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Constantine Finehouse Biography Constantine Finehouse was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and attended New England Conservatory, Juilliard and Yale. His principal teachers included Fredrik Wanger, Natalia Harlap, Herbert Stessin, Jerome Lowenthal, Boris Berman and Bruce Brubaker. Praised by Rhein Main Presse Allgemeine Zeitung for his "interpretations of depth and maturity, Finehouse has performed extensively in the US (including in California, Colorado, Connecticut, the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and Washington) and abroad (including in Lausanne, London, Odessa, St. Petersburg, and Trieste). His newest album with cellist Sebastian Bäverstam features the universally-admired Brahms Sonata, Opus 38 for piano and cello, as well as several new works in the High Romantic style by Boston composer, Tony Schemmer. His 2009 solo recording, Backwards Glance [Spice Rack Records 101-01], interweaves music of Johannes Brahms and Richard Beaudoin. The Bolcom Project, made in collaboration with his American Double partner, violinist Philip Ficsor, included a double-cd [Albany Troy 959/960] and a national tour. Fanfare praised the recording as indispensable to any serious collector with an interest in later 20th-century duo repertoire for violin and piano. As part of American Double, Finehouse also toured Hungary, performing sonatas by Brahms, Bolcom and Ravel. More recently, he collaborated with violinist Olga Caceànova at the Lausanne Conservatoire and on a 5-concert tour of North Carolina and Georgia, as well as with cellist Sebastian Bäverstam at Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall), Merkin Recital Hall (Kauffman Center) and Mozarteum (Salzburg). In partnership with pianists Ursula Oppens and Christopher Taylor, Finehouse is currently recording Bolcom s complete piano solo works for Naxos Records. The 2015-16 season brings recitals celebrating William Bolcom's 75th birthday, in which Finehouse will be featured as a soloist as well as in chamber music performances across the United States. Of special note was a highly-praised solo recital at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall in March, 2014. Finehouse has been awarded the Vladimir Horowitz Scholarship from Juilliard, a 2004 St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant and a 2006 Classics Abroad Project Award. He serves on the faculty of New England Conservatory Preparatory and Extension
Constantine Finehouse Biography Divisions in Boston and as Visiting Artist/Faculty at Westmont College, Santa Barbara.
Constantine Finehouse Press Excerpts Constantine Finehouse is a brilliant musician in every way, with a wide stylistic palette and warmth of tone and interpretation. William Bolcom "[Constantine Finehouse] set the tone for the evening's program with a beautifully delineated, powerful and emotional rendering of Chopin's 'Polonaise- Fantaisie in A-flat Major. '' Robert W. Plyler, "The Post-Journal", October 15, 2011 "... the middle movement, beautifully slow and songlike, showed off Finehouse's talents and individual style. It ached, as it should, but it also had brilliant articulation, its phrases carved out decisively." Keith Powers, Cape Cod Times, October 21, 2014 Finehouse s performance of Alexander Scriabin s Deux Poemes shows an immaculate understanding of early-20th-century French piano music (which the Russian composer seems to have executed better than most of his French counterparts). The fluidity and warmth of the performance was captivating... Peter Van Zandt Lane, The Boston Musical Intelligencer, January 16, 2009 Mr. Finehouse...displays grace without flourish, and demonstrates commanding technical authority. The Martha's Vineyard Times, May 28, 2008 His readings of the works [by Brahms and Chopin] were remarkably considered and coherent for a young man... There was no thrashing of the arms or flashy gestures, just serious concentration on the music, the structure of the works, and the sounds the instrument produced. Marvin Ward, Classical Voice of New England, September 21, 2008 Most impressive was the concluding A-major Sonata of Franck, which unfolded with dramatic sweep and an intensity not always encountered in this demanding work. Marc Shulgold, Rocky Mountain News, October 13, 2007
