“I was particularly impressed by the pianism of Vivian Choi Milton – the piano is the dominant instrument of the work with many entries which have to be clear and precise. Vivian has been a keen proponent of modern classical music but showed a great feeling for this more traditional composition.”
— Tony Burke, classikON
“ … The hyperactive output of Gail Kubik (1914-84) has long since dropped off most people’s radar. Its reappearance is delightful and delicious, especially when performed as by Gil Rose’s Boston forces with so much wit, bright colouring and punch… the clear and vibrant recording, and a conductor and instrumentalists at the top of their game, clearly enjoying every note.”
— BBC Music Magazine
“Whatever the audience lacked in size on a winter afternoon during a pandemic, it made up for in the sincerity of its appreciation.”
—Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe
Sydney Eisteddfod interviews Vivian on her thoughts on piano competitions, judging and more.
“Harold Shapero: Orchestral Works” mentioned in The New York Times article “When Boston Ruled The Music World” by Anthony Tommasini.
Performed by Vivian Choi Milton with pianist Daniel Herscovitch at the Verbrugghen Hall in Sydney, Australia.
The album, which also features the Grammy Award winning Boston Modern Orchestra Project with conductor Gil Rose, was included in Arts Fuse’s Best Classical Recordings of 2020, Sequenza21’s Best Albums of 2020 and Best Orchestral Recording of 2020, and ClassicToday’s Top Ten Recordings of 2020.
The Encore BSO Recitals series reprises programming initially recorded and streamed this past summer for the Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival. Vivian Choi appears in this program with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players in works by Poulenc and Brahms.
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced the finalists for the 10th Art Music Awards – an annual event celebrating achievements in the fields of composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian art music.
Known as the nation’s foremost label launched by an orchestra and devoted exclusively to new music, Grammy Award-winning BMOP/sound today announced the release of Harold Shapero: Orchestral Works, led by conductor Gil Rose and performed by the intrepid Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) and pianist Vivian Choi.
Vivian joins the American-Australian Association community with a performance of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”