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Cellist Matt Haimovitz has gained particular attention in recent years, taking his 17th-century Italian cello into bars, taverns and other untraditional venues to perform music ranging from Bach to Jimi Hendrix. The response to his nationwide tours has been astoundingly enthusiastic.
Haimovitz made his Carnegie Hall debut, at 14 when he substituted for his teacher, the legendary Leonard Rose, in Schubert’s String Quintet in C, alongside Isaac Stern, Shlomo Mintz, Pinchas Zukerman, and Mstislav Rostropovich. Shortly thereafter, he joined Isaac Stern, Cho-Liang Lin, Jaime Laredo, Michael Tree, and Yo-Yo Ma in performing both Brahms Sextets at the Tanglewood Music Festival and Carnegie Hall.
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“Many critics have hailed his initiative as a breath of fresh air.” Globe and Mail
“It was some of the most moving and soulful playing heard by this listener in a very long time. The music seemed to pour out of his cello and wash over the huddled group….It is also an experiment that may be shedding light on how classical music can renew itself with audiences of the future” The New York Times
“Give credit to cellist Matt Haimovitz, who in his own small way has been busily reinventing the classical recital for the new millennium.” San Francisco Chronicle
“Hearing a cello played with such fervor and commitment – not to mention high artistry – in a small venue is a priceless experience. Bring Haimovitz back soon.” Los Angeles Times
“Hearing a cello played with such fervor and commitment – not to mention high artistry – in a small venue is a priceless experience. Bring Haimovitz back soon.” Los Angeles Times
“The musician making this unconventional tour is one of the world’s most renowned young cellists. As a child, he was a protegee of Itzhak Perlman and a student of Leonard Rose. Once Rose needed someone to fill in for him at Carnegie Hall and the 13-year-old Matt Haimovitz stepped on stage. But it is his road act that caught our attention. Matt Haimovitz is a cellist who’s been taking classical music into places where it is rarely heard.”
From NPR News, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED with Host Steve Inskeep
From NPR News, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED with Host Steve Inskeep
Program:
Anthem II
Five years following his 50-state Anthem Tour, cellist Matt Haimovitz
celebrates the recent electoral results in the US with a signature solo tour
reconciling the musical communities of his two home countries, the US and
Canada. In preparation for a recording of some of North America’s leading
composers, Haimovitz returns to the listening-room experience. From Canada,
composers Gilles Tremblay, Anna Sokolovic, Serge Provost, and Luna Pearl
Woolf and, from the US, Elliott Carter, John Corigliano, Christopher Rouse,
and Steven Stucky, among others will be represented. Like Anthem,
celebrating living American composers, the sequel Anthem II continues
to explore the diversity of North America’s cultural contribution.
Five years following his 50-state Anthem Tour, cellist Matt Haimovitz
celebrates the recent electoral results in the US with a signature solo tour
reconciling the musical communities of his two home countries, the US and
Canada. In preparation for a recording of some of North America’s leading
composers, Haimovitz returns to the listening-room experience. From Canada,
composers Gilles Tremblay, Anna Sokolovic, Serge Provost, and Luna Pearl
Woolf and, from the US, Elliott Carter, John Corigliano, Christopher Rouse,
and Steven Stucky, among others will be represented. Like Anthem,
celebrating living American composers, the sequel Anthem II continues
to explore the diversity of North America’s cultural contribution.
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