News from Primo Artists | Spring 2019
On May 11th, Itzhak Perlman premiered a new multi-media program at the Kauffman Center in Kansas City, presented by the Harriman-Jewell Series. Titled An Evening With Itzhak Perlman, the program is an intimate presentation of music and storytelling featuring Perlman sharing anecdotes about his life and career with personal photos and performing with longtime pianist Rohan De Silva. Tony Award-winning theater director Dan Sullivan says: “We are indeed lucky to have Itzhak share his life and his brilliant playing with us. Personally, there is no one I would rather spend an evening with.” KC Arts Beat gives a terrific recap here.
Fresh off the heels of a 9-city U.S. recital tour that inspired a rave New York Times review, Beatrice Rana has just returned to the States for a tour of orchestral appearances from Carnegie Hall to Walt Disney Concert Hall! She performs with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Tune in on Saturday May 25th at 8pm ET for a live DSO concert webcast at www.dso.org/live. Her June 7th Carnegie concert, which marks the second of three Carnegie appearances in 2019, will be broadcast live on www.wqxr.org.
Joshua Bell just finished a legendary 10-city trio recital tour with cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Jeremy Denk. From Lincoln Center and Boston Symphony Hall to Washington D.C.’s Strathmore Center and San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, this was the first tour of these lifelong friends. The audience response was overwhelming, and the Los Angeles Times called it a “deeply satisfying night of chamber music” with “seamless ensemble playing” and “a sense of intimacy.” Continuing his penchant for special projects, Joshua will tour with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in its first-ever tour of the States in 20/21.
Nicola Benedetti makes us even more eager for summer with the promise of a new album! Set for release on Decca Classics on July 12th, the album will include the two works composed specifically for her by industry legend Wynton Marsalis: his America-inspired violin concerto and his Fiddle Dance Suite for solo violin, which Nicola premiered throughout the U.S. in January 2019. In the meantime, her “With Nicky” Education video series continues to thrive, with each weekly video receiving over 50,000 views by young musicians and in classrooms and studios around the world! Watch her most recent video here.
