Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys Friday, October 7, 2011 – 7:30 p.m.
Ralph Stanley has been performing for more than 60 years and has
become one of the most influential country and bluegrass artists of all time.
In 1946, he and his brother Carter formed the legendary Stanley Brothers
duo and the Clinch Mountain Boys. In 1984, Stanley received the National
Heritage Award and was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music
Hall of Honor in 1992. Eight years later, he was inducted into the Grand
Ole Opry. In 2002, Stanley received his first Grammy award for his
performance on the movie soundtrack for "O Brother Where Art Thou."
He received the Living Legend award from the Library of Congress and
National Medal of Arts in 2006. He has recorded more than 170 albums.
Michael Lewin (Purchase Tickets) Thursday, November 3, 2011 – 7:30 p.m.
Michael Lewin has appeared as soloist with orchestras worldwide.
His career was launched with victories in the Franz Liszt International
Piano Competition in the Netherlands, the American Pianists Association
Beethoven Fellowship and the William Kapell International Competition.
Lewin made his New York recital debut in Lincoln Center in 1984, on
which occasion the New York Times wrote that "his immense technique
and ability qualify him eminently for success." He is on the piano faculty
of The Boston Conservatory, where he maintains a select studio of prizewinning
students. A native of New York, he studied at the Juilliard School.
Nexus (Purchase Tickets) Friday, March 23, 2012 - 7:30 p.m.
Nexus, made up of four master percussionists, has worked together
for more than 30 years. The musicians are internationally renowned, not
just for their virtuosity as individual and group performers and their
innovation and creativity, but for their ability to create music out of just about
anything: Swiss cowbells, Chinese drums, Tibetan prayer bowls, Middle Eastern
hand drums and Southeast Asian water buffalo bells, to name just a few. With a
repertoire ranging from military music to the novelty ragtime of the 1920s, from
the haunting rhythms of Africa to the ground-breaking compositions of Toru
Takemitsu, John Cage and Steve Reich, Nexus delivers a virtuosic spectacle of
sound, rhythm and movement.
