Links

Beethoven House
www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de

The site of the Beethoven House in Bonn, Germany. In their digital archives, you can access many of Beethoven's string quartet's in his own hand!

Christina Courtin
www.christinacourtin.com

Christina is an amazing singer, as well as one of our dearest friends. Here's a common thing that happens when one listens to her: you can't get her songs out of your head and you can't wait to hear her again. An incredible performer, Christina is about to release her much anticipated first album on Nonesuch Records later this year. You have to hear her! You'll be able to say: " Christina Courtin? Of course! I heard her when..."

Colin Jacobsen
www.colinjacobsen.com

Violinist, composer and arranger, Colin leads a full and diverse musical life. Click here to learn more about his adventures outside of Brooklyn Rider.

Coturri Winery
www.coturriwinery.com

While working at Nancy Wines, Johnny fell in love with Tony Coturri's wine. Tony makes wine like no one else- his creations are the real nectars of the gods. He has generously donated wine for many of our projects. If you find yourself in Glen Ellen, CA- pay a visit to Coturri Winery. His wines may just change your life. They did ours.

Eric Jacobsen
www.jacobseneric.com

In addition to being the cellist in Brooklyn Rider, Eric Jacobsen
performs, organizes, conducts, and tours outside the quartet. To find out more about Eric when he's not rocking with BR, check out JacobsenEric.com.

Jenny Scheinman
www.jennyscheinman.com

We first met Jenny a couple of years ago and instantly were drawn to her open personality and a wonderfully unique musical voice. One of New York's Downtown music scene mavericks of violin improvisation, Jenny has recently began singing as well, with great success. There are 2 new albums on the way, an instrumental one with an amazing band+ 20 strings (we're on it!) and an album of Jenny's own songs, which are some of the most beautiful things we've heard. Do we need to say more?

Kevork Mourad
www.kevorkmourad.com

An innovative visual artist, Kevork is constantly searching for new ideas, experimenting with various mediums and coming up with new concepts. We have worked with him on many occassions and he is also responsible for all the artwork of our website! His work is featured in our online art gallery, check it out!

The Knights
www.theknightsnyc.com

Did you know that the members of Brooklyn Rider are also Knights? Check out EXTRAS or the Knights' website for more info.

Lisa Bielawa
lisabielawa.typepad.com

Lisa Bielawa is a great composer, singer and creative force in the musical world. She writes music in an extremely personal way for the performers she interacts with, always in her own voice.

Ljova
www.ljova.com

What can we say? Ljova is musician's musician. Composer, arranger, violist - you name it, he does it. We love his music and we love him! Check Ljova out. (did we mention that he is Johnny's first cousin?)

Nancy Wines
www.nancyswines.com

When Johnny first moved to NYC, this is where he worked. At Nancy's, Johnny discovered the beauty of Rieslings and Zins as well as medicinal qualities of Bourbon. The guys at Nancy's are great at matching food and wine, so If you're making that famous cassoulet you always brag about , don't forget to go to Nancy's for a perfect wine pairing. Cheers!

Silk Road Ensemble
www.silkroadproject.org

You can find more information about our activities with the Silk Road Ensemble here...

Stillwater Music Festival
www.stillwatermusicfestival.com

If you want to hear Brooklyn Rider in late June, chances are they'll be in the beautiful historic town of Stillwater on the St. Croix river in Minnesota. This June will be our third season and will feature the quartet along with two great singers: Christina Courtin and Heather Johnson.

Two Foot Yard
www.twofootyard.com

Carla and Marika are great creative musicians who we're happy to know are out there doing there thing.

World Music Institute
www.heartheworld.org

The New York City based World Music Institute, great presenters of extraordinary musicians from around the globe.

World Village Music
www.worldvillagemusic.com

The label of our upcoming album with Persian kemancheh (spike fiddle) master, Kayhan Kalhor.

Wu Man
www.wumanpipa.org
Wu Man is one most extraordinary Woman, human being, musician, pipa (Chinese lute) player, mother of Vincent, and friend of ours. Last summer she played with us at the Stillwater Music Festival, which American Public Media's Performance Today broadcast nationwide. If you want to hear classiness and rock-and-roll all together on one strummed instrument, go to one of her concerts!