Press

Music@Menlo in the News

Write-Ups and Reviews

"Behind the Scenes at the Festival" [PDF]
The Strad, Summerplus, 2010

"A Most Momentous Musical Decade" [PDF]
Gramophone, February 2010

"The Making of a Music Festival" [PDF]
The Hedgehog, January 1, 2010

"Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center Opens" [PDF]
Palo Alto Daily News, October 24, 2009

"M-A High School Theater Opens in Style" [PDF]
The Almanac, October 11, 2009

"Clarinetist Extraordinaire" [PDF]
San Jose Mercury News, October 4, 2009

"A Photo Essay From Music@Menlo"
San Francisco Classical Voice, August 4, 2009

"Deeply Touched by Menahem Pressler"
San Francisco Classical Voice, August 4, 2009

"Californian Vintage" [PDF]
Gramophone, August 1, 2009

"Magical Performance at Music@Menlo of a Rarely Heard Work by Louis Spohr" [PDF]
San Jose Mercury News, July 29, 2009

"Octet Captures Magic of Mendelssohn" [PDF]
San Jose Mercury News, July 26, 2009

"Music@Menlo Festival - The Romantic Cello Sonata"
Classical Source Online, July 26, 2009

"Mendelssohn@Music@Menlo"
San Francisco Examiner, July 24, 2009

"Menlo Does a Must-Play Mendelssohn"
San Francisco Classical Voice, July 24, 2009

"Tribute to Prodigy Hits the Right Note"
San Francisco Chronicle, July 22, 2009

"Felix and Pierre: Busy Composers"
San Francisco Classical Voice, July 21, 2009

"Festival of Youthful Zest" [PDF]
Financial Times, July 20, 2009

"Mendelssohn@Menlo" [PDF]
Palo Alto Weekly, July 17, 2009

"Classical Heat Wave"
Metro Silicon Valley, July 15 - 21, 2009

"Channeling Mendelssohn"
San Francisco Classical Voice, July 6, 2009

"Mendelssohn is Inspiration for Festival on Peninsula" [PDF]
San Jose Mercury News, April 19, 2009

"Menlo's Melting Pot" [PDF]
Paul Riley, BBC Music Magazine, August 2008

"No Page-Turner Required" [PDF]
NPR Performance Today, August 2008

"California Dreamin'" [PDF]
Claire Jackson, Muso, September 2008

"It's Been a Marvelous, Magical Summer @ Menlo" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, August 7, 2008

"From Classroom to Concert Hall" [PDF]
Allan Ulrich, Financial Times, July 30, 2008

"Soloists Take Schubert Piece to New Heights" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, July 25, 2008

"Early Music Pared to Essentials" [PDF]
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, July 23, 2008

"Classical Dissonance" [PDF]
Michael J. Vaughn, The Wave Magazine, July 14-21, 2008

"Composer Combines Classical with the Folkloric" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, July 13, 2008

"Music@Menlo Marks Sixth Anniversary" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, March 30, 2008

"Making Menlo" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, BBC Music Magazine, May 1, 2007

"Music Triumphs in Battle at Menlo" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, July 25, 2007

"Grand, Cheeky Styles Fuse" [PDF]
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 2007

"Festival Report—an Inch Wide and a Mile Deep" [PDF]
Naomi Sadler, The Strad, December 1, 2006

"Five Years of Music@Menlo" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, April 8, 2007

"Festive Spirit" [PDF]
Chris Horkan, Muso, Spring 2007

"Low-Key Classical" [PDF]
Michael Wise, Travel + Leisure, April 1, 2007

"Essence of Menlo" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, August 13, 2006

"Preconcert Enlightenment" [PDF]
Robert Moon, San Francisco Classical Voice, August 8, 2006

"Britten, Stravinsky Enliven Peninsula Mozart Festival" [PDF]
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, August 9, 2006

"Mozart Marathon" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, August 1, 2006

"Power Couple" [PDF]
Scott MacClelland, Metro Silicon Valley, August 2, 2006

"Festival of Delights" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, July 23, 2006

"Something for Nothing" [PDF]
Kate Chuter, Muso, Spring 2006

"Speaking of Music" [PDF]
Katie Bearman, The Almanac, July 27, 2005

About the Chamber Music Institute

"Youth Sparkles at Menlo Festival" [PDF]
Georgia Rowe, San Jose Mercury News, July 21, 2008

"Growth You Can Hear" [PDF]
Robert Moon, San Francisco Classical Voice, July 15, 2008

"Chamber Music Sounds Great in Hands of Music@Menlo Players of All Ages" [PDF]
Keith Kreitman, San Mateo County Times, August 8, 2006

