Claude Debussy News

A paragon of classical music, famed pianist Maurizio Pollini will perform in recital at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, April 29 at 2:00 p.m., marking the 50th anniversary year of his Carnegie Hall debut. The program features Chopin's Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45; Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60; and Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35, as well as the second book of Debussy's Préludes.

Edward Gardner will make his New York Philharmonic debut conducting Debussy's Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra, featuring The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Leif Ove Andsnes in his final appearances with the Orchestra in that role. The program will also include Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra and Sibelius's Pohjola's Daughter. The performances will take place on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 28 at 8:00 p.m.; they will perform the same program at Long Island University's Tilles Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, April 27 at 8:00 p.m.

Festival Ballet Providence is thrilled announce this year's season finale, Little Mermaid.  Choreographed by Mark Diamond, this family show invites audiences to dive into the underwater world of the classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale. The production will incorporate exciting multi-media elements, complete with extraordinary sets and imaginative costumes -- and a full cast of characters, including students from the Festival Ballet Providence School. Little Mermaid will take place over the weekend of April 27-29 at The Vets, One Avenue of the Arts, Providence, RI 02903

Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet will pay homage to Claude Debussy on this 100th anniversary of the great composer's death with a world premiere by resident choreographer Constantine Baecher, former member of the Royal Danish Ballet, along with Magloire's 'Two Friends,' both set to music by Debussy. Also on the program are recently premiered Magloire works to music by contemporary Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, April 6 & 7 at 8 PM in City Center Studio 5.

Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet pays homage to Claude Debussy on this 100th anniversary of the great composer's death with a world premiere by guest choreographer Constantine Baecher, former member of the Royal Danish Ballet, and a repeat of Magloire's 'Two Friends,'  Also on the program are repertory works to music by contemporary Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, April 6 & 7 at 8 PM in City Center Studio 5.

Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra (CCCO), the region's newest professional orchestra, announces its debut concert Here at the Edge of the Sea, on Sunday, April 15, 3 pm, at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 533 Main Street, Rt. 28, Harwich Port, conducted by Music Director Matthew Scinto. The performance features a collaboration with Cape Cod Writers Center, honoring National Poetry Month. Featuring poetry-inspired music, the program includes Cape poet Judith Askew's "Here at the Edge of the Sea" set to original music by noted Boston composer-conductor Francis Snyder. In addition, poetry authored by students from Harwich's Monomoy Regional High School will be on display in the church sanctuary.

This morning, students of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra (CYSO) got a real treat today as they joined their adult mentors of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) on stage.

The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society, Inc., a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, will perform their final concert of the season, 'Timeless Romantics: Bridging the 19th and 20th Centuries', on Sunday, April 8, 2018. The performance begins at 4:00 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, located at 150 Park Avenue in Leonia, New Jersey.

Stanislav Ioudenitch, Artistic Director of Park International Center for Music (Park ICM), announced today that their spring season kicks off in March with a world-class European performer never before heard in Kansas City and in one of Kansas City's acoustical gems, the 1900 Building in Mission Woods, Kansas. "We adore performing in the wonderful spaces of the 1900 Building," said Ioudenitch. "Between their 300-seat Parkway Room and their more intimate Rose Hall (75-150), they can accommodate our different needs as both of their halls can be "tuned" according to our performance requirements. It is truly a hidden jewel that is just being discovered in the Kansas City arts public."

Jun Markl is known for his refined and idiomatic explorations of the French impressionists. In this concert, he marks the centenary of the death of one of France's most famous composers, Claude Debussy, with a performance of his famous evocation of the sea in all its moods, La Mer. Markl will also lead the HK Phil in the Hong Kong premiere of Circulating Ocean, a richly colourful score by Japanese contemporary composer Toshio Hosokawa. The programme also includes Mendelssohn's The Hebrides Overture which portrays the violent seas off the west coast of Scotland, and the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla's highly atmospheric piano concerto, Nights in the Gardens of Spain, performed by Argentinean pianist Ingrid Fliter. (A change from the advertised programme made at the request of the soloist.)

