News from Primo Artists | March 2017
PERLMAN LEADS THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA WITH AN "INCREDIBLY DEFT TOUCH" AND IS SET TO TOUR WITH MARTHA ARGERICH IN MARCH 2018
On March 15th and 16th, Itzhak Perlman play/conducted concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra to standing ovations and top praise from The Philadelphia Inquirer. “The Mozart work took on an emotional deliberation that suggested the late Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Clearly, Perlman – who conducts with a contained Ormandyesque beat – had worked on a series of attractively evolving textures in the symphony. Primary themes spoke with a highly inflected sense of purpose. In the Dvorak 8, Perlman gave a Viennese lilt to the mysterious waltz music of the third movement, which was an incredibly deft touch.”
Primo announces the first-ever tour of Itzhak Perlman and Martha Argerich in the 2017-18 season! Two living legends reuniting for a tour of the United States, surely one for the records. March 2018. 6 concerts. 5 cities. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington D.C. and New York. Click here for tour details.
BENEDETTI'S BANNER MONTH IN NORTH AMERICA: TOURING TO 21 CITIES AND FEATURED IN THE ECONOMIST, CNN AND ON THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW
March was a busy month for Nicola Benedetti! Viewers around the world followed the massive success of Benedetti’s 13-city Venice Baroque Orchestra North American tour and over 125,000 watched their viral tour video. Then straight onto an 8-concert tour with Royal Scottish National Orchestra which received
glowing tour reviews. The Herald Scotland wrote: “Benedetti was at the top of her game on both the Bruch concerto she clearly loves so well and on the Brahms concerto.”
From there, Benedetti performed Bruch with Michael Tilson Thomas on subscription concerts with the San Francisco Symphony. Capping off all the tour activity, she appeared in the Economist Magazine,
CNN.com and the Tavis Smiley Show!
RANA'S "GOLDBERG VARIATIONS" DISC DEBUTS AT #1 ON U.K. CLASSICAL CHARTS AND IS NAMED GRAMOPHONE'S "EDITOR'S CHOICE"
Beatrice Rana’s new “Goldberg Variations” album has debuted at #1 on the U.K. Classical Charts and been selected as “Editor’s Choice” by Gramophone Magazine! Released on Warner Classics 4 weeks ago, it is going strong on the U.K. Classical charts and garnering top praise around the globe.
Gramophone has called it “A life-affirming disc” and given it a glowing review here. Watch the behind-the-scenes video footage and listen to excerpts here on iTunes.
Rana comes to the States this week to embark on a 5-city U.S. “Goldberg” tour! The tour culminates on the Westcoast where she makes her San Francisco debut on April 7th on the San Francisco Performance series. Follow tour updates here!
CRISTIAN MACELARU ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL SEASON AS CABRILLO FESTIVAL MUSIC DIRECTOR AND MAKES SUCCESSFUL DEBUT WITH BAYERISCHEN RUNDFUNKS
On March 13th, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music announced their first season with Cristian Macelaru as Music Director to take place August 4-12, 2017. Season highlights include 7 world premieres, 1 U.S. premiere, 3 West Coast premieres, 11 composers in residence, and anniversary tributes to Lou Harrison and John Adams. Season announcement here and video interview here.
Earlier this month, Macelaru made an important debut conducting the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. He led three highly compelling performances at the Munich Philharmonie im Gasteig to a rapturous response from the audiences. The March 10th concert was broadcast live on BR-KLASSIK radio and can be heard at any time by clicking here.
