We're thrilled to be a part of Chicago Ideas Week on October 11th and 12th. The first session, titled "Music: Tuning In" is presented by WBEZ. Greg and I will speak on the art of music and its digital future with Frightened Rabbit, Lupe Fiasco and other luminaries. The second session, "Edison Talks" pairs us with other visionaries such as Lance Armstrong and Diane von Furstenberg Tickets for both sessions can be purchased below. We can't wait!
Video Interview on Keyboard Magazine site
Exciting news: we will be featured in the September issue of Keyboard Magazine! To whet your appetite for the in-depth article, here's a video interview (filmed at Galapagos Art Space at NYC, just hours before our CD release party in May):
San Fran Review
Uff-da!
San Francisco Classical Voice:
[Anderson & Roe] presented perhaps the most volatile and thrilling reading of La Valse. Every phrase was sculpted with sensual intentions, but in the macabre coda both crescendo and accelerando went insanely off the charts, bringing the piece to a disconcertingly manic end. ...true to the depth of the music’s soul that few dare to explore.
Interview with the San Francisco Classical Voice
We have another fairly comprehensive interview to share, this time with the San Francisco Classical Voice. Their title (not ours!): Anderson & Roe: Duo it All, with Heart. It was a laughter-filled interview in which we discuss all things from our Harry Potter & Star Wars adventures to our upcoming performances in San Francisco at the Salkind International Piano Duo Festival.
Speaking of which, don't miss our upcoming performances in San Francisco and Portland! Can't wait to see you all there!
Latest crop of reviews
Here's the latest crop of reviews regarding our latest album "When Words Fade" and our release performance at Galapagos Arts Space in NYC.
Believe all the hype: Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe—more famously called Anderson and Roe—are electric. At Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, this piano duo did more than celebrate the launch of their new album; they fashioned an entirely new concert experience.
They are already powerful pianists that become super-charged in each other’s presence, and proceed to give very thoughtful and colorful performances with a passion that separates them from populists.
The Rachmaninoff was special, not swooning but with a dry strength, and the exquisite cadenza brought them deserved “bravos.” Behind their flair, they are at their best in quieter music, pieces that reveal the fine quality of their musicianship. ...an enthralling performance of Schumann’s “Mondnacht,” which I wished would never end.
Arresting... fierce... glittering.. affecting... electrifying. Listening to the sweet strains of “Mathilde, Marieke, et Madeleine,” based on songs by Jacques Brel and Gérard Jouannest, feels like slipping into a smoky Parisian cabaret.
A decidedly broad-minded young piano duo.