Chameleon received a wonderful feature in the Berkshire Review for the Arts fall 2009 wrap up.

Check it out at http://berkshirereview.net/2010/01/music-boston-fall-2009/

On Tuesday, October 20, Chameleon Gloria Chien will be featured on the series “An Evening With Steinway” at Steinert Hall at M. Steinert & Sons in downtown Boston. She will be joined by violinist Kristopher Tong, second violinist of the Borromeo String Quartet, for a program of works by Mendelssohn, Ravel, Messiaen & Strauss.

The concert is open to the public, but seating is very limited and reservations are required. To reserve your space, email mariannej@msteinert.com or call 617-426-1900 x222.

An Evening With Steinway
Gloria Chien, piano and Kristopher Tong, violin
Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 7:00 pm
wine & cheese reception to follow

Steinert Hall, M. Steinert & Sons
162 Boylston Street at the Boston Common

Hope to see you there!

Chameleon Presents Colorful, Inspired Juxtapositions in Season Opener
by Michael Rocha

The Chameleon Arts Ensemble began their 12th season on a high note; many of them, actually. The concert, “Music and All Silence Held,” took place at the Goethe Institut in Boston’s Back Bay on Saturday, October 3. This intriguing chamber group continued their tradition of creative, thought-provoking, and highly entertaining programming. The Chameleons are dedicated to the integration of the arts into everyday life. They Facebook. They blog. They tweet. They donate tickets to worthy organizations. They present one benefit concert each season. All part of a broad and vibrant outreach program. When it comes to concertizing, however, this unique group of top-drawer musicians prefers the intimate confines of the Goethe Institut. What they lose in concertgoers they gain in the utilization of the perfect space for chamber music. The high-ceilinged room was filled to capacity and featured an interesting visual juxtaposition: a decidedly modern art exhibition consisting of large, abstract panels surrounded by the ornate and exceedingly rococo ornamentation of the room

Read the full review here

We’re thrilled to be opening our 09-10 chamber music season at the Goethe-Institut this weekend.  The program entitled “music and all silence held” includes works by Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu and Messiaen. Performances are on Saturday, October 3 at 8pm and Sunday, October 4 at 3pm at the Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon Street in Boston. Tickets are still available.

Full program details are at www.chameleonarts.org/concerts/october.html

The concerts are also among the Classical Picks in today’s Boston Globe!

Catch a preview of our 09-10 opening program, music and all silence held, LIVE on WGBH Radio Wednesday, September 30 at 11am. Enjoy interviews with the artists and performances of works by Mozart, Debussy and Toru Takemitsu.

Stream the program at WGBH Radio or tune in to 89.7 FM

The show will also be rebroadcast at 6pm on All-Classical WGBH, on both 89.7-HD2 and the All-Classical internet stream.

Standing Stillness, Smashing Success
by David Patterson

The Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston wrapped up their 2008-09 season series with a program of spirits voices ecstatic at the Goethe-Institut Boston on Sunday, May 17. Adding still more personalities to the already changeable ensemble were invited guest artists Elizabeth Keusch, soprano, and Aditya Kalyanpur, tabla. Composer Shirish Korde, who teaches at the College of the Holy Cross, was on hand to provide insider information.

Read the full review here

David Weininger reviewed this Saturday’s concert for the Boston Globe.

“To close out its 11th season, Chameleon Arts Ensemble assembled the kind of adventurous program with which it’s built its reputation: smart and eclectic, stretching from the 19th century to a world premiere. All five works were loosely linked by the theme of ecstasy, but this seemed less important than the permutation of styles, as well as tight and committed performances.”

Read the full article here.

Chameleon’s most recent concert “like woven sounds of streams” is reviewed on Classical Voice New England. The program featured works by Schubert, Dan Welcher, Dominick Argento, and Hanns Eisler.

Boston Globe critic David Perkins reviewed Sunday afternoon’s performance.

Read the full review at Boston.com.

“Chameleon turns in a fresh, playful program”

“There are moments in music when you know the composer is as surprised as you are at what’s just occurred. In Chen Yi’s “Qi,” a Chinese gong is struck and the note seems to reach out until it is answered, almost sympathetically, by the flute and the piano: three instruments fusing into one. In Bedrich Smetana’s Piano Trio in G minor, after a lot of romantic bluster, the piano settles into a reverie, rippling out a series of arpeggios that sound as if they are played on bells. We sometimes forget that composers are playful creatures, as fascinated by sound as a child is by mud and streams.”

“Fortunately, the Chameleon Arts Ensemble, led by Deborah Boldin, is here to remind us. This team of young, spirited, and highly skilled musicians, now in its 11th year, performed at the Goethe-Institut on Sunday and, once again, opened the windows and let in some air on a department of classical music that is either heavy with tradition or vacuously avant-garde.”

“Boldin is continually looking for big but little-known works – new, recent, and old – and putting them together in intriguing, organic combinations. The cross-references are not just intellectual; you can feel them in your body.”

We wanted to pause for a moment to thank everyone who came to our concerts at the Goethe-Institut this past weekend. Let us know what you thought. We’d love to hear from you!