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The Boston Globe highlights the American premiere of de Hartmann’s violin concerto at the UMass/Amherst 02/10/23 concert featuring the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine, Maestro Theodore Kuchar, and violin soloist Andriy Tchaikovsky.
The orchestra performed Thomas de Hartmann’s violin concerto, Dvorak’s Ninth Symphony, and Brahms’s ‘Tragic Overture’ amid 40-concert tour By Christopher Benfey Globe correspondent,Updated February 13, 2023, 12:01 p.m. 2 AMHERST — It took 80 years for the Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann’s achingly beautiful violin concerto to reach American ears. Judging from the rapturous response Friday night…
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David Hurwitz at ClassicsToday.com gives the KOLA award (top ten list for 2022) to Thomas de Hartmann Orchestral Music released by Toccata in Feb.
KEEP ON LISTENING AWARDS (KOLA 2022) Disc of the Year Paul Wee (piano): Beethoven/Liszt: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”; Mozart/Alkan: Piano Concerto No. 20 (BIS) Link to website
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MusicWeb International review of Toccata’s Nov release of Thomas de Hartmann Orchestral Music- Vol II
“…just sit back and enjoy the ride. For enjoyable this most certainly is… What is certain is how de Hartmann somehow manages to be wildly eclectic with his range of influences yet bind these together in a work that is both effective and individual…” Nick Barnard, Jan 3, 2023
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MusicWeb International review of Toccata Classics, Thomas de Hartmann, Orchestral Music- Vol II
“…I am amazed by de Hartmann’s skill with the orchestra, such is his ingenuity in creating some quite astonishingly original and heavy-duty sonorities…” Lee Denham, MusicWeb International, Dec 5 2022
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Pizzicato review of Nov Toccata Classics CD release
“Theodore Kuchar conducts both works committedly and the Lviv orchestra’s playing is powerful and sonorous. British-South African double bassist Leon Bosch plays at a high level and can make his instrument sing enchantingly.” Remy Franck, Pizzicato review, Nov 11, 2022
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Leon Bosch
Having worked with the finest conductors for 30 years as a member of groups such as the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philharmonia and Hallé, he learnt the repertoire and conductor’s craft from inside the orchestra, and finally made the transition to the podium in 2015, when he left Academy of St Martin…