Mi Shebeirach

  • 10 years ago
The Levassor Duo perform
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/levassorduostevenrosenvi
Mi Shebeirach written by Debbie Friedman and
Drorah Setel.
"May the source of strength,
Who blessed the ones before us,
Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing,
and let us say, Amen."
The newest CD by the Levassor Duo is DUENDE with works by Joe Drzewiecki and Jose Lezcano, an original arrangement of the Telemann Viola concerto, settings of Jewish tunes, and the Suite Populaire by Manuel de Falla.
Musicians' Bios: St. Paul, Minnesota native Steven Rosen joined the Cincinnati Symphony in 1982. He was previously a member of both the Netherlands Rotterdam Philharmonic and the Israel Chamber Orchestra. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Music and is a former principal violist and soloist with the Toledo Symphony. He has participated in the Blossom and Aspen music festivals. Stevens' studies were with Abraham Skernick, Martha Katz, Robert Vernon, Victor Lieberman and Salvatore Venitelli. Steven has appeared as soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony. Mr. Rosen is an active solo and chamber player, performing regularly with the CSO Chamber Players, the Taft Museum music series, and solo recitals in the area. He has played Kol Nidre at Temple Beth Adam for High Holidays since the early 80's and has a previously released a duo CD:
"A PINCH OF OY, A DASH OF AHH! A BISSEL KRECTSER A BISSEL KVELLER", with Richard Goering on guitar which includes that masterpiece of Bruch. It is available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rosengoering#
He has also recorded for Bay Cities Records as the violist with the Korngold Quartet.

Guitarist Richard Goering was moved to play the guitar after seeing the Beatles first television performances. Two years later, after watching films of Andres Segovia master classes in Santiago de Compostela, he began to study classical guitar.Richard has performed to enthusiastic responses in concert series in New York, New England, and the Midwest and internationally in Spain and Italy. The Corriere della Sera in Rome praised his beautiful sounds [and] elegant and well constructed phrases, while a Courier-Journal critic wrote that, " his guitar is for our time, but it is also for all time."

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