Phillip & Noreen Silver - a Master Class and a Concert

Phillip & Noreen Silver - a Master Class and a Concert
Sunday, 10 May 2015, 19:00
Add to Calendar
Hall 231, Jamd Building
Participants: 

Phillip Silver - piano
Noreen Silver - cello

 

 

Phillip Silver is an internationally acclaimed solo and collaborative artist. The Frankfurter Rundschau described his playing as “virtuosic,” while the Boston Globe called him “an international collaborative pianist of the first rank.” Phillip has performed in many of the world’s leading concert halls including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall in London, the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, Scotland, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Germany, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and the Henry Crown Theater in Jerusalem.
Over the course of his career he has performed with many distinguished artists including Denes Zsigmondy, Jian Wang, Elmar Oliveira, Albert Markov and Alexander Markov. Phillip has also been a member of the Van Leer Chamber Players in Jerusalem, the Rachmaninov Trio in the UK, and the Silver Duo, a long established ensemble with his wife, cellist Noreen Silver.
Phillip’s most recent recording, a CD of music by the German-Jewish composer Bernhard Sekles was released on the Toccata Classics label in London. Maria Nockin reviewing this recording in Fanfare magazine commented upon the “brilliantly played fireworks from the pianist” while Steve Arloff writing in MusicWeb International described it as “a really valuable discovery” marked by “flawless playing.”… “thoroughly deserving to be heard by every chamber music lover.”
Phillip has been on the faculties of Glasgow University, Strathclyde University, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. He is currently a Professor of Music at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Maine.

Noreen Silver grew up in Glasgow, Scotland and studied at the Royal College of Music in London, as well as the New England Conservatory in Boston. Private studies with two great cellists - Pierre Fournier and Jacqueline du Pre - nurtured her love of performing as she and pianist husband Phillip Silver embarked upon a career as the Silver Duo. The Duo has given live and recorded broadcasts on BBC’s Radio 3, the Israel Broadcasting Authority, Swedish National Radio and NPR. They have presented most of the standard cello/piano repertoire – and much of the non-standard repertoire – in concert halls in London, Prague, Frankfurt and Jerusalem, as well as many north American cities. She has been described in a Glasgow Herald review as “an extraordinarily soulful player” who “demonstrates an uncommon depth of feeling and imagination.”
Noreen has been a member of the Van Leer Chamber Players and the Jerusalem Symphony, as well as orchestras in the the USA and UK. She is currently principal cellist of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra - a position she has held since 2005 - and adjunct faculty member at the University of Maine, where she directs the chamber music program. Noreen’s most recent solo project involved the performance of all six solo suites for cello by JS Bach at UMaine’s Minsky Hall.

 

 

Program: 

At 4 p.m. - Master Class
At 7.30 p.m. - Concert