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This article appearing in the San Francisco Chronicle on 2/27/22 features excerpts from my wonderful interview with Joshua Kosman on LIAISONS: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano!
I'm pleased to announce that as of May, 2021, nearly all upcoming engagements will be performed in front of a live audience. Many of the concerts will include the postponed premieres of all of the new LIAISONS2020 works written in celebration of Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday in 2020.
The LIAISONS2020 composers include Timo Andres, Jonathan Batiste, Jeff Beal, Mark Bennett, Christopher Cerrone, Ted Hearne, Stephen Hough, Meredith Monk, Paola Prestini, Kevin Puts, Max Richter, Marc Schubring and Conrad Tao. The national tour will continue through 2022.
I'm so pleased to announce all of the current upcoming engagements (as of May, 2021) that will be (mostly) live concerts with an audience, many of which will include the postponed premieres of all of the new LIAISONS2020 works written in celebration of Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday in 2020.
ANTHONY DE MARE Brings Majesty and Mastery for THE LIAISONS PROJECT at Hayes Theatre
“I can’t think of a 2015 album with more talent on display than this 3-hour-plus project.”
The New York Times, Best Classical Recordings
“Ambitious and fascinating…”
NPR: Best of 2015 / 10 Favorite Classical / Songs We Love
“A lovingly rendered compendium…de Mare is one bold pianist.”
Washington Post: Top 5 Classical:
“A rich, breathtaking cornucopia…”
The Arts Desk UK, Best of 2015
“Marvel at de Mare's virtuosity, able to convince in multiple genres …
San Francisco Examiner, Best of 2015
“A memorable recording.”
The Province Vancouver, Top 25
“An album you should hear.”
Houston Chronicle, Top 20
“A thoughtful album with staying power. I can picture myself listening to for years to come.”
San Francisco Chronicle, CD review
“A starry who's who of the contemporary music world... the whole undertaking is a triumph.”
All About Jazz, CD review
“Stellar compositional contributions and superlative delivery.”
- September 24th, 2015: Birdland - 6 pm
- October 22nd, 2015: Sheen Center for Thought and Culture - 7:30 pm
- Novemer 18th, 2015: Symphony Space - Peter Jay Sharp Theater - 8 pm
Read the rave review from the Chicago Sun Times:
"Pianist’s Passion comes through in Sondheim Revamps at Ravinia"
Read the rave review below from The Contrapuntist!
He will be returning to Ravinia next summer 2014 with another program!
A two-concert presentation at The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in May 2012 featured the premiere of Michael Daugherty’s “Everybody’s Got the Right” from Assassins, commissioned by the Festival. along with 19 other pieces from the Project. Daugherty’s piece calls for what may be a pianistic first-- a gunshot fired at the finale. In his Kalamazoo Gazette review, C. Curtis-Smith called the concert “highly colorful, and superbly played by de Mare.”
Read the entire review here:
Greeted by a sold-out house and a rave review in the New York Times, de Mare premiered seventeen pieces from the project at Symphony Space this past April. In a live onstage interview midway through the program, Sondheim said he found the project “incredibly aesthetically fulfilling. To hear composers take my music and take it seriously… it’s a thrill.”
Highlight Reel from Symphony Space Premiere:
The San Francisco premiere of Liaisons was also greeted by a capacity audience on the Music at Meyer series at Temple Emanuel-El. Read the enthusiastic review here by Joshua Kosman in the San Francisco Chronicle:
... this time by Brett Campbell in San Francisco Classical Voice
Wonderful cariacature of Anthony de Mare and Stephen Sondheim featured.
AUGUST, 2011 -- Review of LIAISONS in the Oregon Arts Watch entitled Looking Forward - Looking Homeward by Brett Campbell
MARCH, 2011 -- Anthony de Mare brings a sneak peek of his project Re-Imagining Stephen Sondheim for Piano to the Clarice Smith Center