Ronnie Segev's
Special Events @ Vivaldi
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February 19,
2008
9:30-11PM
Ten O'Clock Classics presents,
PROJECT
PROJECT is a dynamic young group that is exciting
audiences with their energy and innovative style.
Their sound can only be described as a fusion of
jazz, hip-hop, and world music
- balanced out by a sincere allegiance to their
classical roots. PROJECT is a musical experience
not to be missed....
PROJECT is:
Greg Pattillo - Beatbox Flute
Eric Stephenson - Cello
Peter Seymour - Double Bass
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Wednesday, May 29, 2007
Ronnie Segev's
Special Event @ Vivaldi
Featuring:
Robert Glasper
(jazz pianist/Blue Note Recording Artist)
27-year-old piano
virtuoso Robert Glasper's long-awaited follow-up to his highly acclaimed
Mood
was released by the legendary Blue Note label on October 4th. Joining
Robert for this recording are bassist Vicente Archer & drummer Damion
Reid, the trio that Ben Ratliff of The New York Times said
"deserves comparison with the best of the newer piano trios, those led
by Jason Moran, Bill Charlap and Brad Mehldau."
Becca Stevens
(vocalist)
Becca plays
solo performances and writes and arranges music for the Becca Stevens
Band which performs in New York. Aside from he
Becca has appeared with Greg Osby at the Village Vanguard, the Sicilian
Brass Band at the Golden Theater in Palermo, Sicily, Ben Street and
Chris Cheek at Small's among many others.
Merle Fairhurst
(classical vocalist)
Soprano Merle Fairhurst, performs extensively on concert, opera and
club stages on
both sides of the Atlantic.
Reviewed by international and national press, Merle has been
described as a singer with “sensitivity and sincerity” (Cherwell,
Oxford) and “vocal strength and charm” (Opera).
Her love of jazz and French mélodie has prompted a return to New
York stages where she has been performing with pianist Ronen Segev,
a friend from her studies at the Juilliard School of Music. Last
year the pair performed cycles from Ravel, De Falla and Gershwin at
the Melbourne Arts Festival.
Mike Block
(cellist/ singer-songwriter)
Mike Block is currently performing his own music for
cello and voice at clubs around NYC, with frequent guests that are
slowly coalescing into a sweet band! Mike is also a regular
performer with Yo-Yo Ma as second cellist in his Silk Road Ensemble,
with which he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Japan, Tanglewood, San
Diego, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Art Institute of Chicago,
University of Chicago, and Millennium Park (Chicago).
Ben Jelen
(singer-songwriter)
A regular on T.O.C, Singer/songwriter Ben Jelen (pronounced
Yell-in) connected with fans early - and fast- with a little help from
the internet. In January 2004 three full months before the release of
his debut album, GIVE IT ALL AWAY, America Online announced that
Jelen was an AOL Music Breaker Artist. In short order, AOL premiered the
albums first single, Come On, and began streaming Jelen's own Sessions @
AOL to new music fans online. By mid-February, AOL reported that Ben
Jelen's music had been downloaded over one million times. When it was
released on April 13, 2004, it racked up sales of 10,000 copies in the
first week.
Since then, Ben Jelen has become a certified internet success story,
consistently appearing on numerous online music charts, including Big
Champagnes Bubbling Under Chart.
Ronnie Segev
Pianist Ronen Segev (also known as Ronnie
Segev) has performed around the world to
critical acclaim. Most recently, Ronnie
Segev performed a solo recital in Carnegie
Hall's Weill Recital Hall,
as the NAE's 1st
Place ALEX Award Winner.
Ronnie Segev graduated from The Juilliard
School where he studied with Veda Kaplinsky.
Before Juilliard, Ronnie Segev attended the
High School for Performing Arts in Houston (HSPVA),
where he received numerous prizes and
honors, including First Prize in the Dorothy
Kelley Memorial Piano Competition and the
H&H Piano Competition.
Ronnie Segev is a major proponent of new
music. Additionally, Ronnie Segev has a
known affinity for Chopin Mazurkas. Last
year, Ronnie Segev performed Mazurkas for
the Kosciusko Foundation Chopin Series. In
his review for Leconcertographe, Frederick
L. Kirshnit called Ronnie Segev's
performance "sensitive and mature".
Classical Music radio personality and
commentator David Dubal agrees:
"Segev performs the Mazurkas with a genuine
love for this great music; no one plays
these pieces
more convincingly than Ronen."
Ronnie Segev has been featured in numerous
periodicals and news reports including The
New York Times, Timeout NY, NY 1 News, ABC
News, FOX News, and CBS News. Engagements
this year include recitals in Paris,
Washington D.C., New York, Oklahoma City,
Houston, Sarasota, and Miami.
Ronnie Segev
currently resides in New York City.
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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Ronnie Segev's
Special Event @ Vivaldi
Hosted by
muMs
Jason Moran
Ben Jelen with Ronnie
TOC guests
Jason Consolacion Ronnie with TOC guests
Vivicia Moncrieffe
Peter Anderegg
Ellen Turi
Jo Armeniox
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