"Early Birds" [PDF]
Clare Stevens, Music Teacher Magazine, May 1, 2006

"Class Acts: Music@Menlo Students Get Up Close and Personal with Some of the World's Greatest Musicians" [PDF]
David Templeton, Strings, March 1, 2006

"Amazing Musical Youth of Castro Valley High, Music@Menlo" [PDF]
Cheryl North, Oakland Tribune, February 10, 2006

About Music@Menlo LIVE

Music@Menlo LIVE 2007: "Mostly Mozart, Too" [PDF]
Strings, December 15, 2008

Music@Menlo LIVE 2007: "Returning to Mozart" [PDF]
Tully Potter, The Strad, December 15, 2008

Notes of an Amateur
Bob Neill, Positive Feeback Online, December 1, 2008

Review: Music@Menlo Live 2007 [PDF]
Andrew Druckenbrod, Gramophone, September 15, 2008

"Notes of an Amateur, Part 2" [PDF]
Bob Neill, Positive Feedback Online, March 1, 2008

"Shooting Stars: A Season of Music@Menlo" [PDF]
Michelle Dulak Thomson, San Francisco Classical Voice, December 18, 2007

"Returning to Mozart" [PDF]
Tully Potter, The Strad, December 1, 2007

"Mostly Mozart Too" [PDF]
Strings, December 1, 2007

Cover CD [PDF]
BBC Music Magazine, July 1, 2007

"Music@Menlo LIVE: Beethoven, Center of Gravity. Recordings from the Menlo Music Festival, 2005" [PDF]
Bob Neill, Positive Feedback Online, October 1, 2006

"Four-CD 2005 Recording Available" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News (Music@Menlo LIVE feature), August 13, 2006

"Music@Menlo LIVE: Take Two—2005 Festival" [PDF]
Bob Neill, Positive Feedback Online, December 1, 2005

"Music@Menlo LIVE"
Steve Jennings, MIX, September 1, 2004

Classical CD Reviews: Music@Menlo LIVE
John Sunier, Audiophile Audition, September 1, 2004

"Interview with Da-Hong Seetoo, Grammy Award-Winning Classical Producer and Engineer"
Robert Moon, Audiophile Audition, September 1, 2004

"Music@Menlo: Brash Young Festival Launches Its Own Label for Live Recordings" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News (Music@Menlo LIVE feature), July 18, 2004

"Californian Festival Chips in with New Label" [PDF]
Ken Smith, Gramophone, May 26, 2004

"Magic@Menlo" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, July 17, 2007

Additional Write-Ups (2003–2008)

2008 Internship Blog [PDF]
Music@Menlo Interns, Muso, August 15, 2008

"Sparks Fly at Music@Menlo Finale" [PDF]
Graham Pellettieri, Strings, August 14, 2008

"Music@Menlo Presents World Debut of First Commissioned Work" [PDF]
Renee Batti, The Almanac, July 30, 2008

"Culture@Menlo" [PDF]
Jill Kimball, Palo Alto Weekly, July 11, 2008

"From Bach's Time to Our Time" [PDF]
Selena Simmons-Duffin, The Almanac, July 2, 2008

"How to Get to Lincoln Center? Multitask" [PDF]
Anne Midgette, New York Times, September 12, 2004

"Chamber Music's Power Couple Summer in Silicon Valley" [PDF]
Melvyn Krauss, Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2004

"Five Years and Growing" [PDF]
Richard Ginell, American Record Guide, December 1, 2007

"California Calling" [PDF]
Clare Stevens, Classical Music Magazine, August 28, 2004

"Classicool: Classical Music Is Alive and Well—and Thriving on an iPod Near You" [PDF]
Jo Abbie, The Wave Magazine, July 27, 2005

"Making Music at Menlo" [PDF]
Robert Moon, San Francisco Classical Voice, July 26, 2005

"A Grand Finale" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News (concert review), August 13, 2005

"Beethoven @ Menlo" [PDF]
Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, July 13, 2005

"Festival Takes a Revealing Plunge into Beethoven" [PDF]
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle (concert review), August 1, 2005

"A Masterly Achievement" [PDF]
Anatole Leikin, San Francisco Classical Voice (concert review - Carte Blanche), July 31, 2005

"CDs Aim at Helping Concertgoers" [PDF]
San Jose Mercury News, August 3, 2003

"Unexpected Blessings"
Robert Commanday, San Francisco Classical Voice, August 9, 2003

Recordings and Photos from Music@Menlo
Minnesota Public Radio, August 3, 2003

Inaugural Season: Music@Menlo
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, August 2, 2003

"Celebration of Note"
Rebecca Wallace, The Almanac, July 23, 2003

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