[Tania León]
The
New York Times
February 28, 2012
Music Review
Tune-In Music
Festival Salutes Philip Glass
By STEVE SMITH
Published:
February 28, 2012
“In
classical music, a landmark birthday for a composer of note is nearly
always celebrated with a concert (more likely, concerts) stuffed full
of significant works. Philip Glass, true to his status as an
idiosyncratic maverick, adopted a different approach in helping to
program the second annual Tune-In Music Festival, which ran from
Thursday through Sunday at the Park Avenue Armory.”
“If
reedy organ samples and insistent, repetitive rhythms suggested an
inheritance from Mr. Glass, concision and a holistic integration of
digital media indicated Mr. Muhly’s divergent path. And Tania León,
playing piano alongside Samuel Torres, a percussionist, fused the
barbarous perplexity of early Stravinsky with Gershwin-esque swagger
and the salsa master Eddie Palmieri’s reckless brio in an original
piece dedicated to Mr. Glass.”
[The
website of the Afro-Cuban composer and conductor Tania León (b.1943) is http://www.tanialeon.com/;
she is also profiled at AfriClassical.com]
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