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MusicWeb International Reviews In Meinem Himmel
MusicWeb International reviews our Mahler Song Cycles recording with Kindra Scharich: “Pace Grafilo, I actually find this quartet transcription more intimate than the piano version. Four string players, working in coördination, can actually be more flexible than one pianist at a grand piano, whose imposing resonance somehow induces formality. Many passages in the Rückert songs and the Kindertotenlieder move along rather briskly:…
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In Meinem Himmel in The Whole Note
“…transcriber violinist Zakarias Grafilo, gave much thought and effort to preserve some of the aural colours and even the emotional innigkeit of the original… Idiomatic and virtuoso string playing and the singing is simply gorgeous. Young American mezzo Kindra Scharich has a beautiful voice, total emotional commitment and musical imagination that certainly makes worthwhile listening. Her…
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Art Music Lounge Reviews In meinem Himmel
Lynn René Bayley offers a new review for our Mahler Song Cycles: In meinem Himmel recording on her Art Music Lounge blog: “All of these reductions were arranged by the group’s violinist Zakarias Grafilo, and they are indeed faithful to the originals in harmony and texture. … But as in the case of any album of…
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A Warm Recommendation for The Mahler Song Cycles from Fanfare Magazine
Fanfare Magazine’s Huntley Dent gives a recommendation for The Mahler Song Cycles: In meinem Himmel in the January/February 2019 issue: “The [Songs of a Wayfarer] song cycle poses no perplexity for the acclaimed Alexander String Quartet and mezzo Kindra Scharich. She sings with musical sensitivity, attention to the text, spot-on intonation, and a meltingly lovely timbre.…
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New Classics Reviews In Meinem Himmel
The UK’s New Classics review site features our new release with Kindra Scharich, Mahler Song Cycles: In meinem Himmel: “Zakarias Grafilo, violinist with the Alexander String Quartet, has transcribed these wonderful song cycles, saying that he ‘Wanted to recreate some of the aural colours from the orchestral instrumentation while maintaining the intimacy of the piano…
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ASQ’s April in New York
Tuesday April 24, 2017 7:30 pm Anne Ratner Concert Series New York, New York Tel: (518) 329-7924 Web: www.anneratnerconcertseries.org Program: TBA Wednesday April 25, 2018 7:30 pm Baruch Performing Arts Center Baruch College, City University of New York Engelman Recital Hall New York, New York Tel: (646) 312-5073 Web: baruch.cuny.edu/bpac Program: Robert Schumann Quartet in A Minor,…
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Sunday LIEDER ALIVE!
Sunday, June 11 will mark the world premiere performance of our own Zak Grafilo’s Mahler Lieder eines Fahrenden gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) transcription for string quartet and mezzo-soprano (Kindra Scharich). The event will be presented by LIEDER ALIVE! and will also mark the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to support the recording of three…
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ASQ Heads into the Summer
As we head into the summer, here’s a look at some exciting performances coming soon! May 14, 10AM Beethoven: Before, During and After Program: BEETHOVEN: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 GEORGE ROCHBERG: Quartet No. 3 Tickets & Info May 20, 6PM LIEDER ALIVE! Featuring mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich! World Premiere performances of Zakarias Grafilo’s arrangements…
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LIEDER ALIVE! – May 20th
ASQ joins mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich on the LIEDER ALIVE! Liederabend Series on Friday, May 20th! Program Mahler: Kintertotenlieder Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder Arrangements for mezzo-soprano and string quartet by Zakarias Grafilo (World Premiere) Friday, May 20th – 6pm Noe Valley Ministry TICKETS
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Paul Yarbrough Performs “Basically British XIV”!
Old First Concerts Friday, July 10, 2015 at 8pm Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street (at Vanes), San Francisco Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano; Paul Yarbrough, viola; John Parr, piano Basically British XIV This program continues the Basically British series, which John Parr presented at Old First Concerts from 2003 through 2011. The aim was to explore…
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SFCV Reviews Lieder Alive
San Francisco Classical Voice critic Rebecca Wishnia reviews our recent LIEDER ALIVE concert with mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich: “On Sunday, in a recital at the Noe Valley Ministry hosted by LIEDER ALIVE! — the San Francisco-based organization dedicated to art song performance — violinist Zakarias Grafilo’s arrangements for voice and string quartet helped bring Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder to life in an…
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Meet Kindra Scharich
Meet mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich before Sunday’s (6/14/15) Lieder Alive concert: Mezzo Soprano Kindra Scharich has been praised by The San Francisco Chronicle for her, “noble, vocally assured singing, with stately grace and deep-rooted pathos.” A versatile musician, she has sung over 25 roles in the lyric mezzo repertoire, and is equally at home on the…
