Tag Archives: Mark Buller

Thomas Hampson and Luca Pisaroni as the old and young Lorenzo Da Ponte. (credit: Lynn Lane)
Thomas Hampson and Luca Pisaroni as the old and young Lorenzo Da Ponte. (credit: Lynn Lane)

Report: The Phoenix, a world premiere by Houston Grand Opera

Mark Buller | 06 May 2019 HOUSTON, TX—  I was privileged to attend the world premiere of The Phoenix by Tarik O’Regan and John Caird last week at Houston Grand Opera. This was HGO’s 66th world premiere, a feat […]

Pianist Giorgio Koukl in recital, 10 March 2019, Dobříš Castle, Hall of Mirrors, Dobříš, Czech Republic. (photo courtesy of Václav Tichý)
Pianist Giorgio Koukl in recital, 10 March 2019, Dobříš Castle, Hall of Mirrors, Dobříš, Czech Republic. (photo courtesy of Václav Tichý)

CD Review: Koukl proves an able match for Tansman’s piano music

Mark Buller | 23 APR 2019 TANSMAN: PIANO MUSIC Giorgio Koukl, pianist Grand Piano GP788 Release date: 8 FEB 2019 My introduction to the music of Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986) was some years ago, on the Naxos album Genesis Suite […]

Martin Hroch at the harpsichord.
Martin Hroch at the harpsichord.

CD Review: Martin Hroch, Harpsichord offers a fine introduction to Czech keyboardist

Mark Buller | 20 MAR 2019 Martin Hroch is a Czech harpsichordist whose career encompasses solo and chamber performing as well as teaching at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. His new, self-titled album juxtaposes […]

Edenwood Duo: guitarist Catherine Struys and cellist Wouter Vercruysse
Edenwood Duo: guitarist Catherine Struys and cellist Wouter Vercruysse (courtesy of A Croch'Note Artists)

CD Review: Edenwood Duo displays assurance, nuance in Another Place

by Mark Buller | 13 FEB 2019 The Belgian guitar/cello Edenwood Duo have, since their inception in 2016, worked to showcase recently-written works; indeed, given the relative scarcity of literature for this particular instrumentation, the need for new pieces […]