Noted for her "supreme panache" (The Boston Musical Intelligencer), Colombian-American cellist Christine Lamprea is a multi-faceted soloist and chamber musician. Ms. Lamprea is the First Prize winner of the XVI Annual Sphinx Competition (2013). She has also received awards from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the Young Texas Artists' Competition and, most recently, captured First Prize at the 2013 Schadt National String Competition. She is also a winner of Astral Artists' 2013 National Auditions. Ms. Lamprea has appeared as a soloist with the Houston and New Jersey Symphony, among others. Upcoming engagements include solo performances with the Hilton Head Symphony, Allentown Symphony, and National Symphony of Costa Rica.
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I will never, never, ever buy anything that advertises at mid-movement of a Barber Concerto!🥵 Or Beethoven or Rachmaninov or Tchaikovsky etc. Get the picture!
What a great performance. Brava! Love the Barber's music. I worked for 10 years in West Chester Pa and never visited his grave. One promise to do so one day.
What's up Christine!? I was just looking up this piece because I love it and I was delighted when your performance came up first. You sound so great! Hope you are well!
A somewhat sui generis cello concert. Here and there sounds more like a chamber music "au grand enseble", involved in clear subjacent nostalgy. A piece to be heard again. Thank you.
I was listening the Mozart trio in which you play, when I saw your last name. Immediately I said to myself :es colombiana. Excellent performance Christine. I subscribed in your RU-vid channel.
I love Barber, one of my favorite composers, but I'm sorry to say I didn't like Christine Lamprea at all. I've heard this concerto by many cellists and it's a superb concerto. But certainly not this interpretation.
My father (a retired cop) watched your concerts yesterday at about 8 o'clock. Again and again. I have never noticed his love for classical music before. Amazing. In any case - hello to you from Russia.
This is well played moment by moment, but there is no sense of the larger line of the music. It feels like lots of little fragments stuck together. Apart from the obvious tunes, I feel like the natural recourse is always to play staccato and detached.
Hi Christina, would you be interested in playing in a rock/folk situation? It's a recreation of Nirvana's unplugged performance, where they had a cello player so we are looing for someone. Would be a paying gig. Let me know. Rob
Wonderful performance, strong and lyrical from the soloist and organised and logical from the excellent youthful orchestra and conductor. When i think back to my first LP, conducted by the composer, and remember what a shambles it seemed; how far we've come with students handling this technically demanding piece with such aplomb. So good to hear, i wish there were more performances of this work with its rich vein of melody and memorable moments. Bravo all, and thank you for sharing.
Samuel Barber, a giant among composers. One of the most demanding cello concertos. I am familiar with Hugh Wolf, but never heard the NEC. They were flawless and up to the task. Congratulations to the orchestra and to Hugh for his leadership. Of course lastly, Christine Lamprea, congratulations not only on a brilliant performance, but on the courage to tackle this piece and the strength and wisdom gained by both playing it and sharing it with us.
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