Nov 14 Featured Album Featured Album: Blues Dialogues Rachel Barton Pine’s new album Blues Dialogues is part of a life-long project for the violinist, who grew up in Chicago listening to the blues, as much as classical music. “The blues is almost like my native indigenous music. I just kind of grew up with the Blues in the air being a native Chicagoan. […] By Daniel Gilliam Nov 14 Featured Album Featured Album: Blues Dialogues By Daniel Gilliam
Mar 27 WUOLive WUOLive: Rob Simonds Violinist Rob Simonds returns to WUOLive with a program of living composers, including Missy Mazzoli, Alexis Bacon, Louisvillians Jeremy Beck and Luke Cissell, and more. Monday, April 2 at noon. This concert is free and open-to-the-public. LPM members can reserve a lunch from City Cafe by calling (502) 814-6565 (by Friday, March 30 at noon). […] By Daniel Gilliam Mar 27 WUOLive WUOLive: Rob Simonds By Daniel Gilliam
Feb 01 Featured Album Rachel Barton Pine: Elgar and Bruch Rachel Barton Pine’s 36th album (!) features the mysterious and monumental Violin Concerto Op. 61, by Edward Elgar, and the well-known Violin Concerto by Max Bruch Op. 26, by Max Bruch. Daniel Gilliam talked with RBP about her history with each concerto, and the importance of Neville Marriner and Yehudi Menuhin in the album. By WUOL Feb 01 Featured Album Rachel Barton Pine: Elgar and Bruch By WUOL
Jun 08 Artsbreak Rachel Barton Pine creates magic with Paganini Violinist Rachel Barton Pine traverses Paganini’s ground breaking set of 24 Caprices with reverence for the bel canto – or “beautiful singing” – style of the composer’s generation. Playing on the ‘ex-Bazzini, ex-Soldat’ Guarneri del Gesù violin from 1742 – made by the same Cremona-based maker in the same year as Paganini’s own violin – […] By Alan Brandt Jun 08 Artsbreak Rachel Barton Pine creates magic with Paganini By Alan Brandt
May 17 Blog Her Violin Stolen, A Prodigy’s World Became ‘Unstrung’ Min Kym had found her perfect partner in a 1696 Stradivarius — until it was snatched in a London cafe. She comes to terms with the loss in her new memoir, Gone: A Girl, A Violin, A Life Unstrung. By WUOL May 17 Blog Her Violin Stolen, A Prodigy’s World Became ‘Unstrung’ By WUOL
Nov 29 Events Event: Rob Simonds In-Studio Violinist Rob Simonds returns to 90.5 WUOL for a varied and engaging program of new and old music, from composers of the 17th century to new music by Victoria Bond, Molly Joyce and Louisvillian Jeremy Beck. Thursday December 8 at noon. Doors open at 11:45am. By Daniel Gilliam Nov 29 Events Event: Rob Simonds In-Studio By Daniel Gilliam
Jan 15 Artsbreak Audio: Rob Simonds In-Studio By Daniel Gilliam Jan 15 Artsbreak Audio: Rob Simonds In-Studio By Daniel Gilliam