are you want to earn money through online please Click Here
By bloomsoft3 on
Monday, May 31, 2010 6:53 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Thanks for your information, I enjoyed reading it.
Ben 10 Games
By JCP on
Tuesday, June 01, 2010 3:52 PM
|
Online PhD in Health Education
Its a very good post, i had subscribed your post.Please update the latest information.
By Online PhD in Health Education on
Saturday, June 12, 2010 3:41 AM
|
Online PhD in Public Administration
Its a very good post, i had subscribed your post.Please update the latest information.
By Online PhD in Public Administration on
Saturday, June 12, 2010 6:27 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
WoW Great post.I love to read more stuff like this.
Generators
By Generators on
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:24 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Great. Already bookmarked this post.
Street wear
By Street wear on
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:58 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
great time for party now.
Girls kissing girls
By bloomsoft22 on
Friday, July 02, 2010 8:44 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
its a good news to travel to new york for party
discount student travel
By jungleboy on
Friday, July 02, 2010 8:45 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
i had done lots of research on a topic related to your post but you post is awesome, i had subscribed your blog.
Navigation charts
By c-map on
Friday, July 02, 2010 8:48 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
great. ill post it to my folowers
electronic invocing | free stuff without surveys | free blackberry tour
By denis on
Sunday, July 18, 2010 1:45 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
electronic invocing | free stuff without surveys | free blackberry tour
By denis on
Sunday, July 18, 2010 1:45 PM
|
|
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Its a great posting.I really like it.
Sports Betting
Online Casino
Web Hosting
Credit Card
Insurance
Biofuel
By Sports Betting on
Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:31 AM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
I wish you all the best for your cd! Im sure it will be a great success.
Larissa Riquelme Paraguay
By lucille frost on
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 1:34 AM
|
Ethical SEO
I have already bookmarked your post.Ethical SEO
By articles@channelcommerce.co.uk on
Friday, September 03, 2010 7:34 AM
|
Written by:
alessiobax
Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8:17 AM
I am now in Palma de Majorca, just off from the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. It was one of the most amazing events of my life. In the next few days I will hopefully find some time to add entries on the festival, and once I get back home (Aug 9) I will also upload a few pictures!
The Verbier Festival is arguably the most important music festival of its kind. So many great musicians fill this gorgeous alpine setting and make music together. I got the luxury to play in a quartet with Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Nobuko Imai, who can easily be identified as some of the most influential and wonderful players in today’s music scene. I also gave a solo recital for the festival. Lucille and I didn’t have a spare minute throughout the whole festival. When I wasn’t playing, I had rehearsals, meetings, dinners and parties, yes, lots of parties with these amazing people. After the concerts, we all had private dinners at some chalets owned by the supporters of the festival. Every night it was a different and more amazing place. After the dinners, it was time for parties. Let me just recall a particular party where the wonderful Thomas Quasthoff (in my opinion the greatest Bass-Baritone alive) went on to improvise jazz with the super-talented and super-nice Gabriel Kahane at the piano. And to think he did that in front of some of the most important musicians in today’s world, and until 4 in the morning……
His concert was one of the highlights of the festival. The audience of 1700 collectively felt as if they were witnessing a once in a lifetime event. We were all moved literally to tears and could barely clap at the end of the first half. In the second half he improvised jazz, far better than most jazz singers I had heard before.
There were so many other wonderful concerts that it would be simply unfair to try and write about them with a few words. I promise I will write more later.
Playing with Josh, Steven and Nobuko was too wonderful for my rudimentary words to describe. They were extremely kind, wonderful musicians (of course), but above all, a lot of fun. I don’t think I’d had such a great time and so many laughs making music before. The audience seemed to have caught this chemistry, and the concert was very successful. My solo recital was a very high-pressure deal for me, being my debut at such important event. I was very happy with the outcome, and felt as if all the hours I had spent preparing for it, finally paid off.
I will also write about some of the wonderful people we have met (both musicians and non-musicians), who have made us feel right at home in Verbier, and those who have come a long way to be with us and support us.
