Help Igudesman and Joo set a WORLD record for the most dancing violinists. Join the duo on stage of the Grosser Saal, Wiener Konzerthaus as they ring in the 2012 New Year by making classical music history! Igudesman & Joo are going to have 100 violinists perform their arrangement and choreography of Morrison’s Jig, conducted by legendrary Bond actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Sir Roger Moore. Other guests include virtuosi Julian Rachlin, Thomas Gansch, Georg Breinschmid and Nadia Maleh. Apply here!:http://www.igudesmanandjoo.com/worldrecord/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IgudesmanJooOfficial?sk=app_4949752878 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/igudesmanandjoo
Excerpts of the review by Mark Swed for the L.A. Times: Bernard Haitink and Gustavo Dudamel are big fans. Gidon Kremer is a sometime co-conspirator. Emanuel Ax has chased Joo around the piano and shoved him off the bench. The team turns the severe Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova into “Viktoria’s Secret.” I was hoping, to no avail, Saturday for a surprise appearance by John Malkovich; a YouTube clip of his strait-laced music critic send-up with the pair is side-splitting. Since one clip is worth a thousand words, describing the Igudesman & Joo humor in detail would be to deflate its brilliance. For the put-upon Igudesman, think Jack Benny and Jascha Heifetz rolled into one. For the zany Joo, try an unholy Chico Marx, Vladimir Horowitz and Jerry Lewis mash-up. Through it all, Igudesman & Joo personify the idea that with skill and devotion and a good nature and prefect comic timing, we can do more than merely survive, but enjoy ourselves. The violinist and cellist, it should be mentioned, are music education advocates. They preceded Saturday’s show with master classes at UCLA and the Santa Monica Academy of Music. They must come back, and next time let it be big time. Hello, Hollywood Bowl. We need them maybe more than we know. CLICK HERE TO READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE
Exciting stuff — I&J finish their California mini-tour with performances in Cupertino, in the Bay Area, Flint Center for the Performing Arts on the 21st of october at 8 pm. FOR TICKETS CLICK HERE. The final date is on the 23rd of october at 2 pm in Grass Valley in the Center for the Arts. FOR TICKETS CLICK HERE. Catch them if you can!
Igudesman & Joo’s Los Angeles, California debut is just around the corner, starting with a performance at the Broad Stage, Santa Monica on the 15th of October at 8pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO SANTA MONICA. The next stop is the Carpenter Performing Center in Long Beach on the 16th of October at 2 pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO LONG BEACH. And if you live in San Francisco or near by, come to the Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Cupertino, merely a few miles away, where they will be performing on the 21st of October at 8 pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO CUPERTINO. And last but certainly not least, I & J will barock and roll at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley on the 23rd of October for an afternoon performance at 2 pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO GRASS VALLEY