Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers Announced as Featured Artist for 2012 Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts
10/17/11 artist announcement press release by Constella Festival… Read full release »
Constella Festival 2012 Leads Off with “Fantasy”
2/20/12 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music in Cincinnati (musicincincinnati.com)
Constella presented a “Fantasy” evening Feb. 16 at Bromwell Gallery on Fourth Street downtown… Read full article »
Make that 13
12/30/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music in Cincinnati (musicincincinnati.com)
Hilary Hahn, violin. Valentina Lasitsa, piano. Opening concert, Constella Festival… Read full article »
11 High Notes of the Year in Classical Music
12/23/11 by Janelle Gelfand for Cincinnati.com and The Enquirer
Cincinnati’s rich arts scene became richer with the launch of the new Constella Festival… Read full article »
Constella Festival a Hit in Cincinnati
12/01/11 by Janelle Gelfand for Cincinnati.com and The Enquirer
The inaugural season of the Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts was an artistic and a financial success… Read full article »
Violinist Joshua Bell treats Memorial Hall audience
11/10/11 by Janelle Gelfand for Cincinnati.com and The Enquirer
Listeners seemed to be holding their breath until the final note of each piece, when the hall erupted in cheers… Read full article »
Joshua Bell Closes Inaugural Constella Festival on a High Note
11/9/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music in Cincinnati (musicincincinnati.com)
It was the perfect concert, you might say: one of the world’s best violinists, playing to a packed, intimate hall, enthusiastic listeners, a feeling of ownership of the event… Read full article »
Fittingly, Joshua Bell Evokes Ysaÿe in Cincinnati
11/7/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music in Cincinnati (musicincincinnati.com)
(Said Bell,) “My friend Tatiana Berman, who is running the (Constella) series worked around my schedule. Cincinnati is a place I’ve been wanting to come back.” (He was last here in May, 2002, as a guest artist with the CSO…) Read full article »
Home ‘Musicales’ Move Joshua Bell
11/5/11 by Janelle Gelfand for Cincinnati.com and The Enquirer
It is his first visit back to the Queen City since 2002, when he performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. ”It’s a place I’ve wanted to come back to, and it’s also near where I’m from, so I’m going to have some family coming up for the recital as well,” said Bell, who lives in Manhattan but still owns a home in Bloomington…” Read full article »
Onstage: Joshua Bell
11/3/11 by Anne Arenstein for CityBeat
Bell adds that he’s “a little jealous that Tanya’s been able to start this festival. Any city that claims to have a lively arts scene needs Chamber music scene. It’s the epitome of music-making…” Read full article »
Constella Festival ‘Lavishly’ Delivers on its Artistic Promise
11/1/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Express Cincinnati
Best of all, (Constella Festival) has spurred collaboration among local arts groups, to the mutual benefit of all… Read full article »
Chamber Orchestra Conjures Jefferson’s Time
10/31/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music in Cincinnati (musicincincinnati.com)
The concert, part of the ongoing Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts, looked at music through the ears and eyes of Thomas Jefferson… Read full article »
Nash/Constella Fill Blue Wisp
10/31/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music in Cincinnati (musicincincinnati.com)
Not only does jazz perfectly fit the definition of chamber music (music for small ensemble, one player to a part), but Constella is a multi-media festival that comprehends a variety of genres in a variety of venues around town… Read full article »
Classical Revolution Breaks the Mold
10/25/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music in Cincinnati (musicincincinnati.com)
Sunday evening’s performance (Oct. 23), presented in collaboration with the Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts, was typically innovative, with music for saxophone quartet, brass quintet, string quartet, clarinet and cello duo and solo works for violin by Johann Sebastian Bach… Read full article »
CSO Chamber Players Add Dash of Vodka to Constella Festival
10/22/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music In Cincinnati (musicincincinnati.com)