My concert in Palma is on the 5th of August. We have a few days to relax now, and boy, I do feel I need a vacation, after the highly charged atmosphere at Verbier. Tomorrow we are getting a car and will drive around the island. Our mission: to find a nice (and not over-crowded) beach....sweet!
More to come.....
Alessio
Tags:
48 comments so far...
Re: VERBIER BLOG
i can feel the excitement you guys experienced in the Verbier Festival through your writing already, haha~~it seems you really had fun!
hope you find a nice beach and enjoy!!! take more pics~~~
By xiaomin on
Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:19 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
I forgot to tell you my nice camera broke in Verbier. Luckily we had Lucille's new camera, but I will have to wait until I get back home to upload all the nice pictures from the Festival. Meanwhile I uploaded some pictures I took in Verbier before the camera broke.
We did find a wonderful beach today, one hour east of Palma. And a nice, little fishing village, where we ate Paella. In the afternoon, I went to the hall for a TV interview and practice. It is a very large hall, not too interesting. I think it got flooded while they were building a parking lot next to it, and it is under a lot of work. Very dusty, dirty, noisy and HOT!
I just hope it will be ok by Saturday for the concert.
Alessio :-)
By alessiobax on
Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:34 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
had a wonderful "caldareta de bogavantes" tonight, or lobster soup.....hmmm. Concert tomorrow...
By alessiobax on
Friday, August 04, 2006 3:16 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
haha~~~how nice! lobster soup and caldareta de bogavantes, even i don't understand what that is, but I'm sure it must be something very neat.
best luck with your concert and the performance hall~~
By xiaomin on
Saturday, August 05, 2006 12:32 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Our last day in Mallorca, and our second wedding anniversary today. We drove up to the north of the island, for some breathtaking views (pictures will come soon) and beaches.
BTW, Xiaomin, Caldereta de Bogavantes is Spanish for lobster soup.
The concert in Palma went very well. It was nice to see Josh and Jeremy there, in spite of a very late trip from Frankfurt and no luggage! I shared the concert with Spanish soprano Ainhoa Arteta. She is wonderful, and she is extremely well known in Spain, not only as a wonderful musician, but she’s also constantly in gossip columns, magazines and on TV. For the first time I experienced sharing a press conference with a real star: 25-30 photographers, and Paparazzi were cut loose into a frenzy I had never witnessed first hand! They were just pushing each other to try and snap the right shot! At one point the son in law of the King showed up and greeted her. That was enough to get the paparazzi wild. They just screamed and pushed everybody away (including me, and our manager) and hopefully got the shot they were looking for! Ainhoa was extremely gracious to me, always acknowledged me and tried her best to share the spotlight, whenever possible!>
We spend our day with Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk yesterday. They are also here for a couple of concerts. It was so much fun. It's great to see great musicians who are also really nice guys and, simply put, cool and awesome people! Somehow, many of the Verbier musicians (me, Josh, Jeremy, Misha Maisky and Dimitry Sitkovetsky) are in this island this week! We went together to Valdemossa, to see where Chopin lived, see his museum, some original manuscripts (!!!) and catch the very end of a concert of a pianist who turned out to be living in Denton, TX, of all places!!! Josh and Jeremy are playing in Menorca today, but we will continue our celebrations with a nice dinner in Palma. Enough seafood, though! We are ready to come back home, at last and eat some nice steak, or Texas BBQ! What a wonderful trip we've had this summer!
Alessio
By alessiobax on
Monday, August 07, 2006 3:28 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Check out Gabriel Kahane's webpage www.gabrielkahane.com. A very special musician, he seems at home in every genre. His own music is just mindblowing, and he's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. He played with the great bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff in Verbier, in what was probably one of the most memorable concerts we've ever witnessed. Check out his website, and his music on www.gabrielkahane.com You'll just love it!!
By alessiobax on
Monday, August 07, 2006 12:27 PM
|
Re: VERBIER BLOG
Congrats on everything in the last few weeks - it seems like you've had a lot of success (which is to be expected, of course) and yet time to spend with Lucille on your anniversary. I'm looking forward to seeing you back in Texas.
By psychokaz on
Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:51 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Next Concerts and Programs
| Next Concert Dates - Thursday, February 15, 2007 |
|
|
|