Seattle Times review, dated January 8, 2010 -- Masur is a master of the Austro-German classics -- "Speaking of horn calls, no performance of the Fourth can go far without a first horn of the highest caliber: the part is of central importance, and John Cerminaro brought unfailing purity and poetry of tone and phrasing to it."
- Seattle Times review, dated October 2, 2009 -- Seattle Symphony does justice to Mahler.
New York Times review, June 24, 2007 -- Cerminaro demonstrates prodigious control.
Seattle P-I review posted March 23, 2007 -- Music and musicians align for a stellar performance.
Seattle Times CD review posted August 13, 2006 -- Melinda Bargreen gives John Cerminaro's new CD "A Life of Music -- Historic Live Performances" a rave review.
Seattle Times concert review posted June 24, 2006 -- Varying Viennese styles, with verve (includes a performance photo of John).
- Seattle P-I concert review posted March 25, 2006 -- Seattle Symphony soloists are masters of their art.
- Seattle Times concert review posted March 25, 2006 -- Fine horn, oboe solo work from the ranks.
- Seattle Times concert review posted November 5, 2005 -- Two Seattle debuts, one fine night.
- Seattle Times concert review posted February 28, 2005 -- A challenging Baroque program well executed with verve.
- Seattle Times review, dated October 2, 2009 -- Seattle Symphony does justice to Mahler.
- Seattle Symphony Website.
- John Cerminaro's page at the Seattle Symphony. Mr. Cerminaro is the Charles Simonyi Principal Horn.
- Seattle Symphony tickets.
- Pacific Northwest Ballet website.
- Seattle Opera website.
John's Art Featured on the Cover of the Horn Call!
The February 2010 issue of the journal of the International Horn Society, the Horn Call, featured John's art on its cover -- The Hornist.
John's Art Available on eBay!
Please visit the Sterling Images Art Gallery on eBay to view selected pieces of John's art being offered at that site.
You may also e-mail or telephone Ron Sterling (ron@sterlingimages.us; 206-784-7842) to set up an appointment for viewing John's art anytime during the days of Monday through Thursday. Purchases of art can also be made by online payment through the use of PayPal.
In early 2006, John made good on a promise he had always made to himself -- to create paintings sometime during his life. The result of John's efforts has been a series of sublime miniature paintings and collages, most of which have been done with an abstract observation. Although many reviewers have found a Kandinsky kinship in John's work, they are exquisitely different and unique. These wonderful paintings often portray complex worlds unto themselves with musical and philosophical foundations.
For those who already appreciate John's music and musical performances, these paintings would clearly enrich their lives in a very special way. One of the most consistent observations from new owners of John's art is "I love to be able to pick the art up from my desk or table and gaze at it closely -- It draws me completely into its world."
About this Website
This website contains a comprehensive, but not complete, inventory of John's art -- sold, gifted, unavailable, and available for purchase. The price attached to each piece that is available for purchase may not be the most inexpensive pricing for that piece. Please check Sterling Images Art Gallery on eBay to find the best offers. If there are different prices posted for the same piece here, the price shown at Sterling Images Art Gallery on eBay controls the transaction.
Although John and Sterling Images Gallery use their best efforts to keep the inventory displayed on this website up to date, there may be times when an art piece may be incorrectly classified or not even posted here (sold or withdrawn from the inventory or which may only appear at the Sterling Images Art Gallery on eBay).
There are five sections to John's Art Inventory.
New Art Dedicated to Charles Simonyi
Please visit Simonyi's Journey, a page dedicated to the most recent art of John Cerminaro. Originally started before Mr. Simonyi's first space flight to the International Space Station with Russian astronauts (April 7-21, 2007), this piece is a representation of Simonyi's life journey -- imagination, technology, reality -- crystallized. Simonyi's Journey was completed by John while Simonyi was in space. Since then, Mr. Simonyi has orbited earth again with the Russian astronauts in what has been termed space tourism from March 26 to April 8, 2009. You can read more about Charles Simonyi's flights at CharlesInSpace.com.
New CD, A Life of Music, is Available Now!
Concert Reviews
As noted at Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg's NSS Music website "John is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest horn players of our time, who is currently Principal Horn with the Seattle Symphony, a post he has held since 1995. In an illustrious career spanning five decades, he has also held principal horn positions with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Aspen Festival Orchestra."
Excerpt from Concert Review by R.M. Campbell, posted March 25, 2006, at the Web site of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper:
Cerminaro has had an extraordinary career, serving as principal French horn in the New York Philharmonic in the glory days of Leonard Bernstein, and Los Angeles Philharmonic, when Carlo Maria Giulini was music director. He has taught at noted institutions and festivals and made superb recordings. His arrival at the Seattle Symphony began a revitalization of the French horn section, at one time among the worst in the orchestra.
Cerminaro is accustomed to solo appearances, and so the Strauss First Horn Concerto held no particular terrors for him. He also knows the piece profoundly, having first performed in 1971, when he was a member of the New York Philharmonic. Cerminaro made the most of what Strauss gave him.
His command of the instrument, notoriously difficult, is remarkable. Period. He seemingly can do anything, and that can be thrilling to a listener. He possesses an uncommonly wide dynamic range and phrases with immense sophistication. This tone is burnished and reminds one why Wagner chose the instrument as a musical symbol for his hero Siegfried in the "Ring" cycle.
Below are links to a few recent articles reviewing performances by John Cerminaro.
Selected Links
Updated October 28, 2010