Tag: Jeffrey Milarsky

Axiom – Clearing Musical Hurdles With Poise and Flair

Post author By Mike
Post date October 7, 2009

: Cover of Gyorgy Ligeti (20th-Century Composers)

NYTimes.com reviews this recent performance.

You might wonder, then, why Axiom — a bright, versatile young ensemble formed by students at the Juilliard School in 2005 — chose four toothy examples of latter-day modernism for its season-opening concert at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater on Monday night. The program, conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky, included Mario Davidovsky’s “Flashbacks,” Harrison Birtwistle’s “Secret Theater” and “Three Settings of Celan,” and — the relative pop hit of the bunch — Gyorgy Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto.

Tags Arts, György Ligeti, Jeffrey Milarsky, Juilliard School, New York Times, Performing Arts, Pop music, Theatre

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Axiom Ensemble’s take on Messiaen Reviews

Post author By Mike
Post date December 15, 2008

: Image via Wikipedia

From the NY Times:

The stars that govern music must have been aligned exactly 100 years ago. Olivier Messiaen was born in Avignon, France, on Dec. 10, 1908. The next day Elliott Carter was born in New York. Messiaen died at 83 in 1992, composing until the end, still playing the organ every Sunday at the exquisite Trinité church in Paris. Mr. Carter remains very much with us and active, a miraculous fluke of nature.

Messiaen’s centenary has been acknowledged around the world this year, and the Miller Theater at Columbia University presented an exciting program as part of its Composer Portraits series on Saturday night. The deft conductor Jeffrey Milarsky led the Axiom Ensemble, a flexible group of Julliard School students who have palpable enthusiasm for challenging contemporary music and the technical skills to play it.

Tags Avignon, Columbia University, Elliott Carter, Jeffrey Milarsky, Juilliard School, New York, Olivier Messiaen, Paris

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