In some quarters, Stefan Jackiw is being called a stupendous performer and even a genius. His Atlanta debut, Saturday night at Kennesaw State University’s Bailey Center, showed the young violinist to be more of a great artisan -- a master of his noble craft -- than a creative force.
Born in 1985, Jackiw -- pronounced “jah-KEEF” -- is of Korean and German descent, and both parents are physicists. He studied at Harvard and the New England Conservatory and is currently making the rounds as soloist with major orchestras across the world. Earlier this year, he played a concerto with the YouTube ...
Choreographer Lauri Stallings, the most politically savvy artist in Atlanta, has gained attention and a kind of cultural authority by pointing out what is passé with our traditions and lazy habits. With the philosophical clarity of an insurgent candidate running for office, she is rapidly remaking the local scene to her tastes. Thus far, few have wanted to resist.
Her vision of the arts -- partly derived from French theorist Nicolas Bourriaud's “relational aesthetics” -- includes the notion that the proscenium theater is a failure of high culture. The Fox Theatre and Symphony Hall are examples of traditional venues where the ...
The Dorian Consort, a superb seven-member chamber group founded in Switzerland, stopped in Atlanta over the weekend. They were making their way to a flute convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. In two free concerts, the septet assembled smart programs and played to their strengths: each performance was bookended by Bach, with prominent Swiss composers in the middle.
Saturday’s concert, sponsored by the Swiss Consulate of Atlanta, drew a respectable crowd to Agnes Scott College’s Woltz Ballroom. Sunday afternoon’s show at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church -- well played but poorly attended -- was organized by the grass-roots Classical Revolution ATL, on a ...
The orchestra’s debt is still huge, the local economy is still struggling and America’s classical music community is feeling more embattled than ever. But the Atlanta Symphony’s 2011-12 season shows definite signs of an upswing.
It follows the same shape as recent seasons: building slowly, with some spikes along the way, toward a roaring big finish. Many of the planned concerts hold intriguing works that the ASO should be presenting to its audience, to keep it informed of what's happening in the wider world. Single tickets go on sale August 20.
One of the major cultural events for the city will be ...
A major player from the hotel management industry will now head the board of a major symphony orchestra. Jim Abrahamson, president and chief operating officer of Interstate Hotels and Resorts, has been elected chairman of the Atlanta Symphony board, the orchestra announced Tuesday evening.
He replaces Ben Johnson, an attorney who had held the chairmanship since 2008. Johnson, who will rotate back onto the main ASO board, will likely be remembered for having steadied the organization after the departure of President Allison Vulgamore and for having helped hire Stanley Romanstein as her replacement.
In a prepared statement, Romanstein was quoted as saying, ...
Much anticipated, the list of artists for the 2011 "Art on the Atlanta BeltLine" event has been announced. In all, 66 visual artists and performing groups will offer temporary installations along the 22-mile trail from September through November. Last year's debut was billed as Atlanta's largest exhibit of public temporary art.
The exhibitions will be bunched in four parts of the disused rail corridor-turned-greenspace, sections that might be described as not yet fully “colonized.” On the Westside, it will include a stretch from Gordon White Park northward to Washington Park and another from Allene Avenue to Lee Street. Midtown’s portion will ...
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