You may already be aware that the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are Europe’s rough equivalent to the classical end of our own Grammys, with distinguished jury members representing 16 different countries ranging from Turkey to Russia. Delos has been honored to receive eight ICMA nominations from 2016 to 2018, making Delos one of the handful…
Gramophone Magazine reviews Mark Abel’s new Time and Distance recording in their October 2018 issue: Mark Abel’s fourth CD on Delos is rich in those moments of inspiration when a composer first comes under the spell of poetry. His marriages of subtly charged music with an eclectic modernist twist to emotionally provocative, introspective texts work…
BBC Music Magazine‘s August 2018 issue features a new review for Carol Rosenberger’s To Play Again memoir: “To Play Again reveals [Carol Rosenberger’s] subsequent path back to the keyboard, even when doctors warned she should simply try to live a ‘normal’ life. To Rosenberger, life without the piano is unthinkable, and how she managed to…
Culture Spot LA‘s Theodore Bell offers an in-depth review of Delos’ latest recording of music by composer Mark Abel – Time and Distance – featuring Hila Plitmann, Janelle DeStefano, Carol Rosenberger, Tali Tadmor, and Bruce Carver: “Plitmann brings her exceptional talent to three works, the first of which, “Those Who Loved Medusa,” links the modern…
TheaterJones.com‘s Cathy Ritchie has a new review for Carol Rosenberger’s To Play Again memoir: “I confess I was unfamiliar with the pianist Carol Rosenberger before this memoir came along. Mea culpa to me, as she has had a prolific recording, performing, teaching, and disc-producing career over the past four decades. But it’s primarily her struggles with physical…
James Miller interviews Carol Rosenberger about her new memoir To Play Again on JamesMillerLifeology.com: To Play Again At age twenty-one, while she was working with the legendary Nadia Boulanger in France, concert pianist Carol Rosenberger was stricken with paralytic polio—a condition that knocked out her “piano-playing” muscles. But Rosenberger refused to give up. Over the…
Fanfare Magazine‘s Huntley Dent has a new review of Mark Abel’s latest Delos recording, Time and Distance: “…Few current songwriters rival Abel’s intriguing texts and their reach into so many psychological and cultural issues. Meaning and melody go hand in hand in a very contemporary way, which I truly admire.” “Abel, being just as serious…
Opera Lively‘s chief editor, Luiz Gazzola, has a new review of Mark Abel‘s Time and Distance world premiere recordings: “The two singers on Time and Distance do very well, with the Grammy-winning soprano Hila Plitmann once again displaying her agility, range, and purity of sound (I particularly loved her in The Benediction), while mezzo Janelle…
San Francisco Classical Voice has published an extensive new feature on Carol Rosenberger‘s memoir, To Play Again: “A new memoir, To Play Again (She Writes Press), tells the story of Rosenberger’s remarkable battle to retrain her body. Overcoming all medical, music industry and social doubt—her own fears and doubts notwithstanding — Rosenberger returned to the…
American pianist, and Delos artist, Tara Kamangar writes from New York City that she finds Carol Rosenberger’s To Play Again “a powerful memoir…I came across it yesterday front-and-center at the Juilliard Bookstore (see photos), started reading it yesterday and finished it today— so riveting and beautifully written, I couldn’t put it down.” Tara reflects that…
San Francisco Classical Voice‘s Lou Fancher spoke with Mark Abel about his latest Delos recording, Time and Distance: “During a phone conversation with composer Mark Abel, geometry explains the variegated art songs on his new CD, Time and Distance. Oscillating within a triangle whose end points are classical, rock, and jazz music, the San Simeon-based…
“Greek mythology tells us that Apollo set out from the island of Delos every morning with his lyre in hand, bringing light, music and healing to the world. We at Delos share the awareness that our world needs the balm of music.” —Amelia S. Haygood, Delos Founder (1919-2007) The above quote from Delos Founder Amelia…
Below is the full interview with Carol Rosenberger by Robert Schulslaper published by Fanfare Magazine: The Land of Legend is home to brave heroes and heroines who struggle valiantly against seemingly insurmountable obstacles before emerging triumphant. Pianist and Delos General Director Carol Rosenberger may not have had to vanquish evil sorcerers, ravenous demons, or vicious…
“Abel combines tuneful original passages with rock and jazz elements to form unique tonal structures … a colorful blend of styles … a powerful emotional punch.” “(In the Rear View Mirror, Now) shows his mastery of tragedy as composer, musician and poet.” Composer Mark Abel’s new disc, Time and Distance, contains the world premieres of…
“The musical vocabulary … is approachable, mostly easy on the ear and … somewhat timeless.” “Myths have fierce contemporary relevance, and nowhere more so than (in the song Those Who Loved Medusa), where the rape … plugs directly into the ‘Me Too’ movement.” Composer Mark Abel is clearly at home writing for the human voice.…
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