…The musicians – Lees, Wojtowitz, Astafiev, Parry and Gunn — played with virtuosity and superb coordination… Read full article »
Violin Community News 2011, Op. 8
10/19/11 by Laurie Niles for Violinist.com
…reporter Janelle Gelfand also wrote, “More than just ‘encores,’ which are often viewed as trifles or ‘bonbons,’ they ranged from reflective to joyous and unfolded like mini-tone poems, each evoking vivid imagery…” Read full article »
Constella Festival First Weekend
10/17/11 by Janelle Gelfand for Cincinnati.com and The Enquirer
What each of the artists of the Toradze Studio possessed was an ear for beautiful sonority and depth of sound. Nothing was rushed, nothing was harsh and the style was fluid, full of color and confident… Read full article »
Toradze’s Studio Wows with Rachmaninov
10/17/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music in Cincinnati (musicincincinnati.com)
Korean native Sangwon Kim seemed to channel the music in Rachmaninov’s Sonata in B-flat Minor, so intense was her concentration. She has a beautiful touch, and hearing her was like being washed in variegated colors… Read full article »
Constella Showcases New Choreography
10/17/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music in Cincinnati (musicincincinnati.com)
Piazzolla’s “Histoire du Tango” (1967) received a fetching presentation, both in Hubbard and Zimmer’s imaginative choreography and its integration with the musicians, violinist Tatiana Berman and guitarist Richard Goering, who performed just upstage from the dancers… Read full article »
Woodwinds in the Glory
10/17/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music in Cincinnati (musicincincinnati.com)
To hear his Concerto Op. 9, No. 9 performed by two of the world’s finest oboists (Liang Wang and Parry) was a rare treat… Read full article »
Constella Opening a Stellar Affair
10/15/11 for ExpressCincinnati.com
The music was provided by violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Valentina Lasitsa, who held their listeners in thrall with music spanning Bach to Nico Muhly on the Memorial Hall stage… Read full article »
Constella Festival Opens on High Notes
10/14/11 by Janelle Gelfand for Cincinnati.com and The Enquirer
Cincinnati’s rich arts scene just became richer with the launch of the new Constella Festival, which opened on Thursday night in Memorial Hall. The sensational violinist Hilary Hahn made Cincinnati her first stop in a recital tour featuring her new commissioning project: “In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores…” Read full article »
Constella Kickoff: An Evening of Multiple Happy Endings
10/14/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for ExpressCincinnati.com
Violinist Hilary Hahn said “goodbye” over and over Thursday evening, but her audience just kept wanting more… Read full article »
Festival Casts Cincinnati in a Starry Light
10/13/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for Music in Cincinnati (musiccincinnati.com)
Constella (Italian for “constellation”) is a slice of Cincinnati’s super-rich arts scene. The festival comprises 13 concerts in 27 days featuring the city’s finest chamber ensembles, a starry list of guest artists… Read full article »
Hilary Hahn Performs in Cincinnati
10/13/11 by Peter Kasprzycki for WCPO.com and on-air segment
Watch WCPO Exclusive Interview with Hilary Hahn, in which she talks about her Cincinnati connections, discusses the program of tonight’s performance and talks about the newly releases Charles Ives album… Read full article »
Combining Artistic Energies: The Constella Festival
10/11/11 by Anne Arenstein for CityBeat and CityBeat.com
Berman hopes Constella will become comparable to festivals in Sante Fe, N.M., Aspen, Colo., and Charleston, S.C., but her vision goes beyond a chamber music festival. Her goal is to showcase Cincinnati’s musical and artistic life and to foster collaborations between top performing artists and major arts institutions. It’s a huge risk and an even bigger opportunity for Cincinnati. There’s nothing comparable in the Midwest… Read full article »
Hilary Hahn Opens Festival with “Encores”
10/9/11 by Janelle Gelfand for Cincinnati.com
The two-time Grammy Award winner is now in the midst of a project of encores that she is commissioning for acoustic violin and piano. Cincinnati is the first stop on her tour of “In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores.” Hahn and pianist Valentina Lisitsa will perform 13 of these short two- to-five-minute pieces to open the Constella Festival on Thursday in Memorial Hall… Read full article »
