NWEAMO Festival Brings Exciting Korean Ensemble PHASE to San Diego

“Expect the unexpected” could easily be the slogan of Joseph Waters’ annual NWEAMO Festival. Friday’s opening concert of the 2019 festival presented ensemble PHASE, a quintet of Korean musicians performing on traditional Korean instruments that filled San Diego State University’s Smith Recital Hall with bright, piquant, exotic sounds and modalities.

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Trifonov Triumphs at The Conrad

Continuing its star-studded array of performers at The Conrad, the La Jolla Music Society presented Daniil Trifonov–the most astounding pianist of our age– in recital Wednesday, April 17.

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Hausmann Quartet Brings Haydn’s ‘Seven Last Words’ to an East Village Loft

In addition to the Hausmann Quartet’s multi-year traversal of all the Joseph Haydn string quartets, the intrepid San Diego ensemble has annually presented during the season prior to Easter the composer’s string quartet version of his profound orchestral work “The Seven Last Words of Christ.” This year, Hausmann gave their concert Sunday, April 14, in the Luce Loft down in San Diego’s East Village.

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Joshua Bell Scores with Bruch’s Violin Concerto at the San Diego Symphony

Either by chance or some mysterious plan, world-class violinists have decided to zero in on San Diego this April. Last week, Midori played a recital at The Conrad in La Jolla, and next week, Gil Shaham will flex his musical muscles at The Conrad. Sunday, Joshua Bell returned to the Jacobs Music Center in downtown San Diego to play Max Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with the San Diego Symphony under its Laureate Director, Jahja Ling.

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