Cellist Matt Haimovitz goes solo with CityMusic ... by Michael Gill ... Virtuoso cellist Matt Haimovitz has made a career of bringing classical music to people who don't hear it much. In the mid-'90s, having played as soloist with major orchestras in venues like Carnegie Hall, the Israeli-born, American-raised musician got frustrated with the narrowness of classical-music culture and the kind of career typically available to classical musicians. It especially bothered him to see almost no one
Kasumi Collaborates With Margaret Brouwer At Carnegie Hall ... by Douglas Max Utter ... "BREAKDOWN," a 20-minute visual/musical composition that premiered at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall in New York on February 20, is a shotgun wedding uniting innovative montage and musique concrÂte to a lambently responsive orchestral accompaniment. Experimental sound and video artist Kasumi (a professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art) joined forces with composer and Cleveland Institute of Music Professor