“Allegra Chapman joined the quartet of string players who opened the concert at the piano, in an inspired performance of the startlingly original and involving score.”
- Phil Campbell, The Bay Area Reporter
Read More“Stephen Montague’s Mirabella: a Tarantella for Toy Piano showed off Chapman and the toy piano’s virtuosic abilities.”
- Tyson Dauer, San Francisco Classical Voice
Read More“…gorgeous, strong-limbed performances of Bacewicz’s String Quartet No. 1 and Piano Quintet No. 1 — as compelling a case as anyone could imagine for the importance of giving Bacewicz our undivided attention.”
- Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle
Read More“…new-music lovers crammed into the concert space. Almost everyone…was apparently under 30. I can now die in peace knowing art music will continue to prosper.”
- Jeff Dun, San Francisco Classical Voice
Read More“But the glorious main point of the evening was Eastman’s “Gay Guerrilla,” a 30-minute tour de force of technique and expressive intensity. In a fervid but impeccably controlled rendition by pianists Kate Campbell and Allegra Chapman, the composer’s ingenious bravado came to the fore.”
- Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle
Read More“The level of musicianship all evening was extraordinary, and the playing of pianist Allegra Chapman was particularly astonishing.”
- Michael Strickland, Civic Center Blogspost
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