“[Parlando’s] performance in Merkin Hall was packed and received enthusiastic applause at every turn; clearly it’s doing something right.”
“One of NYC’s most exciting chamber orchestras”
“Parlando has established itself as a serious player on the New York classical scene through its presentations of lesser-known, and modern(ish) pieces.”
Cowboy Nations
Zappa Files His Taxes
What if a European government decided that the Jews were a curse on their country and had to be gotten rid of? You may be surprised to learn that someone imagined it decades before Hitler’s Final Solution. Thanks to Parlando, Ian Niederhoffer’s forward-looking chamber orchestra, a New York audience just had the chance to experience this disturbing vision in multimedia.
Musicians are, in a sense, archaeologists, often mining the past. Most generally follow well-trodden paths, but Ian Niederhoffer and Parlando tend to venture further afield.