Austin Camerata presents its first festival beginning Saturday, May 13, at noon, at the Rotunda of the State Capitol Building. Artistic Director Daniel Kopp (MM ’18) and others will reprise their Bach and Colorfield performance from the Blanton Museum as well as selections by Caroline Shaw, Paul Wiancko, Schubert and more. The festival continues through Sunday, May 21 at Imagine Art, the Austin Public Library and 4th Tap Brewery.
Founded in 2017, Austin Camerata is a festival that reimagines chamber music and reaches new audiences through unconventional concerts, artistic collaborations, and community engagements.
For ticket, venue, parking and more information, visit www.austincamerata.com.
Doug Machiz (MM ’11), with his San Francisco-based Friction Quartet, from his performance at the Hearst Memorial Mining Building, receives a glowing review from the San Francisco Classical Voice:
Anna Záborszky (MM ’13) and Johannes Teppo (MM ’13), who form the ensemble Duo JohAnnas, were invited to perform for the President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, at the annual diplomatic dinner in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. Anna and Johannes were the only performing musicians before 170 political and diplomatical guests incling the Ambassdors of USA, China and Russia.
Francesco Mastromatteo (DMA ’12) has just arrived in Austin from Italy this week for a pair of recitals in which he will perform all six of the suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. He stopped by KMFA yesterday to talk with Chris Johnson about the music of Bach and to play some excerpts in KMFA’s Performance Studio. Recording by Jeffrey Blair.
Francesco Mastromatteo (DMA ’12) has been working for years on one of the most quintessential works in the cello repertoire, J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites. These pieces can take a lifetime to understand, but Francesco has found something in them that is unique, his interpretation simultaneously pays homage to the master and forges it’s own path. Francesco Mastromatteo will perform all six of the suites this weekend, but he stopped by KUT’s Studio 1A to give a little preview first.
Austin Camerata presents its inaugural concert on Tuesday, April 25, at noon, at the Blanton Museum. Artistic Director Daniel Kopp (MM ’18), Cory Blais (MM ’19), Hyugrai “Ray” Kim (DMA ’19) and others will perform selections from the Bach Solo Cello Suites. Together with faculty and student dancers from the UT Department of Theatre and Dance, Austin Camerata will pair solo Bach with dance. Each selection will represent a different color on the color spectrum with dance styles ranging from ballet to contemporary to tap.
Francesco Mastromatteo (DMA ’12) returns to Central Texas on Friday and Saturday, April 21-22, 2017, to perform the complete Bach Suites for Unaccompanied Cello at the Oak Hill United Methodist Church. Classical Music for the World presents the two-concert event titled, “World of Joy,” exploring a path made by very essential simple and immediate tools: four strings, the definite shape of an instrument with extraordinary expressive possibilities and the ability to imagine the future of the cello in terms of technique, timbre and artistry, connecting deeply with its “human voice.” For venue, ticket and more information, visit 
Today, Golden Hornet and KMFA, Classical 89.5 (as Presenting Media Sponsor) present it’s 3rd Annual alt-classical 
Seulki Lee (DMA ’19) has won Second Prize in the 2017 Lewisville Lake Symphony International Competition for Strings and Harp. The competition is open is open to string players and harpists who are between the ages of 18-30 and who are enrolled at an accredited university, college, or conservatory.
