Some Articles of Interest
Announcement of Peter's upcoming performance with the Vermont Philharmonic [click] (If this does not open, see an archive copy of the page. [click])
October 7, 2005 article anticipating the Vermont concerts [archive copy], written by Jim Lowe, arts reporter and music critic for the Times Argus (Barre-Montpelier)
A review of the first of two Vermont performance dates, titled "Pianist Wins Over Philharmonic Audience" [archived copy (PDF)]
An article, "A Youthful Peter Asimov at Stowe" by Nat Frothingham appeared in the November 15, 2005 Montpelier Bridge, page H6 [local archive copy].
| "At age 12, Peter wrote the Wedding Quintet. The music is complex, melodic,and mature. It was Peter's astonishing piano technique and surprisingly mature interpretation of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 that brought the audience to its feet at the Stowe concert. After the concert, I reviewed my scribbled impressions. Here's what I had written: range of emotion, control, shape, fluidity, lyricism.' When the concerto ended, and the audience rose to applaud, young Asimov seemed almost unknowing that it was he who was the center of attention. In his self-effacing manner, he seemed somewhat ill at ease that it was he who ignited this demonstration of appreciation and excitement. He captured every heart and his thrilled audience would not let him go..." |
Music at Menlo Young Performers Concert 2004, by Brian Newhouse of American Public Media [click][local archive copy]
Review from the Anchorage Daily News, April 30, 2005. [link] [local archive copy]
Symphony Magazine article by Chester Lane, "Score One For Young Composers" (September-October 2004 issue) [click] Peter and his peers in MAKING SCORE featured (Making Score is the rigorous workshop and lab program for young performers that is part of the New York Youth Symphony, Derek Bermel, Artistic Director.)
Peter praised by Der Neue Tag news syndicate for his performance at the Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Music Festival, in the Bavarian city of the same name, near Nuremberg [in German] [local archive copy] Here is what the critic, Helmut Fischer, had to say about Peter as soloist and chamber pianist.
"Peter Asimov, 13 years old, with passion and assurance let the Scriabin Etude ring out. He also portrayed the most demanding piano quartet from Taneyev with L. Iogansen, D. Lay and V. Nazareth. Here the pianist Asimov shone with the widest possible range of virtuosities. Playing with ease and facility like a supple string of pearls, sinuous and elegant right up to the last stroke. He and the strings formed an intelligent sonorous tapestry." |
Peter has been interviewed for radio broadcast on
--KCAW 104.7 FM Raven Radio, in Sitka Alaska (2003);
--KLEF, 98.1 FM "Radio Concert Hall," in Anchorage Alaska (2005);
--WCVT 101.7 Classic, in Stowe, Vermont (2005).