<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599584</id><updated>2012-01-24T21:03:07.033-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paul Mauffray - Conducting Reviews</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mauffrayreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33599584/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mauffrayreviews.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>PAUL MAUFFRAY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11198086256608389781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2mIjH7C6EV8/Tx-L6avSZhI/AAAAAAAAAPU/48suXJpAyNE/s220/Paul%2540Trinity2009.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599584.post-115695739337368877</id><published>2006-08-30T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-30T10:27:57.210-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Reviews in English</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;The critics have written the following about Paul Mauffray:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4192/4101/1600/taras_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4192/4101/320/taras_3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;“Mauffray’s repeat appearance was made thanks to his earlier successfu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;l performance as guest conductor. His admirable Czech, sympathetic delivery, and his sensitivity to the music won the audience’s attention.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;em&gt;- Hradecke noviny, Czech Rep. Jan. 24, 2002&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;“The young guest conductor Paul Mauffray engaged in the Bavarian meter changes with agility [Werner Egk]. Rhythmically gifted, as American musicians are, he quickly slipped into the Bavarian costume. Mauffray succeeded in bringing together the stoicism of the rhythmically ticking percussion [Ravel -Boléro], as well as the harmonically more and more bizarrely overlaid instrumental textures, to such a well-planned climax, that the orgiastic release with the famous ‘break point’ arrived right on time and led to wildly enthusiastic applause.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Augsburger Allgemeine, April 4, 2001&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;“An exceptional performance that the strings of the Orchestre National de Lyon, under the eloquent conducting of Paul Mauffray, raised to its zenith.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Fabrice Arfi, Lyon Figaro, March 3, 2001&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;“In the pit, guest conductor Paul Mauffray led the Oakland East Bay Symphony in a crisp, flexible rendering of the Tchaikovsky score.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Allan Ulrich, San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 14, 2000&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4192/4101/1600/Dvorak.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4192/4101/320/Dvorak.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;“Mauffray shined foremost with a clear sense of style, precision, maximum expression, and naturalness in every piece, whether it was the effective Tchaikovsky, polyphonic Mahler, impressionistic Vaughan-Williams, or the academic festive Brahms. The entire evening’s concept deserved admiration, and the theme ‘Folk Song in the Symphony’ under Mauffray’s inspiring direction became at once completely clear. The philharmonic came together for an extraordinary performance and played for their lives. The director of the Hradec ensemble said that ‘Paul Mauffray wants to be a Czech Bernstein!’, and he is succeeding without any reservation.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Jiri Vanicek, Mlada Fronta Dnes, Feb. 9, 2000&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The conductor gave his commentary in Czech. This along with his conducting wasn’t the only thing with which he dazzled. During the concert he performed many excerpts on the piano from the orchestra works, among which he played the Tchaikovsky in an especially stunning manner!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Marcela Chadimova, Hradecke Noviny Feb. 4, 2000&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4192/4101/1600/Dvorak_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4192/4101/320/Dvorak_2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Conductor Paul Mauffray, making his professional American debut after working in Europe for the past few years, has a deft feel for the music, adding pep and paying close attention to the intricacies of the orchestration.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Ted Mahne, Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Feb. 25, 2000&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;“His inner relationship to the composition was more than clear. Mauffray showed the listeners an entire spectrum of artistic qualities. His spirited ‘Firebird’ was indeed a real experience!” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;em&gt;- Mlada Fronta Dnes, Czech Republic, Feb. 23, 1999&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4192/4101/1600/Brahms_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4192/4101/320/Brahms_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;“Alone the conductor is a show! He raged, danced, and with the gestures of his whole body he animated his musicians to peak performance.