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents seven world premieres choreographed by seven company dancers in its March mixed repertory program: “Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: New Works,” on stage March 16-25, at the August Wilson Center. Tickets start at $28, and are available at www.pbt.org, 412-456-6666 or the Box Office at Theater Square.

Ballet Arizona announced today it will perform their spring presentation of Today's Masters, a dynamic program of contemporary ballets from Artistic Director Ib Andersen as well as guest choreographers Alejandro Cerrudo, Resident Choreographer of Hubbard Street Dance, and Ballet Arizona company dancer Nayon Iovino, March 22 - 25, 2018, at Orpheum Theatre.

On the heels of a triumphant album release, Bay-Area pianist Jeffrey LaDeur celebrates the centennial year of Claude Debussy (1862-1918) with his Carnegie Hall Debut in Weill Recital Hall. On Sunday March 25th, LaDeur builds narratives across centuries of French music in a performance of Debussy's Etudes (1915) with additional works of Couperin and Chopin that influenced Debussy's final masterpiece for piano.

Jon Robertson, dean of Lynn University Conservatory of Music and Philharmonia Guest Conductor, today invited the public to attend 17 musical performances during March and April 2018, including the collaborative production of Jerry Herman's Milk and Honey in recognition of the 70th anniversary of the birth of Israel.

Theatre enthusiasts packed the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts tonight to hear Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Executive Director Phil Santora of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley reveal the lineup for the company's 49th season, which launches this summer. Among the exhilarating works announced were: the World Premiere of a new piece by Hershey Felder on Claude Debussy, an acclaimed Tony-winning musical, a thrilling political prizefight, and an array of Regional Premieres that include a hit comedy that sends up suburban values, a gospel/rhythm & blues musical developed at TheatreWorks, a heart-stirring musical for the holidays, a comic drama about one of the key historical events in the last century, a searing look at an unsung American hero, plus the return of the grown-up holiday hit The Santaland Diaries. For more information or to purchase subscriptions ($143 - $583) the public can call 650-463-1960 or visit theatreworks.org. Subscriptions are on sale now; single tickets will go on sale in spring 2018. Special pricing is available for seniors (65+), educators, and patrons 35 and under.

Members of Hoff-Barthelson Music School's Faculty perform great vocal jazz alongside the vocal joys of Debussy, chamber works for flute trio, a sonata for viola; and a woodwind sextet in "A Musical Melange," on Friday, March 9, 2018, at 7:30 pm. The concert, the third of four presentations on the 2017-2018 Faculty Concert Series, takes place in the School's Behrens Bergman Auditorium, 25 School Lane, Scarsdale.

Rising piano superstar Seong-Jin Cho will perform music of Beethoven, Debussy and Chopin on Friday, March 2, at 8 p.m., at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. The solo recital follows Cho's well-received appearance at the Center last season with the Warsaw Philharmonic.

The 30th anniversary season of the Music Institute of Chicago's Chicago Duo Piano Festival (CDPF) continues with the Chicago Duo Piano Winter Mini-fest, featuring master classes, coachings, lectures, student recitals, and performances March 2–4 at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

Jon Robertson, dean of Lynn University Conservatory of Music and Philharmonia Guest Conductor, today invited the public to attend 15 musical performances during February and March 2018.

Annenberg Center Live presents its orchestra-in-residence, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia's in Beyond Bebop: Jazz, Classical and the Third Stream, a unique, interactive concert experience that provides a deeper look into multifaceted dialogue between jazz and classical music and a genre-blurring exploration into new worlds of improvisation. Members of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia will play in the round, and host Bob Craig, WRTI Jazz Host, will provide background and insight on each work, lead conversations with the musicians between pieces, and conclude the concert with a casual audience Q & A. The eclectic program Includes three world premieres, two by Music Director of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Dirk Brosse, and one by Adam Vidiksis, assistant professor of music technology and composition at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance, who also performs on the piece.