Constantine Finehouse Press Excerpts...released by Albany Records in September 2007, this two-cd set [The Bolcom Project] is indispensable to any serious collector with an interest in later 20thcentury duo repertoire for violin and piano. Jerry Dubbins, Fanfare Mazagine (complete review) American Double's performances on a recent [Bolcom Project] CD are especially rewarding. Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe, February 15, 2008 All four Bolcom violin sonatas are here played with conviction and assurance. The expressive Finehouse is also recording the solo piano works of Bolcom for Naxos. Roderic Dunnett, The Strad, April, 2008 [Finehouse's] artistic intelligence and polish are truly priceless. Dejan Bozovic, Il Gazzettino di Trieste, April 2008 Chopin interpretations of depth and maturity. Rhein Main Presse Allgemeine Zeitung Wonderfully poetic playing Oeffentlicher Anzeiger, Rhein-Nahe Zeitung projected the true spirit of Brahms across the four movements of the sonata. The preeminently talented performers played Tchaikovsky's Melodie magically, imbuing it with heartfelt lyricism. The Kiskunhalas Mirror, Hungary (from a review of an American Double performance) playing full of grace and flair. The Concord Journal
Constantine Finehouse Press Excerpts "[Constantine Finehouse] set the tone for the evening's program with a beautifully delineated, powerful and emotional rendering of Chopin's ''Polonaise- Fantaisie in A-flat Major.'' Robert W. Plyler, "The Post-Journal", October 15, 2011 "... the middle movement, beautifully slow and songlike, showed off Finehouse's talents and individual style. It ached, as it should, but it also had brilliant articulation, its phrases carved out decisively." Keith Powers, Cape Cod Times, October 21, 2014
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Constantine Finehouse Concert Review Trieste, Italy. They say, about singing, that a voice is alluring if it manages to please us even with just the linear emission of a single note. We are reminded of this notion as we listen to a voice, not human for as much as it may resemble it but of a truly special cello. We choose to speak not simply of the instrument s sound because the sound that wafts from Sergey Antonov s bow work transcends, by multiple analogy, into the domain of sensations usually associated with the highest singing qualities. Indeed, even as the musical flow lingers for a moment on a strain, the latter, suspended in mid air, emanates an opulent hypnotic beauty that expands and materializes in an architecture of sensual, welcoming, inebriating softness, almost to the point of distracting one s reflexion from the young Russian artist s accomplished mastery. But nothing could be further from the truth of a judgment that does not in the least put on the same level the timbral fascination and every other aspect of Antonov s interpretations. Interpretations that glide like satin, wide in scope yet capillary, totally immune to angularities, with a subtle passionateness in which every gesture naturally dare we say, inevitably descends from the preceding one. After an unusually lithe and sweet yet without a doubt stirring and soulful rendition of Bach s Suite No. 2, the wonderful readings of Stravinsky s Suite Italienne and Rachmaninov s Sonata in G minor feature, next to Antonov, the pianist Constantine Finehouse, a Russian compatriot, though settled in the United States since childhood. The latter s artistic intelligence and polish are truly priceless, especially in consideration of the cellist s nature. The duo s irresistible dialog totally conquers the audience gathered at Teatro Verdi s Sala Ridotto for the inauguration of the Chamber Music Association s Salotto Cameristico. Two encores seal the excellent evening. Dejan Bozovic (Eng. tr. by Pasquale G. Tatò)
Constantine Finehouse Repertoire Concerto Repertoire L. van Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Choral Fantasy in C minor, Op. 80 Johannes Brahms Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Edward Grieg Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Felix Mendelssohn Brilliante in B minor, Op. 22 W.A. Mozart Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 Sergey Prokofiev Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 Sergey Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Dmitri Shostakovich Conc. No. 1, Op. 35 (for piano, trumpet, string orchestra) George Gershwin Concerto in F Solo Repertoire Joseph Haydn Sonata No. 39 in D major, Hob. XVI:24 Sonata No. 62 in E flat major, Hob. XVI:52 W.A. Mozart Sonata in D major, K. 311 Sonata in F major, K. 332 Fantasy in D minor (Fragment), K. 397 Adagio in B minor, KV. 540
Constantine Finehouse Repertoire L. van Beethoven Sonata in C major, Op.2 No.3 Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 Pathetique Sonata in G major, Op.31 no. 1 Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 Appassionata Fantasie, Op. 77 Sonata in E flat major, Op. 81a Les Adieux Franz Schubert Impromptu in C minor, D. 899 (Op. 90 No.1) Sonata in C minor, D. 958 Robert Schumann Toccata, Op. 7 Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 Novellette in F sharp minor, Op.21 No.8 Johannes Brahms Sonata in F minor, Op. 5 Rhapsody in B minor, Op.79 No. 1 Intermezzi, Op. 117 Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 Frederic Chopin Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 Ballade no. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posthumous Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op. 44 Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Franz Liszt Sonata in B minor Alexander Scriabin Deux Poemes, Op. 32 Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
