Review: ConcertoNet.com – “From Foreign Lands” Moritz Moszkowski with Reference Recordings (published September 1, 2016) – http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/cd.php?ID_cd=3825
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Stanford Arts Review – “Music As It Was Meant To Be” (A Review of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Concert, by Diego Hernandez / April 16, 2016) – http://stanfordartsreview.com/san-francisco-ballet-orchestra/
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Piedmont Post – April 6, 2016 printed edition from The Musical Gourmet by Joseph Gold.
Excerpts: “Inside Herbst, it was festive. A superb new work opened the concert. ‘Conversations With Nijinsky’ by C.F. Kip Winger is a winner. It has everything in spades…Stravinsky’s Firebird concluded the program in brilliant fashion. The famous bassoon solo in the berceuse was played ever so beautifully by Rufus Olivier, who, in case you didn’t know, is one of the musical gems of the Bay Area.”
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San Francisco Chronicle – “S.F. Ballet musicians reflect on 40 years of Nutcracker” (December 9, 2015) – http://sfchron.cl/1jQrhCA
SFBO Musicians Rufus Olivier, William Klingelhoffer, Patricia Van Winkle and Steven D’Amico
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Video/Podcasts
Martin West: The Marriage of Music and Dance – Video– http://bcove.me/z81fbc6z (December 2015)
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Conducting the SF Ballet Orchestra in Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet – Music Director & Principal Conductor Martin West
(Published by the San Francisco Ballet on YouTube on May 28, 2015 – Choreography by Helgi Thomasson)
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January 15, 2015: Click here for: Interview- Shinji Eshima and Thalia Moore – KALW Radio
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Featured interview with Bassist/Composer Shinji Eshima
Reviews
ConcertoNet.com – “From Foreign Lands” Moritz Moszkowski with Reference Recordings (published September 1, 2016) – http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/cd.php?ID_cd=3825
Stanford Arts Review – “Music As It Was Meant To Be” (A Review of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Concert, by Diego Hernandez / April 16, 2016) – http://stanfordartsreview.com/san-francisco-ballet-orchestra/
SF Classical Voice, Dancing Away the Hours in the Pit, May 5, 2015: https://www.sfcv.org/article/its-news-to-me-5-5-2015
S.F. Ballet, Orchestra Embark on 80th Season (by Janos Gereben, January 29, 2013, San Francisco Classical Voice): https://www.sfcv.org/article/sf-ballet-orchestra-embark-on-80th-season
Ballet Orchestra Aces the Rimsky Test: https://www.sfcv.org/article/ballet-orchestra-aces-the-rimsky-test
Hamburg Ballet’s “Nijinsky”: http://www.examiner.com/review/beware-of-acclaim-nijinsky
Music in Motion or Moving to Music – https://www.sfcv.org/article/music-in-motion-or-moving-to-music
‘Square Dance,’ ‘Stravinsky Violin Concerto,’ ‘Who Cares?’ – http://www.ballet-dance.com/200404/articles/SFB20040403b.html
Articles
Huffington Post – “A Rehearsal Break with Martin West – Music Director of San Francisco Ballet”, (February 12, 2016) – http://huff.to/1PTENCK
NBC Bay Area – “San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Scores Three Grammy Nominations”, (Dec 7, 2015) – http://bit.ly/1XYRlcl
SF Ballet’s blog “Open Studio 455” Shostakovich was a Genius! – by Martin West, Music Director & Principal Conductor (April 8, 2015) – http://www.sfballetblog.org/2015/04/shostakovich-was-a-genius/
SF Ballet’s blog “Open Studio 455”, posts by Martin West, Music Director & Principal Conductor – http://www.sfballetblog.org/author/mwest/
San Francisco Classical Voice – “S.F. Ballet, Orchestra Embark on 80th Season”, (by Janos Gereben, January 29, 2013) – https://www.sfcv.org/article/sf-ballet-orchestra-embark-on-80th-season
Stern Grove: Adventures in the Fog (By Matt Naughtin, Auugust 12, 2009) — http://www.sfballetblog.org/2009/08/stern-grove-adventures-in-the-fog/
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SF Ballet Orchestra Members with Virtuoso Thereminist Carolina Eyck
Orchestra members Mariya Borozina, Steven D’Amico, Craig Reiss & Thalia Moore with Carolina Eyck, virtuoso thereminist and guest artist with the SFBallet Orchestra (2nd from left), March 22, 2010
Carolina Eyck played theremin as special guest artist in the SF Ballet’s “The Little Mermaid”. (Choreographed by John Neumeier and composed by Lera Auerbach. Premiered March 2010.) See Discography & DVDs.
The photo above was taken following a performance featuring Carolina with the chamber group Earplay. (San Francisco’s Herbst Theater, March 22, 2010)