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THE CONTRA COSTA TIMES
(CA): Georgia Rowe, 10/7/05:
“Classical
Notes” (CD Review of Images of Three Centuries)
Recorded for Con Brio, an East
Bay independent classical label, this beguiling new disc
includes solo piano music by Ginastera, Debussy , Mussorgsky
and Bay Area composer, Mark Fish. Chanco, who trained at
the Juilliard School and lives in the East Bay, plays each
work with assurance, but it is Ginastera’s vibrant
Sonata for Piano that lingers in the memory; the pianist
captures the full measure of the Argentinean composer’s
rhythmic and melodic invention. Fish’s lovely “Three
Ages of Woman,” Debussy’s “Images”
(Book One) and Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an
Exhibition” are also included.
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THE MANILA TIMES (Manila,
Philippines): Maria Celine Veloso Pil, 3/7/05:
“Art
Inspired by Music, Music Inspired by Art”
A day after Juilliard-trained
pianist Aileen Chanco performed Adam’s “Century
Rolls” with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra
at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Theater,
she once again appeared before the audience, this time in
her first Philippine solo concert by Sinagtala at the CCP
Little Theater…That evening at the CCP, Chanco gave
an impressive start with her robust full-toned interpretation
of Alberto Ginastera’s Sonata no. 1, op. 2…Chanco
unleashed mournful yet passionate outbursts in the “Adagio
Molto Appasionato” and again with a big toned, rapid
ostinato, she ended the “Ruvido ed Ostinato”
last movement with a fiery bang.
It was a musical feast that also elicited smiles from the
audience especially when Chanco performed Debussy’s
“Images I” with the soft delicate touch characteristic
of Debussy’s Impressionism. Her sweeping glissandos
in the accompaniment of “Reflects dans L’eau”
mirrored exotic rippling waters brought about by the use
of the pentatonic and whole tone scales…Chanco interpreted
the masterly structured “Hommage a Rameau” with
passion ‘her fantastic technique was equal to the
delicate etude-like “Movement” Her subtle use
of all the three pedals contributed much to the atmosphere
of this oriental sounding music….
…”Baba Yaga is a witch who travels on a hot
mortar which she rows with a pestle. Chanco’s interpretation
of this movement was exhilaratingly scary and Halloween-ish…”The
Great Gate of Kiev”, with peals of ringing bells from
its high stately pinnacles, Chanco’s rendition soared
to overpowering heights, Her depiction of every scene in
these paintings were so vividly articulate that one can
safely say she is a worthy collaborator of this great partnership
between painter Hartmann and the composer Mussorgsky.
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| THE MANILA TIMES
(Manila, Philippines): Maria Celine Veloso Pil, 2/28/05:
“The PPO Shines in 20th
Century Music Showcase”
John Adam’s “Century
Rolls, Piano Concerto” inspired by a “mechanical
and edgy” piano piece, was magnificently performed
by Filipino-American international artist Aileen Chanco
with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra...Jabbing syncopations
characteristic of the Bebop abound in “manic”
energy and “perpetuum mobile” motion which
Chanco met with a gargantuan technique, so effortless
and faultless, so relaxed and so natural. If the audience
found her sounding just like a twittering machine, then
it is good news for it takes an artist with a lot of emotional
depth to interpret such piece.
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