Constantine Finehouse Repertoire Claude Debussy Estampes Maurice Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Sergey Rachmaninoff Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5 Etude-Tableau in C sharp minor, Op. 33 No. 9 Sergey Prokofiev Sonata No. 3, Op. 28 Carl Nielsen Three Pieces, Op. 59 George Rochberg Toccata-Rag (from Carnaval Music) Chamber Repertoire Barber, Samuel Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 6 Bartok, Bela Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion Beethoven, Ludwig van Sonata for piano and violin in A minor, Op. 23 Sonata for piano and violin in F major, Op. 24 Spring Sonata for piano and violin in G Major, Op. 30 No.3 Sonata for piano and violin in A Major, Op. 47 Kreutzer Sonata for piano and violin in G major, op. 96 Sonata for piano and cello in A major, Op. 69 Sonata for piano and cello in C major, Op. 102 No.1
Constantine Finehouse Repertoire Bolcom, William complete works for violin and piano: First Sonata (1956/ 84) Second Sonata (1978) Third Sonata, Sonata Stramba (1992) Fourth Sonata (1994) Graceful Ghost, Concert Variation (1979) Fancy Tales (1972) Duo Fantasy (1973) Pastorale (1961) Sonatina (1958) Britten, Benjamin Suite for violin and piano, Op. 6 Clarke, Rebecca Sonata for viola and piano Brahms, Johannes Sonata for cello and piano in F major, Op. 99 Sonatensatz for violin and piano Sonata for violin and piano in D minor, Op.108 Sonata for clarinet and piano in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 Sonata for clarinet and piano in E-flat Major, Op. 120 No. 2 Debussy, Claude Sonata for violin and piano, L. 140 Sonata for cello and piano, L. 135 Franck, Cesar Sonata for violin (cello) and piano in A Major Laderman, Ezra Duo for violin and piano (1973) Martin, Frank Ballade for flute and piano Martinu, Bohuslav Sonata for flute and piano, H. 306 Variations on a Theme of Rossini for cello and piano, H. 290 Mozart, W. A. Sonata for piano and violin in C major, K. 303
Constantine Finehouse Repertoire Muczynski, Robert Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 14 Poulenc, Francis Sonata for flute and piano Banalites for voice and piano Ravel, Maurice Sonata for violin and piano Schemmer, Tony Arie Antiche for voice and piano Romanza for cello and piano Adagio for cello and piano Schubert, Franz Sonata A minor "Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821 Sonata for violin and piano in A major ("Duo"), D. 574 Fantasie for piano, 4 hands in F minor, D. 940 Schumann, Robert Adagio & Allegro for horn and piano in A flat major, Op. 70 Piano quartet in E-flat major, Op. 16 Frauenliebe und Leben for voice and piano Shostakovich, Dmitry Sonata for cello and piano in D minor, Op. 40 Trio for piano and strings No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 Sonata for viola and piano in C major, Op. 147
Constantine Finehouse Video & Music Links Youtube Links Bach-Siloti, Prelude in B Minor https://youtu.be/k9asr1t5xyq https://vimeo.com/168656247 L. van Beethoven, Sonata in F Minor, Op. 2/1, Allegro https://youtu.be/trbqiy0qenk Emily Daggett Smith & Constantine Finehouse / César Franck: Sonata in A Major, II. Allegro https://youtu.be/feirtpub_r0 https://vimeo.com/147639090 Frederic Chopin, Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61 https://youtu.be/n54cxghvqc4 Robert Schumann, Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 I https://youtu.be/btltg3k3nuq Franz Liszt, Sonata in B Minor II https://youtu.be/btltg3k3nuq L. van Beethoven, Sonata in A Major, Op. 69 for cello and piano, Allegro ma non tanto; with Sebastian Baverstam. https://youtu.be/2i95mvttwye William Bolcom, Sonata No. 4, III. Arabesque and IV. Jota, with violinist, Philip Ficsor https://youtu.be/qtndstc6pwu Johannes Brahms, Sonata in D Minor, Op. 108, Allegro agitato; with Olga Caceanova, violin. https://youtu.be/zm08u2yp7vq
Constantine Finehouse Video & Music Links Soundcloud links Richard Beaudoin, "La fille floutée"; performed on 1877 Erard "Extra-grand modèle de concert" piano. https://soundcloud.com/constantine-finehouse/richard-beaudoin-la-fillefloutee-1877-erard Sergey Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5 https://soundcloud.com/constantine-finehouse/rachmaninoff-prelude-in-g Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2 https://soundcloud.com/constantine-finehouse/johannes-brahms-intermezzoin-a-major-op-118-no-2 Caceanova/Finehouse Duo: Granados/Kreisler--Spanish Dance No. 5 https://soundcloud.com/constantine-finehouse/caceanova-finehouse-duo Artist Website: http://www.cfinehouse.com Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/constantinefinehousepianist
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