Constella Festival Presents Huge Variety of Artists
10/9/11 by Janelle Gelfand for the Cincinnati Enqurier and Cincinnati.com
“I think it’s very exciting that there is such a huge variety of artists involved – it really is the breadth and depth of Cincinnati art – and includes dance, choral, solo and ensemble literature,” said Donald Nally, music director of the Vocal Arts Ensemble. “Just the existence of the festival gives Cincinnati an opportunity to experience in a concentrated week what is there all season long and can be heard and seen from coffee shops to churches to Music Hall. We’re thrilled to be in such good company…” Read full article »
The Paper Chase
10/5/11 by Kathy Schwartz for CityBeat
(Sara Pearce’s) first attempt at collage boxes will be shown in the Encore exhibit of miniatures Oct. 13 at Memorial Hall, part of the Constella music and fine arts Festival… Read full article »
New Festival Draws International Attention
10/4/11 by Evan Wallis for SoapboxMedia.com
Constella brings traditional chamber music, dance and visual art to the heart of the city, downtown. Guest artists, many from Cincinnati, have already achieved international acclaim. For Berman, planning multi-faceted performances that mix and match genres makes the interdisciplinary celebration unique… Read full article »
Constella Festival Single Tix on Sale
10/3/11 by Janelle Gelfand for Cincinnati.com
There’s already quite a buzz in the arts community about this new festival,which opens Oct. 13 with superstar violinist Hilary Hahn… Read full article »
Hand-picked Harvest of Fall Performances: Constella Festival
9/1/11 by Thom Mariner for Express Cincinnati and ExpressCincinnati.com
If you are not yet familiar wtih the new Constella Festival, you will be. Chamber music is about to become Cincinnati’s musical calling card… Read full article »
Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts Announces 2011 Inaugural Festival Schedule
9/1/11 season announcement press release by Constella Festival… Read full release »
Classic Sounds and New Twists
8/3/11 by Anne Arenstein for CityBeat and CityBeat.com
The festival is an ambitious attempt to create fusions of musical and visual artistic events across the city… Read full article »
Expansion Plans in a Recession
8/31/11 by Jane Durrell for CityBeat and CityBeat.com
Another new venture is the Constella Festival, 13 multi-disciplinary (with an emphasis on Classical) music events, taking place in October and early November of this year… Read full article »
Constella Festival Plans Two Benefits
7/23/11 by Jackie Demaline for Cincinnati.com
The new Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts, scheduled to begin Oct. 13, has set two benefit events… Read full article »
New Constella Festival Announces Summer “Sneak Peek” Performances
7/19/11 by Richard Todd for Fox19.com
Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts has announced two upcoming benefit events that will also provide attendees with a sampling of the types of performances they can expect during the October 2011 Festival... Read full article »
Constella Offers Samples of International Festival
7/1/11 for Express Cincinnati and ExpressCincinnati.com
Two fundraisers are planned in the months leading up to this October’s Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts… Read full article »
Interview with Tatiana Berman
7/19/11 by Scott Beseler and Elissa Yancey for SoapboxMedia.com
This fall, (Tatiana) launches the Constella Festival, which features 13 multi-disciplinary events highlighting the best in music and art in both Cincinnati and around the world… Read full article »
White Night on Fountain Square
5/13/11 by WCPO TV / WCPO.COM
Inspired by Nuit Blanche, all-night art events with Persian roots reinvented in St. Petersburg, Berlin and Paris, the Constella Festival is bringing White Night to Fountain Square in Cincinnati… Read full article »
Stars align for Constella Festival
5/1/11 by Mary Ellyn Hutton for ExpressCincinnati.com
The new Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts is going to light up Cincinnati in more ways than one… Read full article »
Stars aligning for classical, arts festival this fall
5/1/11 by Janelle Gelfand for Cincinnati.com
Cincinnati can add a new festival of the arts to its constellation. Constella—which means constellation in Italian—will debut in October… Read full article »
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