Q&A with VIOLINIST, ERTAN TORGUL, SOLI Chamber Music Ensemble Interview by JASMINA WELLINGHOFF SOLI Chamber Ensemble was formed in 1994 by our clarinetist Stephanie Key and cellist David Mollenauer, originally to perform Olivier Messiaen’s iconic work Quartet for the End of Time for the instrumentation of clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. The Ensemble, 31 years later, still supports …
“SQUARE FOOT SHOW” at the KAPEJ GALLERYBy Jean Hackett The Square Foot Show which opened at Kapej February 1 is a celebration of colorful creativity and positive energy. Artist Laura Lopez came up with the idea for Kapej, (“coffee” in the Mayan language), five years ago as a gallery to display local art. The cozy spot at 415 Camden also …
San Antonio’s prominent chamber music ensemble – SOLI– will be presenting two concerts, “showcases” resulting from the 30x30x30 project, launched to celebrate the ensemble’s 30th anniversary and identify the talents and diversity of today’s emerging composers. The ensemble has been giving voice to 20th and 21st-century contemporary chamber music since 1994, ensuring the future of new music, created by living …
Reviewed by STEVEN G. KELLMAN In his 2004 essay “Consider the Lobster,” novelist David Foster Wallace asks readers to ponder whether lobster, a culinary delicacy routinely boiled alive, merits moral consideration. Do crustaceans feel pain, or are they merely insensate objects that a voracious gourmet need not fret about? If we start to consider the lobster, what about pigs, dolphins, …
For its Classics V Concert, The San Antonio Philharmonic will play Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.1 in F Minor, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 in E Minor. Jeffrey Kahane will conduct and pianist Natasha Paremski will perform “Chokfi” by Jerod Impichcchaachaaha Tate, described as a “mesmerizing composition.” He is an American (Chikasaw) Indian composer who expresses his native culture in symphonic …
BY Jonathan Fletcher Where to Write, Critique, and Read in the River City By Jonathan Fletcher Ever wanted to try your hand at creative writing but didn’t know where to start? Maybe you already write but are looking for a place to share your work and get feedback? Maybe you have pieces you’ve already polished and would like to read/perform …
We are fortunate to always have some good music in our concert halls.The Chamber Music Society is celebrating its 82nd season with the debut of a new ensemble:the all-star 3Esprit Trio that brings together violinist Joseph Lin, cellist Raman Ramakrishnan and pianist Daniel Anastasio who usually plays with the AGARITA chamber quartet. The tree musicians formed the 3Esprit Trio in …
By Jean Hackett DreamWeek Exhibit Painter Mav Pascal describes “Non-Monolith,” an exhibit featuring works by fifteen Black male artists as “a creative space for Black men to express themselves in real time. An expression Pagainst the stigma of being a Black man with no emotions, being all the same.” The DreamWeek pop up gallery at La Zona Cultural, sponsored by …
Reviewed by STEVEN G. KELLMAN At the beginning of Three Days in June, Anne Tyler’s 24th novel, Gail Baines is told that, after eleven years as assistant headmistress at a private girls’ school in Baltimore, she will be replaced. The reason given is that she “lacks people skills.” The rest of the novel, which Gail herself narrates, provides sufficient …
The San Antonio Philharmonic’s Classics IV: “American Voices – A Symphonic Journey” will be performed Jan. 17 and 18 at the Majestic Theater. The list of composers is impressive and it certainly makes us curious and eager to hear their music. This “journey” will be led (conducted) by music director Jeffrey Kahane, and will feature two soloists: pianist Jon Kimura …
