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...directed for eight years and the nation’s oldest and most well-known research center of learning through the arts.In last Thursday’s concert the audience had a chance to experience firsthand the multicultural themes explored by the Silk Road Ensemble. Ma, Russian violinist Jonathan Gandelsman, and pianist Charlie Albright ’11, performed the second movement, “Pantoum,” of Maurice Ravel’s piano trio. The piece is usually associated with the Western classical tradition but, as Ma explained, Malaysian dance forms heavily influenced Ravel during his attendance...
...instruments, they were played separately. In contrast, this new arrangement attempts to blend the tonal qualities of Western and traditional instruments.“Our goal is to get away from this very obvious separation of roles between the Western and Azerbaijani parts,” said violinist Jonathan Gandelsman, who also arranged the version of “Layla and Majnun” that will be performed.On Monday, the musicians met in the New College Theatre to brainstorm new ideas to improve their arrangement. After watching a recording of a previous performance, members from the ensemble began throwing...
...Club Passim in Harvard Square. The rehearsal was an informal affair. Ma and Kirby joked onstage with Dr. James Yannatos, the conductor of HRO, and conversed with both the audience and musicians. In the middle of the opening piece, Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto, soloist Jonathan Gandelsman took the classic work in an entirely surprising direction. Instead of playing a traditional cadenza, Gandelsman switched to a distinctly Chinese theme. Playing over a sustained drone from the cellos and pentatonic bird-calls from the violins, his solo was a stark contrast what would be expected. Gandelsman had bent...
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