Opine: William Sewell Oct 20, 2006
Author: George Eliot Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Musician: Murray Perahia Entrepreneur: I don t have a favorite entrepreneur. Of these people, who is the one person you d prefer to meet and converse with. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Violinist on quest to spread classical music Sep 29, 2004
The album also presents unaccompanied works by two of his predecessors, Johann Paul von Westhoff and Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, and a contemporary, Johan Georg Pisendel. Bringing music to people is a very powerful force in this world, Pine said in an interview with The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- News)
Boston Ballet is off balance but embraced at the Pillow Aug 27, 2004
Lit by a large side panel of bright white and set to rather restrained 17th-century violin music (by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber), the movement is rigorously athletic and ultra-contemporary, with flamboyant leaps that corkscrew in the air, hyperextended limbs thrown in all directions. Jazzy inflections color brilliant shifts in dynamic and direction, imbuing the whole with a kind of exuberant nervous energy. (Boston Globe -- Living)
A fine night of firsts for the ballet Mar 27, 2004
Elo, a gifted young Finnish choreographer, uses music by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, orchestrated for violin, organist, and keyboard, in "Plan to B." The minimalist set has a large, glowing screen at one side of the stage: It feels like a battery constantly recharging the six dancers in this ferocious, full-bodied work. Elo makes extensive use of the torso and hips, which are generally still in ballet. (Boston Globe -- Living)
