Seniors win Sycamore concerto competition From left, Paige Phelps, Owen Ruff and Danielle Pivonka are the winners of the 2013 Concerto Competition at Sycamore High School. (Photo provided)
June 11, 2013 - The MidWeek
Jay Greenberg in Washington Post At one point in my life, I resolved that I would never write a violin concerto,Greenberg said in the program notes. "I no longer recall why exactly I made this resolution; perhaps it was sour grapes, as all of my attempts at violin writing...
Zubin Mehta in The Canadian Press When she plays the Beethoven concerto, you can imagine Beethoven wanted it that way,Mehta said in an interview from Valencia, Spain. "She has been a violinist for violinists."
Johannes Brahms in Pegasus News FORT WORTH - Brahms said of Dvořák's Cello Concerto, "Why on earth didn't I know that one could write a cello concerto like this? If I had only known, I would have written one long ago!"