Former Oregon Symphony concertmaster Amy Schwartz Moretti has been keeping very busy since leaving Portland in 2007 to become Director of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at the Mercer University Townsend School of Music. Earlier this year, Moretti released her debut solo CD entitled Kaleidoscope in 2011. Her elegant and refined violin playing…
Alas, the final Classical week of the Oregon Symphony’s 2010-2011 season is here this already, but what a way to go! It’s been only nine days since our performance at Carnegie Hall. The symphony soloists sound great and are a joy to listen to. Then the entire orchestra performs the virtuosic Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra….
Another review, this one by David D. Rooney, music critic for Musical America who wrote about the Oregon Symphony’s Carnegie debut: Kalmar’s musical preparation seemed little short of miraculous. The orchestra had both the notes and the motivation to deliver a superbly proportioned account that was tonally sophisticated and also hit all the interpretative marks….
It really was a dream come true. I am still reflecting on last Thursday’s concert at Carnegie Hall. It was so heartening to take in such an enthusiastic roar of applause by the audience, that it caught me by surprise emotionally. Before intermission I had a lump in my throat and had to tightly grin…
Today was the second of two concerts in Portland to prepare for the Oregon Symphony’s historic Carnegie Hall debut this coming Thursday. On both concerts we were recorded live and will be commercially released to the general public next fall. This morning Carlos Kalmar listened to last night’s live recording, and was busy taking notes…