Wolfram Koessel

Three First Prize Winners have been announced following the Finals of the 2020 Young Concert Artists International Auditions: 

Having watched the Mark Morris over the past 20 years, I can say with all honesty that he has all the virtues that distinguish a fine choreographer: musicality, vitality, charm, humor. My problem is that I never find myself warming to anything I see, especially to the program on July 11, 2019.

Following a rigorous application and audition process, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) have selected five outstanding string musicians for the inaugural class of CSO/CCM Diversity Fellows.

The music of Beethoven and Ravel will fill the Otesaga Hotel ballroom on Sunday, April 24 at 4 pm.  The American String Quartet, internationally recognized as one of the world's finest, will perform these masterworks, and, with Linda Chesis, a piece for  flute and string quartet by French composer Albert Roussel. This is the first concert of the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival's 18th season.  Ms. Chesis, the Festival's artistic director and founder, has performed with the American String Quartet numerous times, including two times in Cooperstown. The Quartet is comprised of Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, violins; Daniel Avshalomov, viola; Wolfram Koessel, cello.

Mark Morris Dance Group returns to Houston for two nights, Friday, Jan. 31, and Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at 8 p.m. in the Wortham Center's Cullen Theater, presented by Society for the Performing Arts.

On Friday, January 17 at 7:30 PM, the acclaimed, award-winning pioneer of the clarinet-violin-piano instrumentation - Zodiac Trio - will present an eclectic program at NYC's Le Poisson Rouge.

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival will present the American String Quartet on August 15, the East Coast Chamber Orchestra on August 21, and the Juilliard String Quartet on August 28.

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival will present the American String Quartet on August 15, the East Coast Chamber Orchestra on August 21, and the Juilliard String Quartet on August 28.

Jazz performer Kurt Elling and the American and Juilliard string quartets are featured in the 13th season of the newly renamed Cooperstown Summer Music Festival.