Just a quick note to everyone pointing out that I posted 15 new videos that are from a recent recital at The Broad Stage, here in LA.
They are all available at the video page.
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HEARTbeats In Nepal 1
I recently returned from Nepal where my foundation was working with orphans from the Unatti House and children in Bhaktapur. I also had the pleasure of doing my very first Artist Ambassador program with the Save The Children foundation and I can say that everything was an intensely emotional and gratifying experience. I plan on writing more about everything but until then, there is an extraordinary record of the trip at the HEARTbeats Nepal blog. From there, you can find a wonderful account of what transpired from the perspective of my wife and HEARTbeats co-founder Helen Nightengale, Unatti House Founder, Stephanie Waiser, HEARTbeats executive board member, Drew McManus, and one of our documentarians, Janelle Eagle (bios).
Speaking of the documentatians, we had a three member film crew along to document everything and we plan on having that footage available within the next several weeks so you can see exactly what made this a very special trip; one we hope will be the first of many.
In the streets of Bhaktapur.
HEARTbeats recording session with Jessye Norman 0
I know I’ve been negligent with my blogging but if nothing else, it has been for good reason. My performing schedule has been jam packed this season; so much that I’ve been reduced to tweeting rather than blogging. But the other reason is becasue of a great deal of important work with the HEARTbeats Foundation, which my wife and I founded this year. Two important projects from that work are filling most of my December days, the first was a recording session with the incomparable Jessye Norman that includes the two of us playing together for one of the tracks from our upcoming benefit album, They Are Why We Sing and the other is our inaugural service trip to Kathmandu, Nepal…
Read MoreMusic In The Face Of Tragedy 3
What is dear and tragic in these photos is that this young Haitian girl feels the need to play her cello for the school that is gone, for herself in that it may help heal her emotional turmoil, and that through music and our instrument we can say things to each other and to ourselves that transcends words.
Such touching poignancy at a difficult time. Let us all be aware of our wonderful, mysterious and awesome power of music in our lives!
Cellist at Trinity Music School – devastation, concentration, dedication
New Videos: Interviewed by Violinist Giora Schmidt 0
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I just posted a pair of videos of an interview I did with Violinist Giora Schmidt backstage at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. I have to apologize for not posting with more frequency but I’m writing something right now which will go up soon and I have a big announcement about a foundation I’ve formed called HEARTbeats, which strives to help children in need harness the power of music to better cope with, and recover from, the extreme challenges of poverty and conflict. There will be much to share!
New Videos: Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata 8
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I have four new videos available of myself and pianist Yuja Wang performing Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 at the 2008 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Audio and Video Produced and Engineered by Matthew Snyder of Matthew Snyder Recordings. Festival artistic director Marc Neikrug, executive director Steven Ovitsky, and everyone at the festival do a wonderful job and it is always a pleasure to perform here.
Welcome to my blog. I am a 67 year old solo cellist who has been touring the world for the last 40 years playing almost everywhere of note in the classical music scene alongside many of the greatest musicians. Over all these years, I have accumulated many stories, opinions, and insights, and gifts of the spirit as well as objects. It has been and still is incredibly inspiring work and even though I consider myself “techno-challenged” I wanted to have an outlet to share everything.
