Keith Lockhart News

 The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will present an evening with acclaimed Ukrainian-American pianist Inna Faliks, who breaks new ground with a breathtakingly innovative homage to Beethoven and Ravel that includes the live premieres of imaginative and rich new works for the piano by nine contemporary composers.

Prospect Theater Company announced today that its annual Spring Gala will feature performances and special appearances by Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner André De Shields; Ali Ewoldt (The Phantom of the Opera); Drama Desk Award winner Gretchen Cryer; Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Nick Corley and more.

Fan-favorite guest conductor Byron Stripling returns to the POPS with a 's marvelous star-studded array of guest vocalists and musicians, celebrating beloved American music legend George Gershwin in 'S Wonderful 'S Gershwin, May 13–15 at the Kimmel Cultural Campus.

Brevard Music Center (BMC) presents The Brevard Project: Reimagining the Future of Orchestral Programming, a six-day intensive seminar and think-tank on orchestral programming intended for professionals and influencers in the orchestral field. Presented by Brevard Music Center in partnership with Bard College, the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the South Dakota Symphony, the University of Michigan School of Music, and Project Director Joseph Horowitz, The Brevard Project takes place July 11-16, 2022. The central goals of The Brevard Project are to re-evaluate the artistic mission of the American orchestra and to share the skills needed to curate a more comprehensive, more inclusive American orchestral repertoire.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee Executive Director Cathy Young(Opens in a new window) will present an honorary doctorate in person to acclaimed conductor Thomas Wilkins and virtually to Tony Award-winning actor and singer Brian Stokes Mitchell at Boston Conservatory's commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 7.

The Philly POPS announced today that the 2022 kick-off of its popular Salute Series, Comcast NBCUniversal Memorial Salute, will take the stage on May 27, 2022 at 7 p.m at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. Registration for military, veteran, police, firefighter, first responder, and frontline worker communities and their families will be available soon through affiliated bases and organizations. Free tickets are now available to the public.

Goodspeed Musicals announced today that it will produce the world premiere of Christmas in Connecticut – A New Musical this holiday season at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn.

The Muny announced today that Sarah Bowden, J. Harrison Ghee, Emily Skinner, James T. Lane, Adam Heller and Ali Ewoldt will return to star in the acclaimed 2021 production of Chicago, June 13 -19, 2022.

On Easter Sunday, April 17, Seán Boulware will return to Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage under the auspices of MidAmerica Productions to conduct Mark Hayes' Gloria. Joining him onstage are vocal soloists Sydney Kucine, soprano; Jenni Bank, mezzo-soprano; Joseph Sacchi, tenor; and Erik Earl Larsen, baritone.

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder with Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak and Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman will find its way to the Lyric Stage Company of Boston after originally scheduled to open on May 15, 2020.

Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra are thrilled to announce their 2022 Spring Pops season, May 19–June 11.

Newton’s New Philharmonia Orchestra (New Phil) continues the 27th season of “Music for All” with New Phil Reawakened - Sights & Sounds on Sunday, March 27th at 3 p.m. The program will celebrate the sights, sounds and tastes of Italy and Latin America. Led by Principal Conductor Jorge Soto and featuring Venezuelan trombonist Angel Subero, the performance will include works by Mendelssohn, William Grant Still, and Astor Piazzolla. To enhance the Latin American experience, the New Phil will be providing guests with a special treat from Che! Empanada in Newtonville to take home following the concert.

The music of Linda Ronstadt will co-star in a new show from Tony Award nominee and critically acclaimed jazz diva Ann Hampton Callaway at The Ridgefield Playhouse on March 12th at 8:00pm. The platinum selling artist takes you on a musical journey through the songbook of one of America’s most beloved artists, Linda Ronstadt.

For one night only, Broadway legend Brian Stokes Mitchell will dazzle audiences with his signature velvety baritone, performing live as part of the Lesher Center for the Arts' thrilling “Headliners” series.

The new album from Russian-American violinist Yevgeny Kutik, known for his “dark-hued tone and razor-sharp technique,” (The New York Times) is available now in digital formats on Marquis Classics. The Death of Juliet and Other Tales – Music of Prokofiev, highlights Russia's rich history of folklore and folktales portrayed in the music of Prokofiev.

Monthly BSO NOW live video streams are available for video-on-demand viewing for 30 days and can be viewed on the web and via apple tv, roku, amazon fire tv, and select Samsung smart TVs.

Show business tour de force and eight-time Tony Award-winning producer Jamie deRoy will bring her acclaimed Jamie deRoy & friends cabaret show to New York’s famed Birdland, Monday, December 6th, at 7:00 p.m.  

BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons returns to Symphony Hall to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in music of Jörg Widman, Mahler, and Brahms, bringing the fall period of the 2021-22 BSO season to an end.

Clarinetist Anthony McGill, the 2020 Avery Fisher Prize recipient and the first African-American principal player of the New York Philharmonic, and pianist Gloria Chien, a noted soloist and chamber musician who frequently performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, offer a program comprised mostly of German Romantic masterworks central to the clarinet repertoire alongside the world-premiere recording of the clarinet and piano version of a new work by contemporary American composer Jessie Montgomery on an album to be released November 12, 2021, on Cedille Records.

The Lesher Center for the Arts announces the stellar lineup for its Headliners series, kicking off January 7 with Grammy and multi-award-winning singer LeAnn Rimes.