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;em&gt;- The Haldensleben People’s Voice, Germany, Aug. 16, 1996&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33599584-115695739337368877?l=mauffrayreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mauffrayreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/115695739337368877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33599584&amp;postID=115695739337368877&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33599584/posts/default/115695739337368877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33599584/posts/default/115695739337368877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mauffrayreviews.blogspot.com/2006/08/reviews.html' title='Reviews in English'/><author><name>PAUL MAUFFRAY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11198086256608389781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2mIjH7C6EV8/Tx-L6avSZhI/AAAAAAAAAPU/48suXJpAyNE/s220/Paul%2540Trinity2009.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599584.post-7280697655210531020</id><published>2006-08-29T20:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-31T20:33:01.805-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Reviews in original Czech, German, &amp; French</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Augsburg Philharmonic - Werner Egk &amp;amp; Maurice Ravel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;"Der junge Gastdirigent &lt;strong&gt;Paul Mauffray&lt;/strong&gt; ließ sich auf die bayerischen Taktwechsel [Egk: Ouvertüre zu „Die Zaubergeige“] gewandt ein. Rhythmusbegabt wie die amerikanischen Musiker sind, schlüpfte er schnell ins bajuwarische Gewand. Paul Mauffray gelang es [Ravel: Boléro], das stoisch den ostinaten Rhythmus tickende Schlagwerk, wie die harmonisch immer bizarrer übereinander gelagerten Instrumentalmischungen so in der Steigerung zu disponieren, daß die orgiastische Entladung mit dem berühmten „Break“ punktgenau kam und zu ebensolchen Befallsstürmen führte."&lt;br /&gt;- Augsburger Allgemeine, April 4, 2001&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Sous la direction de &lt;strong&gt;Paul Mauffray&lt;/strong&gt;, jeune chef d’orchestre natif de New Orleans, qui eut le privilège d’user les mêmes bancs d’écoles de musique que la tribu des Marsalis, entre autres, l’ensemble à cordes, magistralement dirigé, accomplit une performance époustouflante de justesse, en s’adaptant parfaitement à des phrasés différents (Jazz et Classique)."&lt;br /&gt;- Philippe Anthonioz, &lt;a href="http://www.sitartmag.com/jazzsymphonique.htm"&gt;http://www.sitartmag.com/jazzsymphonique.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Le toucher cristallin d’A. Ibrahim et le jeu tout en finesse de ses deux associés se marièrent à merveille avec les 72 cordes de l’orchestre. Par moment, on crut même assister à un concert intimiste où personne ne voulait vraiment se placer en leader. Jamais, A. Ibrahim, tout comme F. Payet-Labonne ou le batteur S. Kunene (qui remplaçât au pied levé, et de quelle façon, G. Gray, titulaire à la batterie) ne firent démonstration exagérée de leurs talents de virtuose. Pour preuve, l’ardeur du jeune chef d’orchestre américain &lt;strong&gt;Paul Mauffray&lt;/strong&gt; qui cherchait souvent à « réveiller » ses artistes pour donner du volume et les nuances que sa formation était capable de produire."&lt;br /&gt;- François Gayet, &lt;a href="http://www.sitartmag.com/jazzsymphonique.htm"&gt;http://www.sitartmag.com/jazzsymphonique.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Besançon, Kursaal/Opéra-Théâtre, 09/16/2001 Quarante-septième concours de jeunes chefs d’orchestre …&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Près de &lt;strong&gt;deux cents candidats&lt;/strong&gt; de quarante et une nationalités étaient sur la ligne de départ pour les présélections organisées au printemps dans quatre villes (Besançon, Saint-Pétersbourg, New York et Pékin) et consistant à « diriger » deux pianistes interprétant à quatre mains une transcription du Concerto pour orchestre de Bartok. …Les huitièmes de finale ont confronté le 16 septembre au Kursaal les vingt candidats qui ont franchi avec succès ce premier obstacle : quatre Japonais, trois Chinois, trois Russes, deux Français, un Allemand, &lt;strong&gt;un Américain&lt;/strong&gt;, un Belge, un Canadien, un Coréen, un Estonien, un Indonésien et un Israélien, avec une moyenne d’âge de vingt-neuf ans. … Le jury, parmi ces vingt candidats, pouvait en sélectionner dix, mais il préfère envoyer seulement huit d’entre eux en quarts de finale le lendemain, toujours au Kursaal. Peut-être aurait-il pu faire une petite place à la précision de Wilson Hermanto (vingt-huit ans, Indonésie) et &lt;strong&gt;au charisme de Paul Mauffray&lt;/strong&gt; (trente-deux ans, Etats-Unis). … "&lt;br /&gt;- Simon Corley, &lt;a href="http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=1314"&gt;http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=1314&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33599584-7280697655210531020?l=mauffrayreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mauffrayreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/7280697655210531020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33599584&amp;postID=7280697655210531020&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33599584/posts/default/7280697655210531020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33599584/posts/default/7280697655210531020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mauffrayreviews.blogspot.com/2006/08/reviews-in-original-czech-german-french.html' title='Reviews in original Czech, German, &amp; French'/><author><name>PAUL MAUFFRAY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11198086256608389781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2mIjH7C6EV8/Tx-L6avSZhI/AAAAAAAAAPU/48suXJpAyNE/s220/Paul%2540Trinity2009.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
