Dan Perttu: Bringing Music to Life
We make music. It sounds terrific. But the work is not done once the music is made - in fact, that is only the beginning. Once music is created, it must be spread to listening ears, through [...]
September 2018 Album Reviews
Each month, PARMA has the great pleasure of not only releasing powerful works by our artists, but also seeing the positive impact that these works have on listeners. Read on to hear what sources from Gramophone [...]
THE INSIDE STORY: Marta Brankovich and BLACK SWAN OF PIANO
Marta Brankovich was born in Belgrade Serbia. She was only 21 years old when she graduated from the University of Belgrade, as the youngest student with the highest GPA in her class. During her studies she received [...]
THE INSIDE STORY: The Pedroia Quartet and QUADRANTS VOL. 2
With an intense and beautiful blend of freshness and experience, the Pedroia String Quartet is bursting onto the Boston scene. To the unified and persuasive core of Peter Sulski and Rohan Gregory’s ten years of quartet [...]
THE INSIDE STORY: Sara Hahn and I CLOSE MY EYES IN ORDER TO SEE
Hailed by the Calgary Herald as having “beauty of tone and a wonderfully flexible phrasing,” Sara Hahn has been Principal Flute for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) since 2006. In 2005, she was Assistant Principal Flute/Piccolo [...]
September 2018: New Releases from Big Round, Navona, and Ravello Records
With the arrival of September comes the welcoming in of crisper temperatures, colorful foliage – and here at PARMA, an array of captivating new music. From the second installment in our electro-acoustic series to a Spanish and Portuguese-inspired duet, our September releases are as vibrant and stirring as the beginning of autumn itself. Read on… Continue Reading →
Back To School: Etudes with Navona and Ravello Records
An etude (French for ‘study’) is a fairly short composition intended for practice sessions that focuses on a certain technique, such as trilling or dynamic expression. Etudes gained popularity in the early 19th Century alongside [...]
THE INSIDE STORY: Stephen Yip and WHISPERING FRAGRANCE
Stephen Yip was born in Hong Kong and lives in the United States. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts at Rice University and Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, [...]
THE INSIDE STORY: Marec Béla Steffens and TWO CELLS IN SEVILLA
“Globolinks, you stand no chance!” Could a young Marec Steffens have known after watching his first opera that this genre would be a guiding force throughout his life? Born in Hamburg Germany, Marec Béla Steffens lived [...]
THE INSIDE STORY: Nada Radulovich and UNEXPLORED
Nada Radulovich is a dynamic and versatile artist who combines her skills as a cellist, transcriber, and concert organizer to present unique concerts that synthesize the familiar and unfamiliar in a way that both entertains and [...]