By Charles Michener 10/18/04 12:00am

Roaming the Planet Wirelessly, Young Artist Erases Boundaries

When two players of different age, nationality and temperament join forces to make music together, achieving true intimacy can be a struggle. In the case of Daniel Hope, a 29-year-old English violinist, and Menahem Pressler, an 80-year-old American pianist of Israeli upbringing, the struggle is inspiring—or so it seemed the other night when the two Read More

By Charles Michener 4/12/04 12:00am

Enduring and Preeminent: A Multigenerational Piano Trio

In the world of chamber music, the piano trio is an ungainly threesome-an incestuously linked couple (violin and cello) in bed with a powerful alien (piano). The challenge of the form is to maintain an equilibrium that prevents the engagement from becoming a contest of two against one (or one against two) and allows each Read More